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

Let's Talk Quality

Welcome to Episode 2 of Let's Talk Quality!

Today's guest is Edward Armstrong.

Ed is the VP of Quality at Mustang Bio.

What stood out about the conversation with Ed was his passion for continuous learning in quality and why all QA professionals should always be looking to adapt, overcome and improvise in quality and compliance.

• What makes a great quality assurance leader in today's world
• How has quality evolved in the past decade
• The significance of what the team at Mustang Bio are doing
• Autologous cell therapy and Car-T and the impact it has on patients
• How cell therapy has evolved over the past decade
• How the regulatory agencies and manufacturers are collaborating better
• Challenges faced in autologous cell therapy
• Scaling up manufacturing of autologous cell therapy
• Phase appropriate quality in clinical development
• Preparing for quality management maturity regulations
• Ed's leadership style and the values and principles he holds
• Which attributes Ed looks for in future quality leaders
• Why quality is not the office of product prevention!
• Why you have to be a good learner for a career in quality assurance
• Ed's life outside of his work!

I really enjoyed the conversation with Ed. He comes across as an exceptional leader and clearly leads from the front, with purpose, and 'shoulder to shoulder' with his people. He's passionate about the industry he works in and the therapies his team are developing for patients. The energy he brings is infectious and this shows in the incredibly successful career he's had to date.

Ed presents on a range of different courses for the SQA and he's also presenting at the 8th Car-TCR summit in Boston later this month. If anyone would like to know further information on these events, please check the links in the comments.

Hope you enjoy the show!