
The mission of my blog is to encourage a thoughtful life as a quality professional. I want to ask and explore questions related to building a quality culture and utilizing system thinking to spark a dialogue with my peers. I aim to become a leader in quality both internal to my own company and externally to the wider profession.
I am a quality professional with over 20 years of experience in the Pharmaceutical industry located in Boston, MA. I am currently employed at Amylyx Pharmaceuticals as the Head of Quality Management Systems. All opinions are my own and do not represent the views of my employer.
I am chair-elect of the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Division and the past chair of the Team and Workplace Excellence Forum of the ASQ. I hold the Certified Manager of Quality/Operational Excellence (CMQ/OE) and the Pharmaceutical GMP Professional Certification (CPGP) certifications from the ASQ.
I am passionate about topics related to change management, knowledge management, risk management, quality culture, data integrity and the future of quality.
I started this blog as a way to think aloud and discuss and share on my interests. I’m interested in hearing your thoughts, comments, feedback and questions.

Presentations
- Contamination Control, Risk and the Quality Management System
- Training as Part of Lean Change Management
- Change Management and Control: Lessons From a Consent Decree
- Knowledge management and effective change management
- Auditing the quality system for data integrity
- Change Management and Change Control
- The Role of Mixed Reality in Quality 4.0
- Sustaining Change – Executing a Sustainability Plan
- Enabling the Process Owner to Drive Improvement
Archives for Investigations of a Dog:
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The name of this blog comes from a Franz Kafka story told from the perspective of a dog, the story concerns the nature and limits of knowledge, by way of the dog’s inquiries into the practices of his culture.