QAD Redzone

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QAD | Redzone

Type	Private
Industry	Computer software
Founded	Carpinteria, California (1979)
Headquarters	Miami, Florida
Key people	Pamela Lopker (founder), Sanjay Brahmawar (CEO)
Products	QAD Adaptive ERP, Redzone Connected Workforce, ChampionAI agentic-AI layer
Owner	Thoma Bravo
Number of employees	1,400+ (2026)
Website	www.qad.com

QAD | Redzone (formerly QAD Inc.) is a global enterprise software company that develops cloud-based applications for manufacturers.^[1] Pamela Lopker founded the company in 1979,^[2] and it is headquartered in Miami, Florida. The private-equity firm Thoma Bravo acquired QAD | Redzone in 2021.^[1] Sanjay Brahmawar, became Chief Executive Officer in 2025.^[3][4]

QAD’s combined platform helps manufacturers move from a “system of record” to a “system of action,”^[5] embedding agentic AI directly into core enterprise and frontline processes.^[6]

QAD’s origins were the leather-goods and footwear business of Co-founder Karl Lopker.^[2] While studying at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), Lopker co-founded the sandal maker Deckers in 1975.^[2] In 1979, unable to find software to help run the sandal business, Lopker and Pamela Meyer, his classmate and future wife, founded QAD to develop manufacturing software of their own.^[2][7][8] Karl Lopker left Deckers in 1982 to join QAD as chief executive officer.^[2] Karl and Pamela had married by then and ran the company together, establishing the manufacturing focus of QAD, and growing it until it made software for manufacturers worldwide.^[2][9]

QAD completed its initial public offering (IPO) in August 1997, listing on Nasdaq under the ticker symbol QADI.^[10][11] Pamela Lopker became a well-known woman in enterprise technology. She was a member of the Forbes 400, was Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year, was inducted into the Women in Technology Hall of Fame in 1997, and recognized for her contributions to U.S. manufacturing by Forbes magazine as a “Hero of U.S. Manufacturing.”^[12][13][14]

In 2018, Anton Chilton was named CEO. Chilton had been with the company since 2004.^[4]

In November 2021, the private-equity firm Thoma Bravo completed its acquisition of QAD in a transaction valued at approximately $2 billion, taking the company private.^[15]

Following the acquisition, QAD expanded its capabilities beyond traditional core enterprise resource planning (ERP), focusing on converting its offering from a “system of record” to a “system of action.”^[6][5] The strategy was supported by a series of acquisitions.^{[16][17][18][19][5]} These included Allocation Network GmbH, Foreign Trade Zone Corporation, and WebJaguar.^{[20][21][22][23]}

In 2022, QAD sold its former headquarters to the University of California for $100 million and is now headquartered in Miami, Florida.^[24][25] Also in 2022, QAD acquired LiveJourney (Your Data Consulting SAS), a French process-intelligence and process-mining provider whose capabilities later contributed to the company’s artificial intelligence strategy.^[26] In 2023, QAD acquired Redzone, a connected-workforce platform for manufacturers, extending QAD’s reach from ERP to the shop floor, and formally rebranded its operations as QAD | Redzone.^[27][28] In 2025, it acquired Kavida.ai (Kavida Technologies Ltd), a developer of agentic AI for industrial procurement.^[29] These acquisitions allowed QAD | Redzone to develop and introduce AI-driven automation across manufacturing operations.^[30] In March 2025, Sanjay Brahmawar was named CEO, succeeding Anton Chilton.^[4][3][4]

QAD | Redzone develops manufacturing software organized around three product lines:^[31] the QAD Adaptive ERP enterprise resource planning system,^[32] the Redzone connected workforce platform,^[1] and ChampionAI,^[33][32] an artificial-intelligence layer that spans both.^[5][34] The three products help move manufacturers from “systems of record” to “systems of action.^[32]

QAD Adaptive ERP is a cloud-based enterprise resource planning system^[19][5] for manufacturers in sectors including automotive, life sciences, consumer products, food and beverage, and high-tech and industrial equipment.^[35][36]

In 2025, QAD | Redzone released the newest version of QAD Adaptive, to include an integration with ChampionAI.^[19]

Redzone is a connected-workforce platform for frontline manufacturing teams, combining real-time production dashboards,^[5] digital quality and compliance workflows,^[37] maintenance and reliability tools, and a learning-management module.^{[38][39][27][26][1][40]} Redzone was founded in 2013, based in Miami, Florida,^[28] and QAD acquired the company in February 2023.^[27][1][41] Reuters reported the deal was valued at approximately US$1 billion, though the companies did not formally disclose terms.^[27]

In June 2006, QAD acquired Bisgen Ltd. whose customer relationship management (CRM) product was tailored to the sales and marketing automation needs of manufacturers.^[42][16] In September, the company acquired transportation management software provider Precision Software.^[16][43] Later that year, QAD acquired FBO Systems Inc., a provider of enterprise asset management (EAM) software.^[16]

In April 2008, the company acquired the assets of FullTilt Solutions, a developer of product information management (PIM) software.^[16][44][45]

QAD acquired two companies in 2012. In June, the company purhcased DynaSys, a European provider of collaborative demand and supply chain planning software, for a reported €6.0 million.^[46][47] In December, QAD acquired CEBOS, a provider of quality management and management system standard software and services.^[48]

In August 2018, QAD acquired PT Iris Sistem Inforindo (PT Iris), a distributor and system integrator for QAD software operating across South Asia, primarily in Indonesia.^[49][50]

Allocation Network GmbH, a provider of strategic sourcing and supplier management based in Munich, Germany, was acquired in January 2021. In April of that year, QAD acquired Foreign Trade Zone Corporation, a provider of cloud-based Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) software and consulting services based in Mobile, Alabama.^[22]

In December, QAD acquired California-based WebJaguar.^[23]

In February 2023, QAD announced it had acquired Redzone, a connected workforce solution provider based in Miami, FL., for $1 Billion. It was QAD's largest acquisition to date.^[39][4]

QAD purchased Phenix Software Inc. in October 2024.^[51]

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