Building a Non-BS QMS: 4 Core Principles for MedTech Success with Ashkon Rasooli
In this episode of the Global Medical Device Podcast, host Etienne Nichols is joined by quality and regulatory expert Ashkon Rasooli to explore the essentials of creating a high-impact, non-burdensome Quality Management System (QMS).
Ashkon shares his four guiding principles for building an effective QMS—emphasizing quality over proceduralism, culture over mandate, redundancy over duplication, and conciseness over verbosity.
This conversation dives into strategies for optimizing QMS implementation, reducing overhead, and integrating quality culture company-wide. The episode wraps with tactical advice for new medical device founders on setting up their QMS for long-term success.
Standout Quotes:
"There is a cost to quality. But quality done right can also be an enormous value-add, not just a regulatory checkbox." – Ashkon Rasooli
"A QMS should serve quality and compliance, but it has to be intuitive for every person in your company. Complexity does not mean quality." – Ashkon Rasooli
