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.

Mohammad El Khoury joined Quotient (NASDAQ:QTNT) as the company’s Chief Commercial Officer in October 2021. He brings 30 years of experience in driving commercial strategies for major diagnostic portfolios some of which included, infectious disease, transfusion, digital PCR, and COVID-19 testing solutions. Mr. El Khoury joins the Company from QIAGEN (NYSE:QGEN), where he served as President, Head of Global Sales of Molecular Diagnostics leading a global team of over 600 people. He led the expansion strategies across different geographies. Prior to that, he served as Vice President, Commercial Performance at bioMérieux, leading a cross-functional international team. While there, he secured top-line profitability worldwide by driving regional go-to-market strategies and execution plans. Mr. El Khoury also brings international experience in leadership roles at Roche Diagnostics and GE Healthcare.

Dr. Ginocchio joined Quotient (NASDAQ:QTNT) as the Company’s Chief Scientific & Medical Officer in October 2021.
 

She brings 40 years of experience clinical diagnostics, laboratory management, and medical education. Dr. Ginocchio joins the Company from bioMérieux/BioFire where she held the role of Senior Vice President, Global Medical Affairs. In this capacity she directed the BioFire post-market study program, BioFire medical education and training, and provided key medical insight for new product development. Prior to joining bioMérieux/BioFire, Dr Ginocchio directed over 150 laboratory professionals in a core facility that provided state-of-the-art diagnostic testing and research opportunities for 11 hospitals, including 3 Academic Centers. She was responsible for all areas of Infectious Disease diagnostics, including Microbiology, Virology, Molecular Diagnostics, Immunology/Serology, Hepatitis and HIV testing services. With over 115 peer reviewed publications, Dr. Ginocchio has been a speaker at more than 250 national and international conferences and is considered an international expert in molecular diagnostics and clinical virology. She attained the rank of Professor of Medicine, Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell Health, NY. Dr Ginocchio remains active in numerous professional societies, and she is a voting member of the President’s Advisory Council for Combating Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria (PACCARB).