Quantum Design
David Schultz has extensive work experience in finance and accounting. David began their career in 1976 as an Audit Manager at Coopers & Lybrand, where they performed audits for various clients and supervised audit staff. David then joined Video Library, Inc. in 1984 as Chief Financial Officer, responsible for financial and SEC reporting, managing shareholder relations, and budgeting for store operations. In 1987, they became the Regional Controller at Blockbuster Entertainment, Inc., overseeing budgeting and financial reporting for all stores in the Western United States and providing financial advice to the Western Zone Manager. In 1990, David joined Chantal Systems, Inc. as VP Finance & Administration, leading the accounting and administrative teams, preparing financial statements and managing banking relationships. Finally, in 1991, they became the Chief Financial Officer at Quantum Design, Inc., where they coordinated financial reporting for the company and its subsidiaries worldwide, developed expansion models, and monitored subsidiary performance.
David Schultz obtained their Bachelor of Business Administration with an emphasis in accounting from Cal State Fullerton, College of Business and Economics, where they studied from 1972 to 1976. David later pursued their Master of Business Administration at the University of California, Irvine - The Paul Merage School of Business from 1997 to 1999. No field of study was specified for their MBA.
Quantum Design
Quantum Design is a privately held corporation that develops and markets automated temperature and magnetic field testing platforms for materials characterization. These systems offer a variety of measurement capabilities and are in widespread use in the fields of physics, chemistry, biotechnology, materials science and nanotechnology. A broad product line allows Quantum Design to address the scientific and operational requirements of researchers around the world. Benefiting from its depth in instrument design and manufacturing, Quantum Design (QD) has become the leading commercial source for automated materials characterization systems incorporating superconducting technology. These instruments may be found in the world’s leading research institutions, and have become the reference standard for a variety of magnetic and physical property measurements. QD instruments are cited in, and provide the data for, more scientific publications than any other instrument in the fields of magnetics and materials characterization. This means that each year, literally hundreds of scientific publications, advancing the science of materials use data generated from QD instruments. In diverse areas such as materials characterization, high-sensitivity electrical measurements, and defense-related magnetic anomaly detection, Quantum Design’s team of scientists and engineers provides a full spectrum of service and application support for customers both domestically and internationally.