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Our People

The RookQS team leverages its extensive experience and expertise in quality and regulatory strategies for emerging and established medical device companies to help our clients get their devices to market significantly faster than standard methods.

Our consultants provide clients with the necessary tools to comply with regulations in both domestic and international markets, with specialists in FDA regulations, MDSAP audits, ISO 13485:2016 compliance, and MDR conformity. Our diverse team works with a wide range of devices (including class I-III devices, SaMD, and IVDs).

RookQS' team of experienced, certified Quality Engineers features 13 certified quality auditors (CQAs) for a variety of regulations, including FDA 21 CFR 820, ISO 13485:2016, MDSAP, and CE Mark under MDR.

Our Leadership

Kyle Rose
Kyle Rose

Founder/CEO

Kyle is a Medical Device expert specializing in the development of efficient Quality Systems for small and startup medical device companies. Kyle founded Rook Quality Systems in 2012 to enable clients to implement compliant Quality Management Systems (QMSs), and to ensure that clients can efficiently produce effective and reliable medical devices. Rook has been overseeing overall quality strategy and ensuring compliance through documentation and auditing services for nearly a decade.

Kyle is a certified quality auditor (CQA) and has regulatory and submission experience for a variety of markets including FDA, CE Mark, Health Canada, and CFDA. Kyle encourages the simplification of Quality Systems to reduce the quality burden and improve compliance through training and efficient QS design.

Andrew Wu
Andrew Wu

VP Medical Software, General Manager of Asia-Pacific Branch

Andrew is a medical device innovation fellow who joined Rook Quality Systems in 2016 as a Software Quality Assurance Consultant, managing verification & validation testing and strategy on various medical device embedded software to ensure conformance to FDA software validation guidance and IEC 62304.

In 2020, Andrew was elevated to the position of General Manager of Rook’s Taiwan branch, where he led the launch of Rook’s first international branch office. Andrew oversees a team of five software quality engineers focused on helping clients in the Asia-Pacific region and around the globe with technical development, quality and regulatory strategy in the software as medical device space.

Our Team

Grace Cupp
Software Quality Engineer

Chandler Thames
Director of Quality

Sarah Lacey Robbins
Senior Quality Manager

Michael Chen
Quality Engineer

Jaclyn Maney
Marketing Manager 

Jakemia Barnette
Quality Engineer | Project Manager

Ryan Kruchten
Senior Quality Engineer 

Jacob Carlisle
Account Manager 

Joseph McGonnigal
Account Manager 

Lauren Zukowski
Quality Engineer

 

Molly Layne
Quality Manager

Allen Chen
Software Quality Manager | Project Manager

Meredith Pyne
Quality Engineer | Regulatory Affairs Strategy

Stephen Chan
Quality Engineer | Regulatory Associate

Kevin Chambliss
Senior Quality Engineer

Terence Chang
Senior Quality Engineer | Project Manager

Philip Andrews
Senior Auditor

David Edwards
Medical Writer | Clinical Evaluation Writer

Sarah Nixon
Senior Quality Engineer

Jonathan Hochman
Marketing Intern

Tony Huang
Regulatory Affairs Specialist

Max Lee
Software Quality Engineer

Stacey Masterson
Quality Manager

Alisha Dyk
Office Manager

Ally Reichart
Quality Engineer

Samantha Hoffman
Quality Engineer

Lee Brewer
Quality Engineer

Ray Losch
Quality Manager

Andy Su
Senior Regulatory Affairs Specialist

Leah Yeh
Senior Regulatory Affairs Specialist

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