090 - Software Validation, Automation, No-Code Quality Tools and QMS with Harsh Thakkar

On This Episode, I was joined by Harsh Thakkar, CEO of Qualtivate. Harsh walks through:

- Automating Quality with No Code Tools
- Software Validation
- Infrastructure Software
- Out of the Box
- Configured Software
- Custom Software Systems

Harsh Thakkar is the CEO and founder of Qualtivate, a data-driven quality management consulting firm for life sciences.  He is an industry veteran who has spent more than a decade in quality assurance and regulatory compliance roles with companies like Takeda, Biogen, Merck, Johnson & Johnson, and Bristol Myers Squibb.  He is an American Society of Quality (ASQ) Certified Quality Auditor and Certified Manager of Quality/Organizational Excellence.

Show References:
McKinsey article: https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/life-sciences/our-insights/smart-quality-reimagining-the-way-quality-works
FDA CSA guidance: https://www.fda.gov/regulatory-information/search-fda-guidance-documents/computer-software-assurance-production-and-quality-system-software
Naval Ravikant's book: https://www.navalmanack.com/