Hi Everyone,

I currently work as a temp/part time quality engineering intern at MTF Biologics which is the biggest tissue bank in the world. I’m not too familiar with the terms Matrix or project based organization but I would say that MTF is a matrix based organization. There are different departments such as quality engineering (QE) and assurance (QA), R&D, processing, marketing, and supply chain. The company has teams assigned to the different products. R&D comes up with the product, the processing departments creates the processes needed and QE works with all the departments to validate the processes per industry standards. QA ensures that all validations are compliant with industry standards and also helps during audits. Each project has their own project managers which typically are in charge of multiple projects. I liked observing the role of project managers at MTF because they create a structure and agenda in order to keep projects moving within the company. Their ability to conduct conversations and solutions is something I really admire and recognize that it takes years of experience at different levels in order to be an effective project manager.

I would like to experience different types of industry organizations to learn the strengths and weaknesses of each first hand.