IonQ Hires CMO and Deepens Technical Leadership Team to Lead Company Through Next Phase of Growth
07 Novembro 2023 - 10:00AM
Business Wire
Margaret Arakawa joins as Chief Marketing
Officer
Kurt Kennett joins as Vice President of
Software
New leadership roles follow a year of record
growth, including a $25.5M deal with US AFRL and achieving #AQ 29
on a barium platform
IonQ (NYSE: IONQ), an industry leader in quantum computing,
today announced the appointment of Margaret Arakawa as Chief
Marketing Officer. She brings several decades of leadership
experience to IonQ, having grown end-to-end ecosystems at startups
and enterprise companies.
“Margaret’s arrival could not be better timed as we move to
IonQ’s next phase of growth,” said Peter Chapman, CEO and President
at IonQ. “IonQ brings together leading innovators and builders from
across the enterprise and government space, and Margaret is no
exception. She will play an integral role in helping IonQ scale as
we commercialize quantum systems capable of solving the world’s
most complex problems.”
Arakawa spent twenty years at Microsoft in the cloud, security
and server business and in her last role was responsible for the
multi-billion dollar U.S. Windows and Surface business. More
recently, she served as the Chief Marketing Officer at both
Outreach and Fastly, where she led all aspects of marketing. As
CMO, Arakawa will play an integral part in IonQ’s growth strategy -
both domestically and internationally.
“We’re at an incredible inflection point in quantum computing,
and I look forward to working with customers and partners to grow
the quantum ecosystem,” said Arakawa. “Quantum computing has the
potential to revolutionize countless industries and change millions
of lives, and I’m eager to be part of this journey.”
Additionally, IonQ is further expanding its technical leadership
team by appointing Kurt Kennett as Vice President of Software.
Kennett joins IonQ with over three decades of experience from
Microsoft, General Electric, and Nintendo in software, firmware,
and systems integration. In his role, Kennett will lead the
engineering strategy and development of software operations across
the software stack for IonQ’s cutting-edge systems.
Kennett will be joining a world-class leadership bench of
technical experts including Dr. Dean Kassman, Vice President of
Engineering, Dr. Pat Tang, Vice President of Research &
Development, and Dr. Dave Mehuys, Vice President of Production
Engineering. This team has led IonQ’s technical milestone
outperformance - against both internal and external goals - over
the past 18+ months.
Today’s announcement follows recent technical and product
achievements by IonQ, including reaching #AQ 29 on a barium
platform, and the announcement of two new rack-mounted solutions
and a $25.5M quantum deal with the United States Air Force Research
Lab (AFRL).
About IonQ
IonQ, Inc. is a leader in quantum computing, with a proven track
record of innovation and deployment. IonQ’s current generation
quantum computer, IonQ Forte, is the latest in a line of
cutting-edge systems, boasting an industry-leading 29 algorithmic
qubits. Along with record performance, IonQ has defined what it
believes is the best path forward to scale. IonQ is the only
company with its quantum systems available through the cloud on
Amazon Braket, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud, as well as
through direct API access.
IonQ Forward-Looking Statements
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amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
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to IonQ’s technology driving commercial advantage in the future,
the potential effect of increased quantum computing capabilities on
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in algorithmic qubit achievement, and the scalability and
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release, including but not limited to: changes in the competitive
industries in which IonQ operates, including development of
competing technologies; changes in laws and regulations affecting
IonQ’s business; IonQ’s ability to implement its business plans,
forecasts and other expectations, identify and realize partnerships
and opportunities, and to engage new and existing customers. You
should carefully consider the foregoing factors and the other risks
and uncertainties disclosed in the Company’s filings, including but
not limited to those described in the “Risk Factors” section of
IonQ’s most recent Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and other
documents filed by IonQ from time to time with the Securities and
Exchange Commission. These filings identify and address other
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