Brad has spent over 25 years in the healthcare industry and has been investing in the space since 1999. During his investment career, he has been involved with 19 company boards of directors and the deployment of over $600 million in equity capital in the healthcare services and healthcare technology sectors.

Prior to co-founding Questa, Brad was a senior investment professional at Parthenon Capital, a growth-oriented private equity firm, where he helped lead their healthcare investment practice. During his time there, he deployed over $300 million in equity capital and served on eight different boards of directors.

Prior to Parthenon, Brad worked at Broadlane, Inc., a healthcare technology company, where he was a member of the Executive Management Committee. He previously worked in a variety of healthcare investment roles at MTS Health Partners and Evercore Partners in their New York offices. 

Brad started his career in the Healthcare Investment Banking Group at Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. in New York. He graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a BA with distinction in Economics and concentration in Finance.

Aabed is a Partner at Questa Capital, as well as a physician and investor focused on partnering with companies in the healthcare sector. Prior to Questa, he was a Director and Founding Member at Martis Capital, where he focused on private equity investments in the healthcare sector.  Previously, he was with Capricorn Investment Group and New Enterprise Associates. 

Early in his career, Aabed contributed to the Human Genome Project, an international research effort led by the National Institutes of Health. He also worked on health economics and policy initiatives at Kaiser Permanente and the U.K.’s National Health Service. 

Aabed graduated from Harvard University with an AB in Biochemical Sciences, and from Stanford University with an MD and MBA. He completed his medical residency training at Stanford University, where he continues to serve as a Clinical Assistant Professor and Senior Scholar.

He enjoys spending time with his wife and children, exploring new places, and finding ways to keep life interesting. 

Steph is a Vice President at Questa Capital where she focuses on sourcing and executing new investment opportunities and supporting portfolio companies.

Prior to joining Questa, Steph was a Vice President at Calera Capital, a middle market private equity firm, where she focused on investments in the healthcare sector. Steph previously served as an Associate at Frazier Healthcare, a growth buyout healthcare focused firm, and as Director of Corporate Development at PCI Pharma Services, a Frazier Healthcare portfolio company, where she executed the sale of PCI Pharma to Partners Group.

Steph graduated from the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California with a BS in Business Administration and a full scholarship on the Trojan Debate Squad, and received her MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business.

A longtime debater, Steph once planned to pursue law but discovered a passion for healthcare investing during college. Seeing its impact firsthand, she chose finance as a way to drive meaningful change in the industry.