Quest Software CEO and leadership

Patrick Nichols is a St. Andrew's Endowment Committee at ST ANDREW'S EPISCOPAL SCHOOL and Chief Executive Officer at Quest Software and is based in Austin, Texas. He has worked as Chief Executive Officer at Corel and President:Winzip Computing at Corel. Patrick works or has worked as General Manager at Trilogy. He attended Cornell between 1993 and 1997.

All aspects of property management including contract negotiation, labour agreements, leasing, tenant retention, project management and development, budget preparation, reporting and facilities management expertise.

Specialties: Establishing facilities management sytems, labour negotiations, leasing and project management.

Carolyn is Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Quest. She also oversees IT Infrastructure, Procurement and Real Estate. Carolyn joined Quest from Dell where she held a number of senior finance leadership roles, the last one as SVP and CFO of Dell’s Software Division. Prior to Dell she held various finance roles at PepsiCo and EDS. Carolyn graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Holy Cross College and an MBA from the University of Maryland.

Chris joined Quest as COO in May 2020. He is responsible for optimizing the efficiency and effectiveness of the organization with a focus on Business Operations, Strategic Initiatives and Corporate Development. He uses an open, transparent and guiding leadership approach paired with strategic planning to make lasting transformational changes when faced with an area of opportunity.

Chris’ career philosophy is to be continually involved in all areas of the business - Product Development, Customer Success, Legal, IT, Sales Operations - to be able to draw from a diverse set of experiences. He leads through data, looking for trends to expand organizational capability in service to people, systems and procedures.

Chris is highly-influenced by the pace of technology and believes in constantly “looking around the corner” to remain competitive and meet the growing needs of our customers.

Before Quest, Chris was the CFO of Aspect Software. A seasoned private equity executive with 20 years in the technology industry, Chris has served in CFO positions at Vertafore and Corel. Prior to this, he also held VP roles at Actian, Citigroup Equity Research and Goldman Sachs Equity Research.

Chris lives in Denver with his wife and two cats. Outside of the office, you can find him running the trails near his home or on his mountain bike.

All aspects of property management including contract negotiation, labour agreements, leasing, tenant retention, project management and development, budget preparation, reporting and facilities management expertise.

Specialties: Establishing facilities management sytems, labour negotiations, leasing and project management.