Meet the Team

Michael Jarrett is the founder and CEO of QuesGen Systems. Mike has over 20 years of experience in running organizations supporting and developing complex applications. Prior to starting QuesGen in January 2004, he held executive positions at Applicast, a hosted provider of enterprise applications and Eloquent, a multimedia software company, and Arthur Andersen’s Business Consulting organization.

At Andersen, Mike was the partner responsible for the advanced technology practice for the 11 western states. Prior to Andersen, Mike was the founder and President of Empart Technologies, Inc., a provider of online catalog software for large-scale industrial manufacturers. Mike also ran the professional services and consulting organization for Informix software (currently owned by IBM).

Mike holds a BA in economics from the University of California at Santa Barbara and an MBA with a concentration in Information Systems from San Diego State University.

Dr. Kohn’s primary research interest is in diagnostic and prognostic testing for stroke, myocardial infarction, sepsis, hypo/hyperglycemia, and other emergency conditions. He has also been involved in several treatment trials. He is a professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at UCSF where he provides study design consultations to clinical investigators.  He also created the UCSF CTSI’s online sample size calculators (www.sample-size.net).

Dr. Kohn is an expert on database management for clinical research, both setting up study databases and extracting data from the electronic health record. He has been teaching in UCSF’s Training in Clinical Research (TICR) Program since 2000, including 10 years (until 2012) as co-director, lecturer, and section leader in the program’s flagship “Designing Clinical Research” course.

He directs the data management and clinical epidemiology courses, leads the second-year master’s seminar, and directs the UCSF Workshop on Evidence-Based Diagnosis. With Thomas B. Newman, he co-authored the clinical epidemiology textbook “Evidence-Based Diagnosis” and is a contributing author to Hulley et al, “Designing Clinical Research.”

For the past 3 years, Dr. Kohn has also been a research advisor to investigators in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Stanford Medical School, and he co-directs the Stanford course on evaluating technologies for diagnosis, prognosis, and screening.

 

Bianca is the Director of Client Services for QuesGen. In her years before working for QuesGen Bianca worked as a customer support representative for a healthcare technology company. Bianca’s background in economics gives her a more thorough understanding of data models and data structures. That, paired with her ability to work clearly and efficiently with clients makes her a well-placed addition to the QuesGen team.

Bianca holds a BA in Economics from the University of California at Santa Cruz.

Andrew is a Client Services Specialist and programmer at QuesGen Systems. Prior to joining the QuesGen team, Andrew taught music in public schools. His work as a teacher has provided an excellent framework for interacting with and assisting clients. In addition to his work with customers, he is a software developer. Andrew discovered his love of programming by developing video games on the Unity game engine. He is now putting these skills to work making the QuesGen platform more productive, usable, and friendly.

Andrew holds a BM in Jazz Studies and Music Education from Ithaca College.

Bill is Director of Security and Compliance at QuesGen and comes to us after 25 years of experience in application development, applications consulting, product management, and marketing in the software industry.

Prior to QuesGen, Bill worked at TimesTen, an in-memory database company later acquired by Oracle. Bill was employee number four at Informix Software (acquired by IBM) where he developed many of its early application development tools, report writer compilers, and utilities. He also was a founding manager of its consulting organization and led the Product Management organization for the company’s application development offerings.

Bill holds a BA in Music from California State University, Northridge.

Barbara, as Director of Business Development, brings to QuesGen over 15 years of sales, marketing, and relationship management experience. Her focus is on identifying clients who might be a good fit for QuesGen’s solutions and provide an introduction and education about the company.

During her 15-year sales career Barbara has sold and marketed hardware, software, and services. Prior to QuesGen, Barbara has held various sales positions ranging from selling IBM Software for over 8 years to her role as a marketing manager which rolled into sales for Centura Software. Prior to that, she sold hardware and services for Canon USA via IKON.

Barbara holds a BS in Marketing from Southern Illinois University, Carbondale.