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Let's Talk Quality — 81 episodes

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Isha Patel on the Overnight Career Plan That Took Her from Associate Director to SVP

2

Dawn Houlihan on Her Journey From Ireland Big Pharma to the Boston Start-Up World

3

Luciana Mansolelli on Her First Year as CQO in the CDMO World

4

My Thoughts on Quality Leadership, Halfway Through Season Four

5

Speaking the Language of the Business, with Jamey Lindholm

6

The Big Pharma Habits You Have to Unlearn in a Startup, with Dawn Lundin

7

How Quality Stopped Being Black and White, with Tim Mitchell

8

Swetha Krishnan on her journey from Individual Contributor to Inspiring People Leader

9

Building Quality That Scales, with Laura Singer

10

From Virologist to CTO: Leading Quality Through Crisis, with Kimberly Garko

11

Three BLAs, Three Journeys, with Irving Ford, Megan Callan, and Jake Treese

12

The Non-Linear Path to Quality Leadership, with Cinta Burgos

13

From the Graveyard Shift to the Frontier of Cell Therapy, with Mike Ruane

14

Laurie Adami on Life After CAR-T, and the Reality Patients Still Face

15

How to Drive KPI's the Right Way in Global Quality, with Burak Begen

16

Developing Future A-Player Quality Leaders, with Melodie Bryce

17

Lessons from Building Quality in Start-Up Cell Therapy, with Rex Ready

18

What Good Digital Transformation in Quality Actually Looks Like, with Dennis Rodman

19

Problem Solving, Partnerships, and Putting Yourself Out of Your Comfort Zone, with Valerie Brown

20

Overcoming Self-Doubt in Quality Leadership, with Dana Adcock

21

Designing Future-Ready Quality Organisations in the Digital Age with Anthony Mire-Sluis

22

What 2026 holds for biotech and Quality - with Jon Voss and Ed Armstrong

23

Going from ‘In the Weeds’ to the Boardroom: Tactical to Strategic Quality with Elisabeth Hutchins.

24

How to win hearts and minds as a quality leader, with Ashley Preston.

25

Scaling Quality in Radiopharma – with Kyle Powell.

26

From Construction Site to BLA Approval with Andrew Jones

27

The First 90 Days of Building Quality in a Startup with Theresa Donegan

28

Why the Best Quality Leaders Walk the Floor, with Iain Rusling.

29

Why AI Won’t Take Your Job - But Someone Using AI Might, With Subbu Viswanathan

30

Building phase-appropriate quality systems early, and treating inspection readiness as an everyday habit with Karin von Hodenberg

31

Sep Naraghi on Creating Order from Chaos in Startup Quality

32

Tony Jones on Achieving Clarity in Quality Leadership

33

Scott Pherson on Building Quality from Day Zero

34

Stephanie Martin on Leading When You’re the Youngest in the Room

35

Megan Callan on Leading Quality at Abeona to it’s First FDA-Approved Therapy

36

Nolan Polson on Leading Through Juno, Celgene, BMS and Beyond

37

Ashley Argiras on scaling quality in a platform biotech

38

Maja Pedersen on AI, Strategic Thinking, and Evolving as a Quality Leader

39

Carolina Valoyes on the guiding principles that have shaped her career.

40

Jose Caraballo on Adaptability, Leadership & the Future of Cell Therapy.

41

Andrea Karpinecz on building QC teams to commercial cell therapy

42

Brian Nunnally returns to the show! How to break through career plateaus and the power of mentorship

43

Katarina Bartle’s Leadership Journey: No Network, No Connections - Just Two Suitcases!

44

Biana Torres on her transition into Cell & Gene Therapy leadership.

45

Shane Ernst on Thriving as an Introverted Quality Leader

46

Rob Dallimore on Overcoming Challenges and Building for Commercialization.

47

Jon Voss on making practical decisions that put patients first.

48

Hanh Nguyen on Imposter Syndrome, Mental Health, and Leading with Authenticity.

49

Sang Yoon on creating a community first, a company second.

50

Swetha Krishnan on her journey from Individual Contributor to Inspiring People Leader

51

Matthew Wheeler - a story of resilience and gratitude.

52

Lauren Smith on choosing a career that truly impacts society.

53

Sean Smith on empowering your people to establish quality as a true asset.

54

Andrea Goddard on her journey from 'the graveyard shift' to Chief Quality Officer at Genentech.

55

Gary Barrera on why quality leaders should "walk a mile in their partner's shoes"

56

Andrew Cieri on adapting to change and creating a vision.

57

Laura Malagon on going from washing glassware in laboratories to VP Quality!

58

James Myers on how to become a true GxP quality leader.

59

Kelly O'Hare on defining and articulating quality to your organisation.

60

Markus Gruell on building and overseeing the Autolus quality organisation from the very early stages!

61

Sonia Razzetti on how to find your voice and articulate the value of quality to senior leadership.

62

Irving Ford on leading Adaptimmune through FDA approval and commercialisation of their T cell therapy, Tecelra.

63

Joe Franchetti, on his vision for the Society of Quality Assurance (SQA)

64

Laurie Adami on how CAR-T cell therapy saved her life

65

Kimberly Wallbank on how to transition into the world of contracting

66

Stan Russell on how to create a value-adding quality function.

67

Vaishali Shukla on Quality Oversight in Global Pharmaceutical Operations

68

Greg Furrow on the risks of trusting 'expert opinions'.

69

Jason Treese on leading the commercialisation of BMS' first approved cell therapies

70

Emily English on scaling for success in RNA cell therapy.

71

Brian Furmanski on how to achieve a culture of data integrity excellence.

72

Jacob Patterson on the skills you need to develop now, to be a quality leader of the future.

73

Brian Nunnally on building resilience, finding your 'north-star' and developing a world-class QC team.

74

Peggy Owens on developing her team to 'operate in the grey'

75

John McKay on his four key pillars for achieving quality assurance excellence

76

Greg Whitehead on leaving the industry in a better place.

77

Christy Mazzarisi on her vision of building the next generation of female leaders.

78

Amnon Eylath on the origins of 'phase-appropriate' quality

79

Ann Farnsworth on how to create an onboarding process through making quality relatable!

80

Edward Armstrong on Adapting, Overcoming and Improvising as a Quality Leader

81

Jaspreet Gill on scaling quality functions and leading with authenticity.