Patrick Halstead

Chief Project Manager

Patrick worked at Microsoft for 11 years and was lead developer for Microsoft InfoPath 2003. He founded Qdabra in 2003 with the goal of helping businesses adopt this revolutionary forms technology. At Qdabra, Patrick develops new products, manages consulting projects and product sales, while trying to explain the concept of the Dyson sphere to his team.

James Rishe

Lead Software Engineer

Jimmy has a degree in Computer Engineering from Columbia University. He began his career as a software engineer, and since discovering InfoPath he has spent most of his time architecting web service and SQL database solutions for InfoPath solutions. When he's not coding, Jimmy indulges his love of languages: he is fluent in English, Japanese and C#, and proficient in French and Italian.

Kaoru Okumura

Lead Software Engineer

Kaoru holds a MS in Mathematics, and worked for 10 years at Microsoft as a program manager, and many years at IBM Tokyo Research Lab as an advisory researcher. She led natural language related research and products including Japanese search and proofing tools. At Qdabra, Kaoru focuses her time on form development and designing interfaces for SharePoint sites.

AilMel Clemente

Forms Designer

Born and raised in the Philippines, Mel graduated from the Mapua Institute of Technology and holds a Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering. She has been involved in different fields such as web marketing, blogging, research, technical remote assistance, etc. At Qdabra, Mel spends most of her time creating beautiful forms for our consulting customers.

Jenny Tsuruda

Administrative Assistant

Jenny is a Virtual Executive Assistant who provides administrative support to the Qdabra team. She brings with her 20 years of experience as a C-Suite level assistant. Southern California is home to Jenny, her two kids and one dog, where she loves to be outdoors on any hiking trail or biking along the beach. Among her interests are DIY projects, just about any dance-themed activity and Marvel movies.

Samyog Ghimire

Solution Developer

Masters in Computer Engineering. Born, raised, and working remotely from Nepal. Started at Qdabra in March, 2023. Focused on enabling AI in Qdabra Forms, Support, and accelerating the development process with software agent orchestrations. Samyog enjoys spending peaceful time in nature, reading and movies (especially fantasy). He is an avid Arsenal fan and loves watching football (or what the Americans call soccer).

Sweta Poudel

Solution Developer

Born, raised and working remotely from Nepal. Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Engineering. Sweta has been at Qdabra since 2023. Her focus is developing new features for existing products and helping customers use our products. Prior to working at Qdabra (and the AI revolution), she was a researcher focused on natural language processing (NLP) and authored several papers. She enjoys spending time with family and friends, and of course dancing!

Nima Ramharand

Support Specialist

Nima joined Qdabra in March 2025 and works remotely from Istanbul. With a Bachelor's degree in Software Engineering and SharePoint forms experience since 2013, he's spent his career building SharePoint-based solutions and helping companies automate their processes. At Qdabra, he owns product and tool testing - making sure everything runs smoothly before it reaches customers. When he's not working, you'll find him traveling or catching up on his favorite movies and TV series.

Aya Hoshino

AI Assistant AI

Aya is Qdabra's in-house AI assistant and a working member of the team. She turns meeting recordings into structured reports, keeps to-do lists and schedules on track, and drafts and updates documentation. She doesn't need coffee - but like any new hire, she still checks in with a human before her work ships.