
Nolan Polson on Leading Through Juno, Celgene, BMS and Beyond
In today’s episode I was joined by Nolan Polson, Vice President of Quality Assurance and Product Quality at Iovance Biotherapeutics.I really wanted to speak to Nolan because he’s one of the few leader...
6 Aug 202543min

Ashley Argiras on scaling quality in a platform biotech
In today’s episode I was joined by Ashley Argiras, VP of Quality at Recursion.I really wanted to speak to Ashley because she’s helping redefine what quality leadership looks like in a tech-enabled, pl...
30 Jul 202554min

Maja Pedersen on AI, Strategic Thinking, and Evolving as a Quality Leader
In today’s episode I was joined by Maja Pedersen, Chief Technology Officer at Fujifilm Diosynth Biotechnologies.I really wanted to speak to Maja because she leads quality and IT across six global site...
23 Jul 202559min

Carolina Valoyes on the guiding principles that have shaped her career.
From engineering student to SVP of Quality - Carolina shares how curiosity, resilience, and mentorship shaped her journey.In today’s episode I was joined by Carolina Valoyes, Senior Vice President of ...
16 Apr 202539min

Jose Caraballo on Adaptability, Leadership & the Future of Cell Therapy.
In this episode of Let’s Talk Quality, Hemish speaks with Jose Caraballo, a biotech leader with over 30 years of experience in process engineering, manufacturing science, and quality leadership.Jose s...
19 Mar 202543min

Andrea Karpinecz on building QC teams to commercial cell therapy
This week on Let’s Talk Quality, we sat down with Andrea Karpinecz, VP of Quality Control at Iovance Biotherapeutics, to discuss what it takes to build a successful QC career, scale teams for commerci...
12 Mar 202556min

Brian Nunnally returns to the show! How to break through career plateaus and the power of mentorship
🚀 The first-ever returning guest on the podcast!In this episode, Hemish sat down with Brian Nunnally, Enterprise Quality Control Head at CSL, to dive deep into one of the most important topics in car...
5 Mar 202550min

Katarina Bartle’s Leadership Journey: No Network, No Connections - Just Two Suitcases!
🎙️Would you move to a new country with no network, no guarantees - just a dream and two suitcases?That’s exactly what Katarina Bartle did.She left Slovakia, where she had built a strong academic foun...
19 Feb 202535min




















