Leadership

Gene Austin has over 30 years of experience in leading both private and public software and technology companies. Most recently, Austin was the CEO of Bazaarvoice, and previous to that was the CEO of Convio, where he led a team that grew the business to a successful IPO in 2010 and eventual sale to Blackbaud in 2012. Prior to Convio, Austin was a member of the executive team that took CareerBuilder.com public in 1999.

Jordan Copland is EVP Finance and Operations and CFO of Quorum Business Solutions and brings more than 30 years of combined strategic, operational, financial and business development leadership at both public and private companies to his current role.

Before joining Quorum, Copland held chief financial officer positions at Omnitracs, LLC the global pioneer of innovative software and SaaS fleet management solutions serving the transportation sector, Harbor Freight Tools, a vertically-integrated, private label retailer of tools and equipment, and GSI Commerce, an e-commerce, multichannel and interactive marketing technology solutions provider. He also served previously in a host of senior finance and business development positions during his nine-year tenure at The Walt Disney Company.

Copland earned his bachelor’s degree in economics and international relations, and master’s degree in finance and accounting from the University of Pennsylvania.

Bruce Wartell is one of Quorum’s founders and has been instrumental in guiding the technical approach and evolution for many of Quorum’s products. Prior to founding Quorum in 1998, Mr. Wartell spent 8 years at Accenture in a variety of roles in both the technical solutions and energy solutions practices. Mr. Wartell has over 25 years of practical experience in the design and development of software architecture for a wide variety of enterprise class products primarily in the energy industry. His primary responsibility at Quorum today is helping lead the transformation of the company’s products and infrastructure to a software as a service model that can be hosted in the public or private cloud. Mr. Wartell holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) from the University of Texas at Austin and also serves as an elected member of the UT ECE Advisory Board.

Michael Lewis has 19 years of experience working in the oil and gas industry. Mr. Lewis has held a variety of product leadership and Client support roles within Quorum. Additionally, Mr. Lewis has taken point on strategic initiatives for internal processes as well as M&A activities. Before joining Quorum, he spent over 10 years with Accenture handling Client delivery in numerous technical lead and program management roles. Mr. Lewis holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from Texas A&M University.

Olivier Thierry (“OT”) is the Chief Marketing Office for Quorum. Prior to Quorum, Mr. Thierry held executive leadership positions in several successful private and public software and technology corporations. He has built and managed high performance marketing teams in software companies in systems and network management, security management, applications development and middleware, SaaS, open source, storage, unified collaboration, virtualization and cloud, and oil & gas. Most recently, he served as Chief Marketing Officer for Zimbra, Inc., a global leader in unified collaboration. Prior to Zimbra Olivier also served as CEO of Fiveruns, CMO at Zenoss, and Senior Vice President of Worldwide Marketing and Alliances at NetIQ. He received his Bachelor of Commerce degree (Cum Laude) with a double major in marketing, and computers and systems from McGill University in Montreal Canada.

Tyson Greer leads the Software organization at Quorum and is responsible for product and technology direction in addition to overseeing innovation, engineering, product management & customer success across the company’s entire portfolio of software solutions serving the energy value chain. With over 15 years in both technology and energy, he brings a unique depth and breadth of experience across both domains to the role in addition to a proven track record of innovation and leading high performing teams. While at Quorum he has filled a variety of roles including product management, software development, solutions consulting and leading Quorum’s Energy Transportation and Marketing vertical. Mr. Greer holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Mississippi State University.

Lindsey Herndon Goodgion is Chief Sales Officer for Quorum. In this role, Mrs. Goodgion is responsible for all sales, account management, and commercial activities worldwide. With 15 years of oil and gas industry experience, Mrs. Goodgion has held a variety of roles within Quorum including key roles in Client Delivery and Product Support. Mrs. Goodgion holds a BA from the University of Texas at Austin and an MBA from the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin.

Roy Queener joined Quorum in 2005, developing over a decade of experience delivering technology to the oil and gas industry for companies ranging from juniors to supermajors. Throughout his tenure, Mr. Queener has cultivated a strong passion for driving a customer focus and creating innovative solutions. Most recently, Mr. Queener was responsible for Quorum's U.S. Midstream & Transportation commercial activities as an Account Manager and currently leads Quorum’s Canadian Business Unit. Queener holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Texas (UT) at Austin.

Eric Hazeldine earned a BS in Chemical Engineering from Northwestern University, and joined Quorum in 1999. His ability to relate to people, learn new subjects quickly, and his attention to detail have been key to his success. Eric has held a variety of leadership positions throughout the company, including leading Quorum Canada through a six-year period of substantial customer and revenue growth. Eric has been instrumental in establishing Quorum as the industry standard software provider to the oil & gas market in North America. Eric believes that there is always a way to get a customer the result they need, and enjoys seeing this happen in his current role as Strategic Account Executive.

Michael Hart has over 30 years of experience with the oil and gas industry. Mr. Hart started his career working with Gulf Oil in the joint interest billing, revenue, finance, and field operations departments. After working for Paradigm Technologies as an Excalibur implementation consultant and Regional Manager, Mr. Hart was a partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers and IBM serving the energy and resources industries for 22 years. Mr. Hart’s expertise is in the implementation of large ERP systems, process improvement projects, and software development.

Joe Norris has over 25 years of expertise in the oil and gas industry. Prior to joining Quorum, Mr. Norris was a partner at Accenture where he oversaw global strategic initiatives and software delivery projects. Mr. Norris is responsible for managing Quorum’s strategic client and partner relationships

David Townsend leads the Services organization at Quorum where he is responsible for driving the strategy, methodology, and execution of Quorum’s professional services and outsourcing practice. With over 19 years of professional services experience in technology and energy, he brings a breadth of experience in leading high performance teams and working with clients to drive their digital transformation. Prior to joining Quorum, David spent 12 years with Accenture. In his role as an Account Executive, he was primarily responsible for client engagement, program planning, as well as proposal development in the Resources Market Unit. Mr. Townsend holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Prairie View A&M University.

Kip Amedeo brings over 20 years of technology sales experience to Quorum and is the Senior Vice President of Sales, where he drives the company’s strategy and execution on revenue-connected aspects of the business. Kip came to Quorum from Diebold Nixdorf, where he led the North America Software Sales Organization and helped lead the company’s transformation from being hardware centric to being software and services oriented. Prior to Diebold Nixdorf, Kip held leadership roles during his six years at SAP, including Vice President of Sales, Vice President of Strategic Alliances, and Vice President of Channels. Prior to SAP, Kip was with Siemens for ten years where he held various roles including Vice President of Sales and Director of Corporate Strategy and Development. Kip holds a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Texas A&M University and an MBA in technology commercialization from the University of Texas at Austin.

Corey House joined Quorum in 1998 and has filled a variety of roles throughout the full product development and client delivery life cycles. Throughout his tenure, Mr. House’s responsibilities have spanned the spectrum from software architecture and development to running implementation projects to his current role leading the development organization at Quorum. Prior to joining Quorum, Mr. House worked for Accenture, building his development and leadership skills in the upstream and midstream energy industry. Mr. House has a BS in Electrical Engineering from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology and a MS in Electrical Engineering from Texas A & M University.

Jess Porter has over 15 years of experience working in the oil and gas industry. In his tenure at Quorum, Mr. Porter has held a variety of positions including leadership and executive roles in product development, Client support and Client delivery. His expertise in the industry stems from a background in product management as well as a number of software implementation projects in the midstream and transportation verticals. His primary responsibility is in providing strategic direction and oversight for the Product and Support organizations at the company. Mr. Porter holds a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering & Management from Oklahoma State University.

Jason Webster has worked in the oil and gas industry for over 12 years, and is responsible for overseeing Quorum’s Upstream offerings. Mr. Webster has held a variety of roles within Quorum, including leadership roles in project delivery and client support. His experience in the Upstream oil and gas industry comes from working with clients through the entire product development and delivery lifecycles. Mr. Webster holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science at Trinity University.

Shawn Cutter is his family’s 2nd generation in the oil and gas industry and has spent 15 years in information technology, focused on BI, Integration, and BigData. Mr. Cutter founded his own cloud-based oil and gas software service company, Fielding Systems, which was acquired by Quorum in 2015. Mr. Cutter now serves as a Vice President at Quorum, where he continues to expand Quorum’s software services, specializing in field production optimization, operations, measurement, and SCADA.

Soroosh Seyhoon joined Quorum in 2006 and currently serves as Vice President responsible for Business Development and Inside Sales. Mr. Seyhoon has over 15 years of experience in software consulting, implementations, and sales. He has held a variety of leadership roles working closely with product management, product support, and Quorum’s services organization. In the past, Mr. Seyhoon has been the Upstream Consulting Lead responsible for staffing projects and ensuring project deliverables met the highest standards. He serves regularly as a client executive to project teams helping achieve success and works with client stakeholders to ensure alignment with their goals. Mr. Seyhoon holds a Bachelor’s of Arts degree in Economics from Columbia University.

Megan Yunker is Vice President of Product Marketing at Quorum. Ms. Yunker brings over 10+ years of success developing and executing go-to-market strategies for growing companies, combining modern tactics for demand generation with data-driven marketing. Her professional experience also spans brand management, content marketing, sales enablement, analyst relations, public relations, demand generation, digital marketing, and marketing automation for enterprise software companies. She holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance and MBA from The University of Texas at Austin – Red McCombs School of Business.

Youlanda Davis joined Quorum Business Solutions in 2009. She leads the Customer Service organization where she is responsible for providing strategic direction and oversight as well as defining support methodology. Throughout her 29 year career she has held various leadership and executive positions in the energy and software industry with companies including ExxonMobil and Hess Corporation.  Prior to joining Quorum Business Solutions she served as Vice President of Quality Assurance Operations with SunGard. Youlanda holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Houston.

Alicia Kozlek, CPA, CMA, CGMA, is the Corporate Controller for Quorum Software.  With over 24 years of experience managing finance and accounting functions, she is a goal-oriented leader with a proven track record of establishing strong accounting practices and principles with a focus on compliance.  During her almost 19 years at Computer Sciences Corporation (now DXC technology), she held both global and regional roles in the software and services division.  Alicia was most recently the Division Controller for Americas Global Business Services, where she ran the company’s premier accounting and finance department of 62 employees worldwide.  Alicia has had the opportunity to work as the lead project manager over numerous mergers, acquisition and systems implementations, including the largest internal SAP implementation in the company’s history.  A champion of technology and process improvement, Alicia is a certified Six Sigma Green Belt.  Alicia holds a Bachelor of Business Administration (Magna Cum Laude) in Accounting from Texas State University, in addition to multiple professional certifications.

James joined Quorum with the acquisition of WellEz in 2017 where he acted as the Chief Operations Officer. With more than ten years in Upstream Software-as-a-Service in the Oil and Gas market James is focused on leading technology transformation, business process & maturity, and a high touch customer engagement model. Under Quorum, James leads the Customer Success and SaaS Products. Prior to WellEz, James was with Dell in Round Rock, Texas and has a BA from the University of Texas at Austin.

Carol Wehrman leads Quorum’s CloudOps, DevOps, Release Management, QA Testing and Information Security functions, combining her deep knowledge across the full breadth of IT process and technology with her ability to bridge the gap between business and technical requirements.  She brings her passion for process, standards, controls and continuous improvement to everything she does.

Carol has extensive experience across all aspects of software development, IT infrastructure management, transformation, supplier management and global delivery.  Prior to joining Quorum, Carol was with Accenture for 18 years where she developed winning infrastructure outsourcing solutions for several significant multi-year outsourcing services contracts and led transition and delivery of outsourcing and consulting project services to customers.

Carol is ITIL Foundation Certified and holds a BS in Computer Science from the University of North Texas and an MBA in Accounting from the University of Texas at Arlington.