Stuart Schoenmann has more than 30 years' experience as a hands-on CEO in applied technology and industrial markets with manufacturing and engineering orientation, as well as demonstrated success implementing change and improvements in manufacturing, engineering, sales, marketing, and organizational development. As a former CEO of a multinational $185 million photonic technology business with more than 1000 employees, Mr. Schoenmann led an eight-year business transformation. A creative strategic planner with proven ability to identify and develop key market opportunities, he is an adaptable and decisive leader of diverse multi-functional teams in developing state-of-the-art technological products and implementing dramatic operational improvements. Stuart Schoenmann was named Global CEO of Quantum Design in 2024.

Stefano Spagna earned his Ph.D. in Materials Science in 1995 from the University of California San Diego. Shortly after, he joined Quantum Design as a Research Physicist and became its Chief Technical Officer in 2008. In 2015, Dr. Spagna spearheaded Quantum Design's undergraduate physics laboratory initiative which includes online resources for students and educators. An active scientific researcher and published author, in 2019, Dr. Spagna joined the editorial board of Physical Review Applied, a leading scientific publication published by the American Physical Society. A vocal advocate of helium conservation, Dr. Spagna helped launch July 10th as "Helium Conservation Day," aimed at increasing awareness for helium conservation around the world. In 2022, Dr. Spagna was named Global Vice President of Strategy and Innovation of Quantum Design.

Melinda Kimbro has more than 25 years' of experience designing and scaling global talent and organizational strategies to drive business growth and cultivate high performance cultures. Before joining Quantum Design in 2025, Ms. Kimbro held multiple Chief People Officer / Chief Human Resources Officer roles at other companies, including Viasat, Inc., a global technology company with over 7,000 employees in more than 30 countries. Ms. Kimbro brings deep expertise in all functional areas of HR, as well as employer brand, people analytics, executive compensation, and corporate social responsibility.

Aashish Chourey joined Quantum Design in 2010. Before joining Quantum Design, Dr. Chourey spent 18 years as a sales lead in the superconducting magnet system industry. His most recent position was Sales and Marketing Director at American Magnetics, Inc., where he was responsible for developing their worldwide distribution network. He played an active role in the evolution of the MAxes vector field magnet systems for research in Spintronics, as well as initializing an R&D 100 award-winning DOE program for Thermo Magnetic Processing in collaboration with the Material Science Group at ORNL, the EATON Corporation and the Ajax TOCCO Corporation. Dr. Chourey has a background in developing sales teams for a wide range of scientific and analytical instrumentation and has a Ph.D. in Physics from Mumbai University in the area of High Tc superconducting thin films.

Doug Bird joined Quantum Design's engineering group in 2005. Mr. Bird led the launch of the PPMS VersaLab and PPMS EverCool-II option. To support QD's continued growth, in 2012, he moved to the role of US Customer Service Manager, and then Director of International Technical Support in 2019. Mr. Bird has a BS in Physics from the University of California, San Diego and a MS in Physics from San Diego State University.

William Neils earned his Ph.D. in Physics in 2002 from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. William joined Quantum Design in January 2005 as part of the research and development group. He helped to develop the dilution refrigerator temperature option and the PPMS DynaCool platform among other products. In mid-2015, Dr. Neils was asked to lead a separate, focused development group at Quantum Design called Q-Works. As part of this group, he helped conceive and develop the OptiCool magneto-optical cryostat platform introduced by Quantum Design in 2018. In December 2022, William Neils became the Chief Technology Officer of Quantum Design.

Lynore Abbott has more than 35 years of entrepreneurial experience in bringing scientific products, instrumentation, and photonic components to market. As a veteran of several start-up ventures, she has demonstrated experience optimizing sales and marketing organizations for the stage of company generating sustainable, profitable growth. For over 10 years, she taught entrepreneurship as part of the NSF I-Corps® program, coaching hundreds of teams as they worked to spin their technologies out of the lab. Ms. Abbott has an SB from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Materials Science and Engineering, an MS from the University of Massachusetts in Amherst in Polymer Science and Engineering, and an Executive MBA from the University of New Mexico.