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Let's Talk Quality

Hemish Ilangaratne
Quality Assurance
Pharmaceutical Industry
Car-T Cell Therapy
Cancer Treatment
Biotechnology
Gene Therapy
Cell Therapy
Clinical Trials
Follicular Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
Consulting
Data Integrity
RNA Cell Therapy
CAR T-Cell Therapies
Access To Innovative Treatments
Patient Advocacy
Pharmaceuticals
Contracting
Adaptimmune
Patient Safety
Quality Management Systems

“Let’s Talk Quality” is a podcast that seeks to shine a light on quality assurance, a profession that acts as the cornerstone for bringing safer medicine to patients. For life science companies to continue to develop life-saving medicines, a culture of good quality must be driven across the industry, whether that be an early phase gene therapy biotech or a global pharma organisation. This podcast ... more

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Perseverance, perspective and people-first leadership in a global quality role.

In today's episode I was joined by Burak Begen, Head of Global Manufacturing Quality at Siemens Healthineers.

I really wanted to speak to Burak because he’s built his c... more

Great quality leaders don’t just build systems - they build people, culture and confidence.

In today's episode I was joined by Melodie Bryce, Chief Quality Officer at Kincell Bio.

Melodie’s journey is a brilliant example of how diverse experience a... more

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If you are the first quality hire in a startup, your job is not to build everything at once.

Your job is to build the right things first.

That was one of the clearest takeaways from my conversation with Rex Ready on Let’s Talk Quality.

A few pract... more

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Quality is changing. The systems are getting smarter, the data is getting bigger, and the people side is still the hardest part.

This week, I sit down with Dennis Rodman, Senior Director of Quality Management Systems and Digital Compliance at Intell... more

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Recent Guests

Rex Ready
Head of quality at Bebio (Bbio)
Bbebio/Bebio
Episode: Lessons from Building Quality in Start-Up Cell Therapy, with Rex Ready
Dennis Rodman
Senior Director, Quality Management Systems and Digital Compliance at Intellia Therapeutics
Intellia Therapeutics
Episode: What Good Digital Transformation in Quality Actually Looks Like, with Dennis Rodman
Valerie Brown
Quality professional with experience across labs, CDMOs, Gilead, and Thermo Fisher
Thermo Fisher Scientific
Episode: Problem Solving, Partnerships, and Putting Yourself Out of Your Comfort Zone, with Valerie Brown
Dana Adcock
Quality leader and consultant with decades of experience in the quality assurance sphere.
Episode: Overcoming Self-Doubt in Quality Leadership, with Dana Adcock
Anthony Mire-Sluis
Currently head of Global Quality for Operations at Gilead.
Gilead
Episode: Designing Future-Ready Quality Organisations in the Digital Age with Anthony Mire-Sluis
Ashley Preston
SVP of Regulatory and Quality at Blossom Hill Therapeutics
Blossom Hill Therapeutics
Episode: How to win hearts and minds as a quality leader, with Ashley Preston.
Kyle Powell
Head of Quality at Ratio Therapeutics, experienced in regulatory affairs and quality assurance in radiopharmaceuticals
Ratio Therapeutics
Episode: Scaling Quality in Radiopharma – with Kyle Powell.
Andrew Jones
Quality leader in the biopharmaceutical industry with over 30 years of experience.
Iovance Biotherapeutics
Episode: From Construction Site to BLA Approval with Andrew Jones
Theresa Donegan
VP of Quality at Climb Bio, experienced in building quality in startup environments.
Climb Bio
Episode: The First 90 Days of Building Quality in a Startup with Theresa Donegan

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Hamish
Host of the podcast
Hemish Alangaratney
Co-host and longtime host of Let's Talk Quality

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Lessons from Building Quality in Start-Up Cell Therapy, with Rex Ready
Q: How would you describe yourself as a quality leader at the start of your head of quality role?
He explains that leadership in quality is about partnership with peers, open communication, and helping others make quality decisions, not just issuing commands from above.
What Good Digital Transformation in Quality Actually Looks Like, with Dennis Rodman
Q: What does good digital transformation look like in practice?
Dennis emphasizes balancing technical implementation with people change management, ensuring data flows across systems, and focusing on measurable business value rather than just technology.
Overcoming Self-Doubt in Quality Leadership, with Dana Adcock
Q: What would you want them to know for those early in their quality careers who might feel pressure to keep parts of themselves hidden?
Recognize the importance of being authentic, as showing your true self will garner better responses.
Overcoming Self-Doubt in Quality Leadership, with Dana Adcock
Q: How would you change things if you were to go back to your earlier leadership career?
I would encourage myself not to fear challenging conversations and to seek understanding when in doubt.
Overcoming Self-Doubt in Quality Leadership, with Dana Adcock
Q: What do you think holds people back from leadership roles?
That strong reluctance to be in that space, alongside the difficulty in self-reflection and goal setting.

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The show centers quality leadership in life sciences, with episodes featuring senior quality executives, regulators, and transformation leaders. Across conversations, listeners get practical strategies for building and sustaining quality cultures in startups and large organizations, implementing digital tools and AI in regulated environments, and aligning quality with patient safety, regulatory expectations, and business goals. Guests frequently discuss leadership development, cross-functional collaboration, inspection readiness, and scaling quality systems in biotech, cell therapy, and pharma, often with a focus on startup growth, regulatory readiness, and modernizing quality through technology. A notable strength is bringing real-world, b... more

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2. Dennis Rodman
3. Valerie Brown
4. Dana Adcock
5. Anthony Mire-Sluis
6. Ashley Preston
7. Kyle Powell
8. Andrew Jones

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