Management

Manuel O. Méndez joined Quotient (NASDAQ:QTNT)  as the company’s Chief Executive Officer in April 2021. 
 

He brings over 30 years of experience in the diagnostics and life science markets. Mr. Méndez joins Quotient from Quest Diagnostics (NYSE: DGX), the world’s leading provider of diagnostic information services where he served as the Senior Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer. He played a key role in accelerating growth and supporting the COVID-19 efforts.  Before joining Quest, he was living in Germany and served as SVP and Head of Global Commercial Operations and a member of QIAGEN N.V. Executive Committee, a worldwide provider of Sample to Insight solutions for molecular testing. Manuel has held a variety of senior leadership roles with Abbott Laboratories, Thermo Fisher Scientific, OraSure Technologies, and bioMerieux – living in the United States, Europe, Asia, and Latin America.
 

An American citizen, Mr. Méndez received an MBA from Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management and a bachelor's degree in biomedical engineering from Boston University. 

Dr. Michael Hausmann joined Quotient (NASDAQ:QTNT) as the company’s Chief Technology Officer in August 2021. 
 

He has 24 years of experience in the in vitro diagnostics industry, including extensive R&D leadership experience at companies such as: Abbott, bioMérieux and most recently, Thermo Fisher Scientific.
 

He developed the ex-US Architect Infectious Disease portfolio for blood screening and diagnostics at Abbott; at bioMérieux, led the team to develop the VIDAS & VIDAS 3 assays. Most recently, at Thermo Fisher Scientific, he expanded the adoption of BRAHMS Procalcitonin in China and the US.
 

Dr. Hausmann holds a Ph.D. in Biology from the Max-Planck-Institute of Immunobiology and a MSc degree in Chemistry from Albert-Ludwigs-University in Freiburg, Germany. 

Peter Buhler joined Quotient (NASDAQ:QTNT) as the company’s Chief Financial Officer in February 2020. Mr Buhler has more than 20 years of experience in the strategic and financial leadership of life science and technology businesses in both the public and private sectors, more recently with Zaluvida AG, where he served as Group Chief Financial Officer.

In addition, Mr Buhler served as Group Chief Financial Officer of Greer Plc, a global leader in allergy immunotherapy headquartered in London.

While there, Mr Buhler led a complex merger project to combine a French and a US Group through the creation of a UK holding. Previously, he served as Head of Finance, Commercial Europe at Merck Serono SA and Finance Director EMEA at Logitech SA.

He is a Swiss Certified Accountant and an Executive MBA from the Swiss Business School in Zurich.

Jeremy Stackawitz joined Quotient (NASDAQ:QTNT) 10 years ago, overseeing the company through a period of sustained rapid growth. He led Quotient’s entry into the US market, where the company now serves over 1,000 customers and has successfully obtained over 60 FDA product approvals. He currently serves as President of Commercial and the Reagent Business.

He brings over 20 years of experience in healthcare, including diagnostics, pharmaceuticals and biotechnology. His past experiences include serving in various business development, general management and commercial roles for Johnson & Johnson, which included Commercial Director of Immunohematology for Ortho Clinical Diagnostics.

Previously he worked at Purdue Pharma running various Market Research and Commercial groups, and served as a Strategy Consultant to the healthcare industry with Monitor and McKinsey & Co consultancies. 

Mr Stackawitz holds a BA in Chemistry from Dartmouth College and an MBA in Healthcare Management from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.