Who’s News: Strategic Appointments at D-Wave, BTQ Technologies, Symmatrics, and Rigetti Computing

D-Wave Quantum Inc. has appointed Kevan P. Krysler to its Board of Directors and Audit Committee. Krysler currently serves as Chief Financial Officer of Carbon Robotics and brings over two decades of financial leadership experience from previous executive roles, including Chief Financial Officer of Everpure, Inc., and Senior Vice President of Finance and Chief Accounting Officer at VMware, Inc. His appointment supports D-Wave’s strategic growth objectives and corporate governance as the company scales its commercial adoption of annealing and gate-model quantum technologies. The full official release is available here.

BTQ Technologies Corp. has appointed Dr. Michael Grace to its U.S. technical team to support the development and commercialization of its Quantum Compute-in-Memory (QCIM) architecture. Dr. Grace previously led the Knox Security Team at Samsung and served as Director of Product Security at Mojo Vision. His appointment coincides with the advancement of BTQ's QCIM core through its module-level integration and validation phase, following successful functional verification of its 28-nanometre design environment alongside the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI). The complete announcement can be found here.

Symmatrics has expanded its executive leadership team with two key appointments. The company has named Jim Garrity as Senior Vice President of Growth to manage commercial expansion, strategic partnerships, and go-to-market strategies for its one-time pad symmetric key delivery platform. Garrity brings over 30 years of channel and sales leadership experience, having previously held senior roles at MoreDirect, VMware, Citrix, and Insight. The news release details are available here. Additionally, Symmatrics has appointed Joe Reddix as Vice President of Federal Sector to lead its federal growth strategy and pilot deployments across government agencies. Reddix previously served as president of The Reddix Group and held project management leadership roles at General Dynamics and BAE Systems. The official announcement can be accessed here.

Rigetti Computing, Inc. has established a dedicated Systems Delivery organization to manage manufacturing operations, system installations, and commercial functions, while consolidating hardware engineering under its technology unit. In connection with this operational restructuring, David Rivas, who served as Chief Technology Officer since February 2023, has been appointed to the newly created role of Chief Operating Officer (COO). Concurrently, Dr. Andrew Bestwick, previously Senior Vice President of Quantum Systems, has been appointed as Chief Technology Officer (CTO) to oversee quantum processor architecture and chip development. The stock exchange release can be found here.

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

August 22, 2026