
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 Juli 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 Mars 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 Mars 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 Mars 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

Biana Torres on her transition into Cell & Gene Therapy leadership.
In today’s episode, I was joined by Biana Torres, Senior Director of Quality Assurance at Encoded Therapeutics.I really wanted to speak to Biana because she has built a strong leadership career in qua...
12 Feb 202532min

Shane Ernst on Thriving as an Introverted Quality Leader
In today’s episode, I was joined by Shane Ernst, Vice President of Quality at Empower Pharmacy.I really wanted to speak to Shane because he has built an incredible career in quality leadership despite...
5 Feb 202544min




















