Leadership Team

Steven Boal founded Quotient in 1998 and serves as the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors.

Prior to founding Quotient, Mr. Boal served as vice president of business development for Integral Development Corporation, a privately held financial software company in Silicon Valley. Prior to that, Mr. Boal was vice president and head of global emerging markets derivative technology at J.P. Morgan. Before that, he was president of OptEdge, a real-time options, analytics and risk management business. Mr. Boal also held various management positions at TriStar Market Data, eventually running the company’s Montgomery Securities division.

He is also the Founder and Chairman of electronic gift card company Cashstar (acquired by Blackhawk NYSE:HAWK) and a founding board member of Matia Robotics, a robotic mobility device company. Mr. Boal holds a B.A. from the State University of New York at Albany.

Scott Raskin is President of Quotient. He joined the Company in August 2019 after serving on the Board of Directors. Prior to joining Quotient, Scott was President and Chief Executive Officer of Spigit, Inc., the market leader in innovation management software, and led the company through several years of record sales and customer growth. He also served as a member of their Board of Directors.

Prior to acquiring Spigit in 2014, he spent eight years growing Mindjet from a startup to a category leader in cloud-based productivity, acquired by Corel in 2016. Before that, Raskin served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Telelogic. Through strategic acquisitions and organic growth, he built a team of more than 1,200 employees in thirty countries. His efforts resulted in the successful acquisition of Telelogic by IBM. Earlier in his career, Raskin served as Vice President of Sales and Corporate Development at Nexgenix, a pioneer in e-commerce solutions, where he grew the business from startup to exit. Raskin has also held senior management positions at Bachman Information Systems and MAI Basic Four.

Raskin currently serves on the Board of Directors for privately held MariaDB and Neology, Inc. He also served on the board of CRS Temporary Housing, acquired by GenNx360 Capital Partners and Cision AB, acquired by GTCR. He is a charter member of the San Francisco Bay YPO Chapter and past Chapter President. Raskin graduated from the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas, Austin.

Pamela Strayer is Chief Financial Officer at Quotient, leading all corporate finance, including financial planning, accounting, capital structure, tax and treasury. Ms. Strayer joined Quotient in November 2019.

Ms. Strayer served previously with Poly (formerly Plantronics) as Chief Financial Officer from 2012 through March 2019. Previously, from 2005 to 2012, Ms. Strayer served as Vice President of Finance and Corporate Controller at Autodesk Inc., a world leading software design and services company. In addition, Ms. Strayer was a director on the board of directors for Viavi Solutions, Inc. from 2015 to 2018 where she served as chairperson of the audit committee.

Ms. Strayer holds a B.S. in Business Administration from Ohio State University.

Connie Chen is General Counsel, Compliance Officer and Secretary at Quotient and oversees the company’s legal and regulatory affairs. Ms. Chen joined Quotient in 2013 and assumed the role of general counsel in 2016. She brings more than 20 years of experience in litigation, intellectual property, licensing and commercial transactions. Before joining Quotient, she spent nearly a decade at Rambus Inc., a semiconductor and IP product development company, as vice president, litigation & deputy general counsel, where she led Rambus’s litigation and intellectual property enforcement and protection. She has also held positions at the law firm of Morrison & Foerster LLP and at WebMD, where she served as Assistant General Counsel.

Ms. Chen received her A.B. from Stanford University, where she graduated with distinction. She holds her juris doctorate from Stanford Law School.

Chad L. Summe is Chief Operating Officer, responsible for our operations and go-to-market strategies with CPGs and retailers. Previously, Chad was Senior Vice President & General Manager, Brands and Retail at Quotient, leading sales and overseeing the company’s brand and retail partnerships. He joined Quotient in 2012 and was the Vice President and General Manager of US Sales from 2016 to 2017 and Vice President of the Central Division prior to that, spearheading the company’s expansion in Cincinnati.

Before joining Quotient, Mr. Summe spent time as a marketing executive in Procter & Gamble’s baby care division working on both Pampers and Luvs brands.  During his time on Pampers, P&G’s largest global brand, he helped drive brand strategy across multiple regions, including North America, Europe, and Asia.  He also was a nuclear engineer in the United States Navy’s Submarine Force on board the USS Topeka (SSN 754).

Mr. Summe graduated from the United States Naval Academy with a B.S. in Economics (Honors) and holds an MBA from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business. He’s on the boards of the Cincinnati Economics Center and the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport.

Renee Cutright is Chief People Officer at Quotient, responsible for all aspects of human resources strategy, including recruitment, development, employee relations, compensation and benefits and culture. Ms. Cutright joined Quotient in February 2020.

Before joining Quotient, Ms. Cutright was the SVP, Human Resources, North America Connect (Consumer), Global Bases and Neuroscience at Nielsen. While at Nielsen, she worked closely with senior leaders on organization strategy and design with a focus on growing commercial capacity and margin growth. Prior to Nielsen, Ms. Cutright was at GE Aviation for 11 years where she served in a number of HR leadership roles of increasing responsibility.

Ms. Cutright graduated from West Virginia University with a B.S. in Business Administration and a minor in Communications. She remained at WVU and earned an MS degree in Human Resources and Industrial Relations.