Hanno Knatz

Private document workflows

A focused tool for turning everyday documents into structured, searchable information. Built around a privacy-first workflow and a deliberately simple interface. More will be shared when it is ready.

Local AI · Applied research · Automation

An independent environment for exploring local models, agentic workflows and practical automation. The work spans several private prototypes and early products, with an emphasis on useful systems that remain understandable, controllable and owned.

BioNTech SE · Mainz

• Led a team of System Engineers delivering software and data analysis solutions for scientific R&D.
• Defined the system concept and served as System Owner for a biological assay data analysis platform operated across global laboratories, with responsibility for architecture, implementation and lifecycle management.
• Established the platform as a data provider for a closed molecule optimization loop — assay analysis results feeding directly back into personalized cancer therapy development.
• Translated scientific and business requirements into technical solutions, coordinating researchers, IT teams and external vendors in a regulated environment.

Thermo Fisher Scientific · Dreieich

• Consulted on and implemented enterprise Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS).
• Analyzed laboratory workflows and translated business requirements into technical solutions.
• Delivered system configuration, validation and user training.

Roche · Penzberg

• Designed and implemented software solutions supporting pharmaceutical production.
• Developed database logic and reporting services.

FERCHAU Engineering · Munich

• Contributed to projects automating pharmaceutical documentation.