AfroTech Conference 2026
Karyn Quick
Director of IT Quality and Regulatory Compliance, AbbVie
Track Equity, Bias and Clinical Trust
Biography
Karyn is the Director of IT Regulatory Compliance at AbbVie, where she leads initiatives focused on IT governance, regulatory compliance, risk management, cybersecurity, testing validation and automation and operational excellence across technology organizations. She partners with business and IT leaders to strengthen compliance and risk frameworks, enhance software development lifecycle governance, and drive sustainable processes that support regulatory readiness and business objectives.
Sessions
Engineering, Compliance, and Accountable Innovation Presented by AbbVie
Wed, Nov 4, 12:50 PM – 1:20 PM CT
Track Equity, Bias and Clinical Trust
Technology transformation is often viewed as a balancing act between speed and control. In reality, the most successful organizations achieve both through strong partnerships between engineering and governance teams. Join AbbVie leaders Sam Spaulding and Karyn Quick as they share how cloud modernization, platform engineering, compliance, risk management, and operational excellence can work together to enable innovation at scale. Attendees will learn practical strategies for breaking down organizational silos, building trusted technology platforms, and creating governance models that support, rather than hinder, transformation.