IonQ Hires CMO and Deepens Technical Leadership Team to Lead Company Through Next Phase of Growth

• 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, 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.”

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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).

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