Make AV smarter. Q-SYS is a cloud-manageable audio, video and control (AV&C) Platform built around a modern, standards-based IT architecture which enables a robust Partner Ecosystem.

Since its inception in 2009, it has been architected to deliver seamless, unified, and scalable human experiences.  With established solutions across Corporate, Education, Hospitality, Venues & Events, Cinema, Government, Healthcare, and Transportation, Q-SYS raises the bar for both live and virtual experiences by uniting hardware and software partners, developers, and creators.

Headquartered in Costa Mesa, CA, Q-SYS has regional offices in Sinsheim (Germany), Boulder (Colorado), Bengaluru (India) and Hong Kong, along with training, market development, sales/support offices and distribution facilities located throughout North and South America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East.

Our Mission


Bring people together through impactful experiences and a better-connected world.

Our Values

Deliver Wow

Quality is paramount in everything we do.

We consistently go above and beyond expectations, never missing an opportunity to provide joy in delivering a “wow!” moment. Constantly striving to improve our quality not only builds our business but also drives us forward as individuals. This is about more than checking a box, it’s about a passionate commitment to excellence.

Focus Forward

We constantly push boundaries, question the status quo, and keep our focus on moving forward.

Fueled by our passion for enhancing experiences and pride in delivering quality, cutting-edge solutions, we perpetually lean into what’s next for ourselves and our industry.

Commit to Care

Caring is about truly understanding and serving the real needs of our customers, community and one another.

It’s about being invested in the vision and connected to the cause. Our commitment to steadfast service and deep-rooted integrity is integral to what makes QSC one-of-a-kind. Our commitment to care guides our decisions and efforts.

Do it Together

We achieve more as a dynamic team, made up of each of our unique skillsets, experiences, and points of view.

Here, we empower everyone to bring their full, authentic selves to the table each day. At QSC, it’s not about what makes you different. It’s about the difference that you, uniquely, make.

Work Hard & Enjoy Life

Fun and hard work go hand in hand. Nothing of lasting merit can be achieved without hard work but hard work cannot be sustained without a balanced life.

Our goals and standards make hard work essential, but we make time to take care of ourselves – body, mind and spirit – making work enjoyable and fun in the process.

Executive Team
 

Joe Pham

Joe Pham, Ph.D.

Chairman of the Board and CEO

Joe Pham is Chairman and CEO of QSC. Joe joined QSC in 2004 as Chief Strategy and Technology Officer and was promoted to Chief Operating Officer in 2007 and President and CEO in 2010. Prior to QSC, Joe was with the global management consulting firm McKinsey & Company, working with chief executives to develop growth strategies and improvements to operational performance. Joe previously served as Chairman of the Board at AVIXA (formerly InfoComm International) and President of PAMA (Professional Audio Manufacturers Association). Joe holds a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from UCLA, specializing in adaptive signal processing and control systems, and is a former Professor of Electrical Engineering at UCLA. Joe's commitment to ensuring people connect and thrive combined with his lifelong passion for music help him ensure QSC maintains a fun, casual, and positive work environment where everyone has a voice and is excited to bring forth their best. At his core, Joe is an innovator and is dedicated to delivering technology empowered human-centric experiences.

Jatan Shah

Jatan Shah

President

Jatan Shah is the President of QSC, LLC with executive responsibilities of both Q-SYS and QSC Pro Audio divisions. Jatan joined QSC in 2010 in the role of CFO and has assumed increasing responsibilities, successfully building teams and new capabilities while adding scale and driving significant growth. Jatan is the Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of AVIXA, the primary trade association for the global audiovisual industry. Prior to QSC, Jatan worked at McKinsey & Company, a global management consulting firm, where he was Senior Engagement Manger, and Carrier Corporation, a provider of HVAC systems. Jatan holds multiple degrees in Finance, Industrial and Operations Engineering, Applied Behavioral Analysis with an emphasis in autism, and a B.E. in Mechanical Engineering. Jatan’s interests include technology, music, business transformation and special education.

Anna Csontos

Anna Csontos

Executive Vice President, Chief Market Officer and Chief of Staff

Anna Csontos has been a key member of the executive team since joining the company in 2011, playing an instrumental role in developing and executing business strategies for growth. Previously, Anna worked for McKinsey & Company, a global management consulting firm, where she served clients in multiple industries and in various functional capacities around the world. Anna holds multiple graduate degrees, including an MBA from UCLA's Anderson School of Management, an M.S. in Economics from Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary, and an M.A. in Developmental Psychology from Azusa Pacific University. While pursuing her MBA, she worked for AECOM, a Fortune 500 architecture and engineering firm as a Corporate Finance Intern and for Avery Dennison, a Fortune 500 packaging company as a Corporate Strategy Intern.

Markus Winkler

Markus Winkler

Executive Vice President, EMEA & APAC

Markus Winkler joined in June 2017 as Senior Vice President leading the rapidly expanding global business and overseeing the efforts to expand operational presence in EMEA (Europe, Middle East, and Africa), APAC (Asia and Pacific), and India. Previously, Markus served at Shure EMEA and brings over 20 years of executive leadership experience in the audio-visual industry. During his tenure with Shure, Markus led the expansion and growth of Shure's thriving business and organization in EMEA, serving as Managing Director of the region. Markus holds a Diplom-Betriebswirt from the University of Pforzheim, Germany.

Chris Humphrey

Chris Humphrey

Senior Vice President, Marketing

Chris Humphrey joined the company in 2016 with more than 20 years' experience in IT services, enterprise software, embedded computing, server and storage networking, energy and power storage, scientific instrumentation, audio, video and security. Humphrey has held executive leadership positions in VC funded technology start-ups, turn-around and large corporate environments, both public and private. Previous positions include VP Innovation and VP General Manager at Honeywell; VP Strategy, Marketing and Engineering at Maxwell Technologies (acquired by Tesla); and VP Corporate Marketing at QLogic. Humphrey holds degrees in Mathematics, Engineering and Theatre Arts (Playwriting), was previously Entrepreneur-in-residence and Domain expert with the CONNECT Springboard accelerator program in San Diego, has published peer-reviewed technical articles, holds US and International patents, and currently lectures at UC San Diego in Marketing and Innovation.

John White

John White, Ph.D.

Senior Vice President, Research & Development

John White joined in 2013 as Vice President, Research & Development, providing technical and managerial leadership for R&D and product development initiatives. White held leadership positions with several of the world's leading AV companies, including Avid/Digidesign, Dolby Laboratories, THX, and Walt Disney Imagineering R&D. John's leadership has been instrumental in the continuous expansion and growth of the company’s research and development into a multinational, multisite team, with a major emphasis in modern software development methodologies. John was promoted to Senior Vice President in October of 2021. White started his career as an electronics technician in the music industry and toured with artists including Pink Floyd, Stevie Wonder, Paul Simon, Luther Vandross, Jerry Garcia, Yes and others. John's educational focus on was on digital signal processing, and he holds Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Florida, and a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Virginia.

Chris Jaynes

Christopher Jaynes

Senior Vice President of Software Technologies

Chris Jaynes joined Q-SYS in May of 2023 as Senior Vice President of Software Technologies, and leads software engineering as well as advanced research and technologies in areas that include artificial intelligence/machine learning, cloud, and data. Chris believes the innovative use of current and emerging technologies can solve complex challenges in human-technology interaction, create new market opportunities, and positively impact our world. He founded Mersive Technologies in 2006 and helped grew the company into a leader in wireless media streaming with a presence in over 300,000 locations around the globe. Before founding Mersive, Chris was a professor of Computer Science and Director of the Center for Visualization and Virtual Environments at the University of Kentucky, where he conducted research in artificial intelligence and human-computer interaction technologies. Chris received his Bachelor of Science degree with honors from the School of Computer Science at the University of Utah and went on to receive his Doctoral degree at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. His work has led to over 100 published scientific articles, a book on human-computer interaction, and over 30 patents. For his work in computer vision, he received the National Science Foundation CAREER award, which recognizes leaders in their scientific field. In 2019, he received the Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year award.

Jason Moss

Jason Moss

Vice President, Corporate Development and Alliances

Jason Moss spearheads alliances, partnerships, and corporate development joining in 2020. He is responsible for developing and managing alliances with leading IT/technology companies. Most recently, Jason was Global Head of Alliances and Go-To-Market for Logitech. Over his career at Logitech Jason also served in leadership roles as General Manager, Enterprise Sales and Global Strategic Accounts. Previous positions include Managing Director – Americas & Europe – Sales & Application Engineering at E Ink Holdings and senior management roles in Sales and Marketing at Advanced Micro Devices. As a global technology executive, he has launched diverse products and services in over 30 countries while successfully growing distributed teams in South America, Southeast Asia, China, Japan, Europe, and North America. Jason holds a B.S. in Computer Science Engineering from UC Davis and dual MBAs from Columbia Business School and UC Berkeley Haas Business School.

Ronda Ross

Ronda Ross

Vice President, Human Resources

Ronda Ross joined the company in 2017 as Director of HR Operations and was promoted to Senior Director Human Resources in 2021 where she focused on advancing the strategic partnership between human resources and business outcomes. Since then, she has taken on increasing responsibilities and was promoted to VP of Human Resources in 2022. Ronda brings over 20 years of strong business experience in both human resources and information technology from companies such as Arbonne International, The Irvine Company, Cogent Financial, and CoreLink Staffing Services/Adecco. She holds a B.S. from San Diego State University in Business Administration.

Karon Evanoff

Karon Evanoff

Senior Vice President, Global Operations

Karon joined the company in January of 2016 as Vice President of Global Supply Chain. She has over 25 years of supply chain experience and has been responsible for building supply chain teams and processes from ground zero in startup VC funded environments as well as revamping existing teams and processes within established supply chain enterprises. She has extensive knowledge and experience in establishing leading practice processes and systems enabling demand driven value networks in data storage, telecom, solar and security industries. She is sought out by various supply chain publications as well as leading supply chain conference events to speak about the importance of digital supply chains highlighting the value of multi-enterprise collaboration in achieving a positive customer experience. She holds a B.A. from California State University-Fullerton's College of Business & Economics, attended USD's graduate school supply chain program and achieved a certificate in Global Leadership from IMD's Business School's program in Switzerland in 2014.

TJ Adams

TJ Adams

VP, Installed Systems Product Strategy and Development

TJ Adams joined the company in 2013 as Install DSP Product manager and was promoted to his current position as Vice President, Product Strategy & Development in 2019. He leads the strategic direction and development of the Q-SYS Platform and Ecosystem. Previously, TJ held product management roles at Biamp Systems and Com-Net SITA. He has a diverse background in AV/IT system design, Product Management and Development, including deep experience in software integration and network engineering. In prior roles, he designed and managed AV/IT integration projects such as airports, convention centers, and enterprise audio conferencing systems.

Senior Leadership
 

Claude Zamboni

Claude Zamboni

Vice President, Information Systems

Claudé Zamboni joined the company in 2012 as the Vice President of Information Systems. He has over 35 years of IT experience in companies ranging from aerospace to wireless. Previously, Claudé was a Senior Director of Application Systems at AT&T Wireless and Vice President of IT at Powerwave, Inc. Claudé received his education at UCLA, first with a bachelor’s degree in economics and history, then a graduate degree in information systems management.

Crispin Thompson

Crispin Thompson

Vice President, Sales Enablement and Customer Engagement

Crispin Thompson leads the Sales Enablement and Customer Engagement functions, joining in 2022. In this capacity he is responsible for all aspects of customer and partner care as well as the sales operations functions. Most recently, Crispin lead North America operations for TaskUs and prior to that was with Hewlett Packard Enterprise for more than 25 years across various functions and global leadership roles with a strong focus on sales and partner operations as well as sales process strategy. Outside of work, Crispin is a frequent speaker and lecturer on leadership topics with an emphasis on the importance of effective communication. Crispin studied history at Western Illinois University and has an Executive Certification on leading strategic growth from Columbia Business School.

Cynthia-Clare Martey

Cynthia-Clare Martey

Vice President, Head of Commercial Legal

Cynthia-Clare joined the company as Head of Commercial Legal in September 2022, where she is focused on overseeing all legal matters related to our business functions, contributes to the fulfillment of the company’s mission by protecting the organization's legal interests, as well as working to enhance the company’s regulatory compliance and risk monitoring functions. She is experienced in handling intellectual property, technology, M&A, commercial, and other legal matters. Cynthia-Clare comes to us from Lockheed Martin, where she was the General Counsel for Supply Chain and Operations for the Sikorsky line of business. Prior to that, she spent over 12 years at Caterpillar Inc. in various legal roles with increasing scope and responsibility. She holds a JD from Case Western Reserve University School of Law and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

Frank West

Frank West

Vice President, Sales Americas

Frank has been leading the Q-SYS Americas sales team since 2016. He started at the company in 2014 as Director of Systems Sales, US Central and brings more than 24 years of audio visual integration experience. Prior to joining Q-SYS, Frank had a successful 14-year career with Biamp, where he held various sales management roles. Earlier in his career, he worked for Fast Multimedia, a broadcast video editing company, and for Toshiba’s consumer products division. He holds a communications degree from Northern Illinois University.

Jared Callister

Jared Callister

Vice President, Finance

Jared Callister leads the global finance team, joining the company in 2013. He brings more than 20 years of experience in corporate finance and accounting, including management of accounting, taxation, treasury, risk management, and financial planning and analysis functions. Previously, Jared enjoyed a rewarding career at Deloitte for over 11 years, serving and advising corporate clients and business owners on various accounting and tax strategies – including mergers and acquisitions, accounting methods, global expansions and international taxation. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and is a licensed CPA in the state of California. Jared received his bachelor’s degree in accounting from Brigham Young University and his master’s degree in accounting with an emphasis in taxation from Brigham Young University.

Mandy Spencer

Mandy Spencer

Vice President, Technical Support

Mandy Spencer joined the company in 2011 as Director of the Technical Services Group. In 2017, she was promoted to her current position of Vice President, Technical Support, responsible for post-sales technical support, advanced support, and hardware repair and services worldwide. In this role, Mandy contributes to the overall go-to-market strategy and executes a customer support plan to enable the growth of the business. As an experienced leader, she is committed to a customer-first mind. She's known for her ability to build new capabilities for the organization and work collaboratively to solve customer and partner challenges. Prior, Mandy held a software analyst position in a multi-campus college and a leadership position with Everett Charles Technology, formerly a division of Dover Corporation. She holds a bachelor’s degree in computer technology and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Redlands.

Patrick Heyn

Patrick Heyn

Vice President, Americas Marketing

Patrick joined the company in 2005 and held several marketing leadership roles throughout his tenure, most recently being promoted to Vice President, Marketing in October 2022. Patrick oversees Q-SYS Product & Platform marketing, global events, digital marketing (public relations and social media teams) and training. He has worked to redefine the training and marketing experience in our industry with a distinctly different focus on engaging, memorable human experiences and learning. Patrick holds a Master of Business Administration from the Paul Merage School of Business (UC Irvine).

Rajesh Mittal

Rajesh Mittal

Vice President, India & SAARC, & Managing Director, India

Rajesh joined the company in February 2018 as Sales Director, India promoted as Managing Director, Sales & Marketing in 2019 and recently promoted in April 2023 to Vice President South Asia Region where he is responsible for not only India, but the entire SAARC region. Rajesh has been part of the AV and IT industry for almost 23 years he has worked to drive sales, business development as well as channel and customer management across several industry verticals. Prior, Rajesh held management and sales positions for Samsung Electronics and Acer. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Delhi University.

Ron Marchant

Ron Marchant

Vice President, EMEA Sales & Marketing

Ron joined the company in 2017 as Senior Director EMEA Sales and moved to his current role as Vice President EMEA Sales & Marketing in January 2022. Since joining the company, he has driven regional growth which includes several office expansions, strategic distribution changes and customer and sales restructuring. Previously, Ron worked for over 17 years at Shure holding various leadership roles in sales and marketing, including General Manager, EMEA. Ron holds a bachelor’s degree in finance from the University of Utah’s David Eccles School of Business.

Kent Lofthouse

Kent Lofthouse

Vice President, Strategic Sourcing & Procurement

Kent joined the company in 2017 and most recently promoted to his Vice President role in October 2022. Kent is responsible for strategic sourcing, APAC supply chain, global contract manufacturing management, materials NPI management, commodity management and purchasing. He has been instrumental in enhancing the company’s sourcing strategy, growing and improving NPI support with R&D and implementing a structured business review process resulting in signification performance and cost improvements.

Sheldon Scott

Sheldon Scott

Vice President, PMO

Sheldon joined the company in 2016 as Senior Director PMO and was named Vice President PMO in October 2022. During his tenure he has led the PMO to become a highly regarded center of excellence in product development. Prior, Sheldon worked for over 20 years at Qualcomm holding several leadership roles in engineering, manufacturing and program management. He holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the University of Maryland and completed leadership programs at USC.

Tom Spearman

Tom Spearman

Vice President, Business Development

Tom joined the company in 2023 as the Vice President, Business Development, where he is focused on growing business development capabilities across targeted end customer vertical markets and working with teams around the globe to ensure a seamless go-to-market strategy for end customers. Previously, Tom served as Executive Vice President of Sales at Diversified, one of the top 3 integrators in the AV industry. There he steered strategic end-customer sales initiatives and go-to-market strategies across three lines of business while driving a significant portion of the company's revenue. Prior to that, Tom served as a Regional Sales Director at both Technical Innovation (TI) and Whitlock and was a founder of Avyve, a company that was acquired by AVI Systems. Tom holds a bachelor's degree in business administration from the University of Tennessee and was one of the first 100 AV professionals to acquire a CTS-D certification in 2005.

QSC, LLC Board
 

Pat Quilter

Pat Quilter

Founder & Board Member

The son of a Marine aviator, Pat Quilter’s interest in physics and electronics can be traced back to his high school days. “My high school physics course taught me everything I needed to know to get started in electronics, and laid a foundation that allowed me to begin building my first crude circuits in college,” says Pat. After flunking out of college due to the distraction of “hands on” learning of electronics, Pat moved to Southern California and began building guitar amplifiers to meet the needs of local musicians and artists. As the guitar amplifier business evolved into a professional audio amplifier manufacturing organization, Pat focused on product development efforts that included the awarding of several design patents and innovative products that revolutionized the world of professional audio production. “Looking back at it all, I was idealistic. I just wanted a cool little company that built nice stuff, didn’t burn anybody, and let me make a decent living,” says Pat.” Thanks to the efforts of many others who shared in the vision, we greatly exceeded that goal over the years.” In 2011, Pat returned to his passion of designing and building guitar amplifiers and founded Quilter Labs where he designs and builds amps for some of today’s biggest artists in music. www.quilterlabs.com

Barry Andrews

Barry Andrews

Founder & Board Member

A broken British motorcycle turned into a defining moment for Barry Andrews. He walked into Quilter Sound Things seeking a ride home and ended up with a lifetime career. At 18, Barry started building guitar amp cabinets. Some years later, he talked Pat into to letting him try to manage the company. The early days at Quilter Sound were an incredibly tough but valuable real-world school. Along with Pat and John, he led the company as it evolved from a three-person guitar amp shop to QSC Audio, a world leader in professional audio sound reinforcement. Barry went on to become the CEO of QSC Audio for over 30 years- driving business strategy, product strategy, sales and marketing activities. No longer involved in day-to-day management Barry is not retired and remains highly active. As a board member of QSC, LLC he focuses on long term strategic planning and the coaching and mentoring of QSC, LLC executives and managers. Outside of QSC, LLC Barry seeks to help entrepreneurs starting their own businesses, having made a promise himself to do so as a young man. He writes and produces documentaries focused on planetary health and Barry and his family have an entertainment production company that develops both film and television projects. He travels extensively having been to all seven continents and over 50 countries to date. He loves overlanding in remote parts of the U.S., designing and building expedition vehicles, fly fishing, cooking, photography and after a 40-year gap, riding motorcycles.

John Andrews

John Andrews

Founder & Board Member

John joined a fledgling QSC Audio while still in high school, working part-time in the woodshop assembling cabinets and stuffing circuit boards as needed. While in college, his role within the company expanded and he soon took on running the front office; still with an eye on a career in real estate development. "At the time, I viewed QSC Audio merely as a stop along the way and I was intent on moving on once I graduated,” says John. “I didn’t expect this to be a career.” Remaining with QSC Audio after graduating from University of Southern California however, was a major cause of consternation with the Andrews family. John’s brother Barry recalls, “My father was furious at me. I remember him yelling, ‘We never thought you’d amount to much, but we had expectations for John!’" John’s full-time, early years entailed lots of on-the-job training particularly in the areas of manufacturing and operations which was a company need and fortunately of interest to him. A particular point of pride for John was his leadership role in the creation of the company’s “build to order” manufacturing capability which had a tremendous impact on the growth of QSC Audio. Today, John still comes into the office but most of the day-to-day business operations are left to the team of talented individuals he helped assemble over the years. When he is not in the office, he is eager to share his business knowledge with his children who in turn have shown their own entrepreneurial spirit.

Joe Pham

Joe Pham, Ph.D.

Chairman of the Board and CEO

Joe Pham joined QSC in 2004 as Chief Strategy and Technology Officer. He was promoted to Chief Operating Officer in 2007 and President and CEO in 2010. In 2021, he assumed his current role as Chairman and CEO. Prior to QSC, Joe was with the global management consulting firm McKinsey & Company, working with chief executives to develop growth strategies and improvements to operational performance. Joe previously served as Chairman of the Board at AVIXA (formerly InfoComm International) and President of PAMA (Professional Audio Manufacturers Association). Joe holds a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from UCLA, specializing in adaptive signal processing and control systems, and is a former Professor of Electrical Engineering at UCLA. Joe's commitment to ensuring people connect and thrive combined with his lifelong passion for music help him ensure QSC maintains a fun, casual, and positive work environment where everyone has a voice and is excited to bring forth their best. At his core, Joe is an innovator and is dedicated to delivering technology empowered human-centric experiences.​​

Jatan Shah

Jatan Shah

President, and Chief Operating Officer

Jatan has held the role of President and COO since January 2022. He joined QSC in 2010 in the role of CFO, with over a decade of experience in strategic operations, product development, finance, and strategy. In 2012, he was promoted to Executive Vice President, COO and CTO. Since then, Jatan has taken on increasing responsibilities, successfully building new teams and capabilities while adding scale and driving success across the organization. Jatan currently serves as an AVIXA board member working with AVIXA executives, member organizations, industry partners and creative professionals to help shape the association's vision and expand the AV industry. Prior, Jatan worked at McKinsey & Company, a global management consulting firm, where he was Senior Engagement Manager, and Carrier Corporation, a provider of HVAC systems. In 2011 he received the Orange County Business Journal's CFO of the Year Award. Jatan holds multiple graduate degrees in Finance, Industrial and Operations Engineering, Applied Behavioral Analysis with an emphasis in autism, and a B.E. in Mechanical Engineering. Jatan’s interests include technology, music, business transformation and special education.

Anna Csontos

Anna Csontos

Executive Vice President, Chief Market Officer and Chief of Staff

Anna Csontos has been a key member of the executive team since joining the company in 2011, playing an instrumental role in developing and executing business strategies for growth. Previously, Anna worked for McKinsey & Company, a global management consulting firm, where she served clients in multiple industries and in various functional capacities around the world. Anna holds multiple graduate degrees, including an MBA from UCLA's Anderson School of Management, an M.S. in Economics from Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary, and an M.A. in Developmental Psychology from Azusa Pacific University. While pursuing her MBA, she worked for AECOM, a Fortune 500 architecture and engineering firm as a Corporate Finance Intern and for Avery Dennison, a Fortune 500 packaging company as a Corporate Strategy Intern.