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Geetu Abbi on When to Build a Digital Quality Function
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- Let's Talk Quality
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- Sep 22, 2026
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Geetu Abbi was handed the GAMP guide as a new validation engineer at Genzyme, and in 2024 she co-led one. Geetu Abbi on When to Build a Digital Quality Function In today's episode I was joined by Geetu Abbi, Head of Digital Quality Assurance at Alkermes. I wanted to speak to Geetu because Digital Quality was not a job title eight to ten years ago, and she has grown into the role from computer systems validation. She moved from software testing into validation at Siemens without a life sciences background, and in 2024 she co-led the GAMP guide for GCP and clinical trials. We talk about: - Moving from software testing into validation at Siemens, with no prior exposure to Part 11 or 21 CFR 820 - What Digital Quality is, and the gap it fills between site Quality and clinical Quality - Data lifecycle mapping, and why validation now has to be revisited with every change - Delivering seven validated systems in eight months to support the Alkermes-Mural Oncology separation in 2023 - Her advice to the next generation of Quality professionals on why they don't have to solve everything alone Thank you Geetu for sharing your journey. Timestamps: (00:00) Introduction and guest background (03:42) From QA to validation (08:00) Career turning point (13:04) What digital quality means (22:28) Digital quality as a career opportunity (29:58) How the team is structured (34:06) Advice for future quality leaders