QuiX Quantum has appointed Robin Wittland as Chief Commercial Officer (CCO). Wittland brings over 25 years of experience from senior leadership roles at Microsoft and WORTMANN AG, and most recently served as CCO at planqc. In his new role, he will lead QuiX Quantum’s global commercial strategy and strategic partnerships as the European leader in photonic quantum computing moves from R&D toward large-scale deployment in hybrid datacenters and HPC environments. The full announcement is available here.
Qubitrium has named Dr. Utku Tefek as its new Chief Technology Officer (CTO). Dr. Tefek, an expert in telecommunications, will lead the engineering and deployment of the company’s terrestrial, rack-mounted Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) products. His appointment follows Qubitrium’s successful 5G QKD integration demonstration with Turk Telekom at MWC 2026. Dr. Tefek will oversee the rollout of ground-based systems designed to integrate with existing telecom infrastructure alongside the company’s orbital “QubitCore” payloads. The welcome announcement can be found here.
Qunnect has appointed Scott Faris to its Board of Directors. Faris, the current CEO of Eqlipse Quantum and Chairman of LightPath Technologies (NASDAQ: LPTH), brings decades of experience in the commercialization of national security and photonics technologies. His appointment coincides with Qunnect’s successful deployment of entanglement-based quantum networking infrastructure on existing commercial fiber in major cities like New York and Berlin. The announcement can be found here.
Delft Circuits has appointed Karen Keenan as Chief Operating Officer (COO) to lead the company’s transition into a global quantum I/O hardware manufacturing platform. Keenan, an aerospace engineer and former COO at Zebrands, succeeds Maarten Hendriks, who will now focus on the expansion of the company’s “Quantum Fab” infrastructure in the Netherlands. This move follows the recent appointments of CEO Martin Danoesastro and CCO Robby Ferdinandus, signaling the company’s shift toward industrial-scale operations to meet the increasing global demand for reliable quantum cabling solutions. The full announcement is available here.
Q.ANT has strengthened its leadership team with the appointment of Michael Krueger as Vice President of Commercials, effective April 1, 2026. Krueger brings more than 20 years of experience from Intel, where he served as Director of Data Center and AI Sales for Germany. Most recently the CRO at co-mind.ai, Krueger will lead sales and business development as Q.ANT accelerates the commercialization of its photonic processor technology for energy-efficient AI and high-performance computing. The full announcement is available here.
QodeX Quantum has appointed Josselin Milloz as VP of Strategic Partnerships. Milloz joins the IBM Ventures–backed startup after six years at IBM Quantum, where he played a key role in building the quantum ecosystem. At QodeX, he will lead the development of enterprise and R&D partnerships focused on quantum-native AI for complex computational challenges, such as computational fluid dynamics (CFD). Joining him is Brian Fritton as Founding Principal Engineer, who brings 15 years of experience scaling technical products. The welcome announcement is available here.
QuSecure has appointed prominent Silicon Valley entrepreneur and investor Tom Lounibos as a Strategic Advisor. Lounibos, who previously led Accenture Ventures and oversaw investments in over 80 emerging AI and quantum companies, brings 48 years of experience building and scaling enterprise software companies. His expertise will support QuSecure as it leads the Global 2000 through the mandatory migration to post-quantum cryptography (PQC). The full announcement is available here.
We wish all these organizations and individuals success in their new endeavors.
April 9, 2026
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