Who News: Management Additions to Quantum Computing Inc., Duality, Oxford Quantum Circuits, Qrypt, and IQM
Quantum Computing Inc. (QCI) has added Pastor Lewis as third person to their Technical Advisory Board. Nr, Shephard is currently a
Senior Director, Research & Emerging Technologies Strategy at VMWare and has prior experience at US Department of Defense, Microsoft, Defense Intelligence Agency. He has 30 years of experience in government and industry and has recently focused on artificial intelligence, machine learning, augmented reality/virtual reality, data visualization, quantum computing, encryption, and cybersecurity. News release provided by QCI announcing the appointment is available Here.
The Duality Quantum Accelerator in Chicago has been named Ezunial “Eze” Burts as their new Director. Mr. Burts joins Duality after 20 years at Boeing Corporation where his last position was Senior Manager, Future Production Systems & Technology – Environment Health and Safety. Her responsibilities at Duality include operational management of the program, ensuring long-term financial stability, and engagement with internal and external stakeholders. A news release publicizing his appointment was posted on the Duality website Here.
Oxford Quantum Circuits (OQC) has recruited Tony Lowe to be their Chief Operating Officer (COO). He was previously the COO for Oxbotica, an autonomous driving software company. He has previous experience at Jaguar Land Rover, AT&T, Harman Samsung, wejo, and Imagination Technologies. He has a wealth of experience in technology scaling and startup/deep technology upgrades for high growth and investment and will be working to do this at OQC. You can see more about Mr. Lowe and his background in a post on the OQC web page Here.
Qrypt has added David Johnson to his management team as Vice President of Engineering. He has over 20 years of industry experience and was most recently Vice President of Engineering at Visual Lease. Previously he has served in various engineering roles in several organizations including the US Air Force. He will lead Qrypt’s team of engineers developing next-generation encryption technology that provides quantum security as a service.
IQM has been named Raghunath Koduvayur as Head of Asia-Pacific Business and Sylwia Barthel de Weydenthal as the new Head of Marketing and Communications to replace Mr. Koduvayur who had held the position of Marketing and Communications for the previous three years. As we reported earlier this month, IQM opened a new office in Singapore and Koduvayur will run the office. Prior to IQM he held various marketing and business development roles including six years at Nokia. Ms. Weydenthal comes to IQM from Meta where she spent over eight years as a Client Partner and Diversity & Inclusion Champion for Central & Eastern Europe. Previously he also had marketing and public relations experience at Heineken, Coca-Cola, and several PR firms. Additional information about these changes in IQM is available in the news release Here.
April 11, 2023
