Board of Advisors

Quantum leverages its leadership position in the data collection space by partnering with the industry’s most prominent consultants, academics, and thought leaders. The individuals below are selected leaders who are committed to helping Quantum build the industry’s finest tools:

Stephen J. Wall
Managing Director, Wall Partners LLC.
WallPartners LLC. is a consultancy that specializes in helping organizations execute strategy successfully.  Wall consults with executives to assess their organizations and shape business visions to align people and energize organizational change.  His numerous publications include two landmark books on strategy formulation and implementation: The New Strategists: Creating Leaders at All Levels and On the Fly: Executing Strategy in a Changing World.

Leigh Branham
Founder, Keeping the People, Inc.
Keeping the People, Inc. is a consulting firm in Overland Park, Kansas which helps organizations analyze root causes of turnover and employee disengagement, then develop and implement employer-of-choice strategies.  Leigh is also on the faculty of the Advanced Management Institute, which specializes in management and staff development for architectural and engineering consulting firms.  He is the author of two books on the subject of employee retention--The 7 Hidden Reasons Employees Leave: How to Recognize the Subtle Signs and Act Before It’s Too Late (AMACOM Books), which The Library Journal selected as one of the best business books of 2005, and Keeping the People Who Keep You in Business: 24 Ways to Hang On To Your Most Valued Talent (AMACOM, 2000). 

Mark D. Hirschfeld
Executive Director, GWR Sunshine Foundation
For the past twenty years Mark's work has focused primarily on the areas of organizational and individual assessment, career development and performance management with growing companies in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. For the last five years he has studied winning Best Places To Work companies across the U.S., authoring several articles related to employee engagement. Mark is currently partnering with Leigh Branham on “Lucky to Work Here—How America’s Best Places to Work are Winning the War for Talent” a book that showcases engagement practices from outstanding employers of choice. Mark is a founder of the Midlands Venture Forum, an organization committed to supporting high growth start-up businesses. He also serves on the governing board of Prommune Inc., an Omaha-based biotechnology firm that is developing novel vaccines and therapies using patented technologies developed at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. A passionate advocate of individuals with disabilities, Mark recently joined the GWR Sunshine Foundation, where he works with organizations across the Midwest to create new ways of helping individuals with disabilities live meaningful and productive lives.