Who’s News: Strategic Advisory Appointments at LFI and BTQ Technologies

LFI has appointed Michael Datta to its Board of Advisors, effective June 20, 2026. Datta is a veteran operator in defense and manufacturing sectors with over 20 years of experience founding, scaling, and advising companies across the US-Australia corridor. He is currently Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer at Ares Armaments and a Strategic Advisor at Noosa Partners. His mandate will focus on converting LFI’s Quantum Value Stages™ strategy into commercial traction and revenue generation with clients. The official press release is available here.

BTQ Technologies has appointed Brandt Pasco as U.S. Strategic Advisor for Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) and Security. Pasco, whose public-sector background includes senior roles at the Department of Defense, National Security Council, and In-Q-Tel, will lead BTQ's engagement strategy as secure national infrastructure transitions toward NIST-approved PQC. The appointment is directly aligned with recent U.S. executive orders accelerating quantum innovation and PQC adoption. Pasco will focus on aligning BTQ's full-stack portfolio with federal deployment priorities. The complete announcement can be found here.

We wish all these organizations and individuals success in their new endeavors.

June 27, 2026