Burak Begen

Burak Begen currently serves as Vice President of Global Quality Control at Moderna, where Burak leads clinical and commercial quality control operations across teams in the US and Europe, focusing on lab automation and digitization initiatives. Prior experience at Sanofi includes serving as Quality Head for the Insulin Cluster, overseeing 880 quality employees, and managing regulatory compliance and quality operations across multiple manufacturing sites. Other roles at Sanofi involved leadership in quality control, compliance, and site quality management, achieving notable accomplishments such as leading successful audits and implementing quality improvements. Burak's earlier career includes positions at Ben Venue Laboratories, AMEC BioPharmaceuticals, and Novartis Pharmaceuticals, complemented by a PhD in Polymer Science from The University of Akron and an MBA from Marmara University.