Quantum Leap Healthcare Collaborative
Kathryn Watson-Feiner, MBA has extensive experience in finance and administration roles. Kathryn currently serves as the Sr Director of Finance and Administration at Quantum Leap Healthcare Collaborative, where they manage financial reporting, accounting, budgeting, and cost modeling. Additionally, they oversee information technology and human resources for the organization. Prior to their current role, Kathryn worked at Silicon Valley Finance Group as a Controller, providing financial and accounting services to venture-backed companies. Kathryn also worked as the Corporate Controller at LRNG powered by SNHU, a SaaS startup and NFP cloud-based learning platform. Kathryn has experience in the affordable housing sector, having worked as a Financial Project Manager for Satellite Affordable Housing Associates and as the Director of Financial Planning and Analysis at MidPen Housing Corporation. Kathryn also has experience in the retail industry, having worked as an Accounting Manager at Core-Mark International. Kathryn began their career as the Business Manager/Controller at Notre Dame High School, where they handled financial reporting, budgeting, and audit engagements. Throughout their career, Kathryn has excelled in financial management and has demonstrated a strong ability to support organizational growth and success.
Kathryn Watson-Feiner, MBA, holds a Master of Business Administration degree with a specialization in Finance, which they obtained from Notre Dame de Namur University. Kathryn completed their MBA program from 2001 to 2003. Prior to their MBA, they earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from the same institution, where they studied from 1995 to 1999.
In addition to their formal education, Kathryn has also acquired several certifications to enhance their financial expertise. Kathryn obtained the certifications of "Activity-Based Costing," "Financial Modeling Foundations," and "Financial Modeling and Forecasting Financial Statements" from LinkedIn. These certifications were obtained in different months and years, with "Activity-Based Costing" and "Financial Modeling Foundations" being obtained in June 2020, and "Financial Modeling and Forecasting Financial Statements" in November 2019.
Quantum Leap Healthcare Collaborative
A 501C(3) charitable organization, Quantum Leap was established in 2005 as a collaboration between medical researchers at University of California, San Francisco and Silicon Valley entrepreneurs. Our mission is to integrate high-impact research with clinical processes and systems technology, resulting in improved data management and information systems, greater access to clinical trial matching and sponsorship, and greater benefit to providers, patients and researchers. Our goal is to improve and save lives. The founders of Quantum Leap recognize that good ideas and research projects in a University setting were often “orphaned” at the end of a research project. These efforts were frequently left with no funds or organizational structure to adequately engage clinical providers and ultimately benefit patient care. In addition, the intellectual property often created as part of these research endeavors remain untapped and undeveloped. Modeled after Silicon Valley’s entrepreneurial culture with an added social value objective, our social-entrepreneurial model embodies: + Identifying clinical and research efforts with a potential for high impact + Providing financial and managerial assistance + Forming organizations and management teams to grow proven ideas into products + Securing funding in stages as efforts mature + Creating strategic partnerships committed to developing high-value healthcare services and products We support the development and implementation of innovative ways to deliver better, less costly healthcare. We are committed to establishing unique collaborations across the medical, technology and bioscience industries: all necessary components to accelerate healthcare research into the marketplace. Our efforts focus on quality-of-care and quality-of-life issues, and to create initiatives that foster excellent clinical practices using quality improvement disciplines with a strong patient-centric focus.