# 067 - mRNA, Flu Vaccines, Good Presentations, and Non-Linear Career Paths with Jane M. True

- Show: [Let's Combinate](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/lets-combinate)
- Published: 2023-01-11
- Length: 47m
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/lets-combinate/2023-01-11-067-mrna-flu-vaccines-good-presentations-and-non-linear-career-paths-with-jane-m
- Listen: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/letscombinate/episodes/067---mRNA--Flu-Vaccines--Good-Presentations--and-Non-Linear-Career-Paths-with-Jane-M--True-e1t1t3m

## Summary

Jane M. True, VP of mRNA Commercial Strategy at Pfizer, discusses her non-linear career path from choral conducting to pharmaceutical leadership, emphasizing the importance of hiring for 'brains' and strategic thinking over rigid activity-based experience. She details the operational and commercial differences between traditional flu vaccines and emerging mRNA technologies, highlighting how platform approaches could streamline manufacturing and regulatory pathways. True also shares practical advice on presentation skills, advocating for storyboarding and the Minto Principle to communicate complex data effectively to diverse audiences.

## Chapters

- [0:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/lets-combinate/2023-01-11-067-mrna-flu-vaccines-good-presentations-and-non-linear-career-paths-with-jane-m#t=0) Introduction: Jane M. True and Pfizer
- [3:42](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/lets-combinate/2023-01-11-067-mrna-flu-vaccines-good-presentations-and-non-linear-career-paths-with-jane-m#t=222) Presentation Skills: Storyboarding and the Minto Principle
- [14:26](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/lets-combinate/2023-01-11-067-mrna-flu-vaccines-good-presentations-and-non-linear-career-paths-with-jane-m#t=866) Non-Linear Career Paths and Hiring Philosophy
- [21:55](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/lets-combinate/2023-01-11-067-mrna-flu-vaccines-good-presentations-and-non-linear-career-paths-with-jane-m#t=1315) mRNA as a Platform Technology for Commercialization
- [29:28](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/lets-combinate/2023-01-11-067-mrna-flu-vaccines-good-presentations-and-non-linear-career-paths-with-jane-m#t=1768) Global Flu Vaccine Development and Manufacturing
- [39:47](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/lets-combinate/2023-01-11-067-mrna-flu-vaccines-good-presentations-and-non-linear-career-paths-with-jane-m#t=2387) Vaccine Economics: Reimbursement and Prevention Models

## Topics

- [Leadership, teams & culture](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/leadership-and-culture)
- [Careers & education](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/engineering-careers-and-education)
- [Energy & climate tech](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/energy-and-climate-tech)
- [Retail, wholesale & distribution](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/retail-and-distribution)
- [Validation & product-market fit](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/validation-and-product-market-fit)

## Most relevant to

large enterprises

## Mentioned

- Pfizer (company)
- Sequiris (company)
- PWC (company)
- Cape Gemini (company)
- mRNA (other)
- flu vaccine (product)
- Minto Principle (other)
- BLA (other)
- EUA (other)

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