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Rebecca Krauthamer

CEO, Co-Founder, Board Member

About

“Today, technology does not exist without data. AI does not exist without data. Data is foundational to the decisions we make in a digital world. And data privacy and security is the very first thing we have to get right to ensure a bright future. I am extremely proud to be setting the new standard for digital security. We’re not just making technology; we’re making a difference.”

Stanford Symbolic Systems 2013. Forbes 30 Under 30, 2020 in Quantum Computing. Named Top 12 Women in Quantum Computing. Global Futures Council  Quantum Computing – World Economic Forum.​

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Dave Krauthamer

Co-Founder, Field CTO, Board Member

About

“Passionate about creating a safer future for everyone!”

Information systems executive. Board Member and Chairman of the Digital Disruption Group at the Band of Angels. Extensive experience in Quantum Computing, Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity, Product Innovation, Marketing and Sales.

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Craig Hill

Board Member

About

“It is easy to see, from a technology leadership perspective, the innovation at QuSecure has been really impressive. It is hard to overlook the culture that QuSecure has as well with its people. Everyone I have been has been brilliant, but high character individuals as well, which makes it a pleasure to work with QuSecure as well. There is a lot to be said for that balance.”

Craig Hill is a Distinguished Systems Engineer in Cisco System’s U.S. Public Sector CTO office. His focus at Cisco, where he has worked for 28 years, is in designing large-scale end-to-end architectures in CIV/DoD/Intelligence networks and large enterprises, including software defined WAN transitions, high-speed encryption, cloud network architectures, and the incorporation of NetDevOps tools and concepts into network operations. QuSecure is grateful to have, through Craig’s board presence, the benefit of his deep domain and technology expertise. Craig is based out of Cisco’s office in Northern Virginia.

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Brian Schafer

Board Observer

About

Brian Schafer is an accomplished executive with a distinguished track record of leading cross-functional teams to success on both national and global stages. Skilled in advancing emerging technologies from initial conception to full operational effectiveness, leveraging adaptive thinking and dynamic change processes to enhance organizational efficiency. Recognized for innovative problem-solving in ambiguous and resource-limited situations, this leader stands out as a strategic thinker with a forward-looking approach in alignment with corporate objectives. Demonstrates a profound understanding of the critical role of human capital, underpinned by extensive experience in guiding teams through challenging scenarios — employing a strategy that focuses on recruiting for attitude, hiring for character, training for skill, and coaching for peak performance.

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Pete “Shadow” Ford

Government Field CTO

About

“Meeting our Nation’s Quantum Comm needs with agility & resilience now.”

Pete has decades of experience in executive roles at Raytheon and Northrop Grumman, and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. He specializes in advanced aviation and space integration, communication protocols, WMD counterproliferation & advanced threat developments. Pete is also a distinguished retired Colonel and fighter pilot Commander from the United States Air Force.

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03 Jan 2024

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Garrison Buss

Co-Founder, CTO

About

“It is fantastic to be a part of making the quantum leap for cybersecurity easy and manageable with QuSecure.”

Garrison’s career has led him to executive positions as General Partner at Superposition Venture Capital and COO with Carbonoo. In addition to his professional experience, Garrison is a PhD graduate (MCP, 2022) from Stanford University.

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Aaron D. Moore

Chair of Government Advisory Board

About

“QuSecure has the potential to revolutionize cryptography and become the trust layer of the internet.”

Mr. Moore has extensive experience in the DoD and the IC’s research and development communities. He served as a DARPA program manager for multiple restricted satellite programs, led the R&D for the virtualization of space platforms, and represented DARPA in OSD’s Air Dominance Initiative on space-air layer integration tech. An entrepreneur and former CTO for Northrup Grumman’s Intelligence Solutions Division, Mr. Moore also held executive positions with Raytheon and the National Security Agency. Mr. Moore began his career as a US Army Special Forces operator. He served on numerous operational detachments and participated in multiple combat operations. He was decorated for heroism and received numerous medals and awards for his service.

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13 Oct 2023

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Austin Bosarge

Co-Founder, CINO

About

“The innovation at QuSecure is second to none. Every day, I’m surrounded by cutting-edge research and technology that’s leading the way in quantum security.”

Attorney focused on corporate and intellectual property, and business transactions. He graduated cum laude from Suffolk University Law School and has an Electrical Engineering degree from Georgia Tech.

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22 May 2023

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10 May 2023

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Barry Van Hooser

Head of Intellectual Property

About

“QuSecure foundational protocol QSL has a Don’t Care Flair to having data looked at by adversaries and assumes this will happen, as the encryption in flight is constantly without a pattern changing and unbreakable.”

Computer Scientist/Engineering Physicist with a Juris Doctorate, USPTO Patent Agent focused on Intellectual Property and Engineering. Career spanning 40 years of systems and software technology architecture.

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Elizabeth Green

SVP of Customers and Ecosystems

About

Strategic, driven, and passionate Global Business Transformation and Solution Leader with deep expertise in emerging technologies, cybersecurity, hybrid cloud innovation, generative AI and quantum for digital transformation. Experienced in producing innovative and creative solutions that positively impact business growth and transformation, creating real-world results and change. Proven ability to deliver groundbreaking solutions as trusted strategic partner and top award-winning performer by bridging the gap between today’s technology and tomorrow’s innovations. Known as a charismatic, magnetic, people-centered visionary with a cross-functional blend of communication skills, intellectual curiosity, empathy, sense of humor, and a view for the potential of new and emerging technologies for teams, businesses, and society. Recognized as a relationship-builder with the keen ability to advance use cases for clients and deliver value across a variety of industries. Excited about translating brilliant ideas into marketable actions by leveraging insight and aligning unique goals with strategy.

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Meg Gleason

Head of Product

About

“Our team is committed to ensuring peace of mind for our customers and working on critical innovations that are easy to use in order to protect our future.”

Meg Gleason is the Head of User Experience & Product Adoption at QuSecure, where she transforms the vision of “securing tomorrow, today” into reality. With a focus on innovative experiential strategy and interactive design, she simplifies the intricacies of harnessing post-quantum capabilities, ensuring users enjoy a seamless and delightful experience.

Meg specializes in leveraging user experience design processes to develop simple and highly effective solutions to complex challenges. Prior to joining QuSecure, Meg led a user experience consulting practice, collaborating with software development teams and entrepreneurs to bring new products to market, specializing in the healthcare and finance sectors. Meg holds a BFA in Graphic Design from Texas Christian University.

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Craig Debban

CISO

About

“Attitude is everything. At QuSecure you have folks with so much zeal and passion, that you’re driven every day to do your best because you are surrounded by teammates doing the same.”

Craig has been involved in different aspects of IT for over 25 years.   From his early beginnings in the Marine Corps to overseeing IT and security operations in four different continents, Craig has experience in end-to-end management of numerous technology disciplines.   As a Chief Information Security Officer, Craig has found a natural affinity for creating and maturing security programs to match corporate objectives.   This was most recently demonstrated through the creation of a SaaS based fintech solution to Fortune 100 companies that routinely met security and compliance standards.   With his energy and infectious enthusiasm now at QuSecure, Craig’s strategic vision has brought policies, procedures, and people into alignment.  This alignment is specifically designed to protect QuSecure, our customers, and provide a path forward to assure continuous success!

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Scott Kawaguchi

VP of Engineering

About

“Working at QuSecure feels like shaping the future. We’re developing solutions that will secure information for generations to come.”

Scott is a Computer Scientist/Engineer with 17 years of experience in distributed software systems and architecture. He specializes in Edge and Cloud computing, IoT platform design, with a focus on cybersecurity and applied cryptography in modern distributed systems.

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Bob Woodward

VP of Infomation Technology

About

“Quantum computing poses a clear and imminent threat to our national security. I absolutely love being on mission to mitigate that threat and keep our county and economy safe.”

Bob has decades of experience leading teams in a variety of technology spaces including Financial Services, Business Analytics and IoT. After managing the information systems for the West Coast Legal Team of the United States Marine Corps, he earned a MIS degree at the University of Central Florida.  More recently, Bob has focused on providing operational excellence and dynamic leadership to help companies like Elavon and Hitachi to compete and win.

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Brian Lottman

Senior Director, Program Management 

About

“It is exciting to be in the middle of creating an elegant low life cycle cost security solution that has the potential to protect hundreds of millions of people in every industry around the world from bad actors misusing the soon to be available incredible power of quantum computers to easily break today’s standard encryption techniques. As head of QuSecure PM, it is a delight to fuse the abilities, skills, and energy of this highly talented multidisciplinary QuSecure team to deliver on time and within cost these solutions today to businesses that have the courage to be early adopters and want to offer this protection as a competitive discriminator to their important portfolio of customers.”

Brian’s customers deserve the best capabilities or services to keep our nation and communities safe. He wants to create instant organizational recognition for those capabilities or services, create loyal followers who become long-term customers, and advocate for the brand. Brian directs product portfolios, value streams, programs, or critical functional areas, accepting roles and responsibilities to grow organizations and delight customers. After graduating from the University of Colorado Boulder with a PhD in Computer and Electrical Engineering, Brian spent decades gaining experience at firms from Lockheed Martin to Northrop Grumman to Raytheon.

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Joey Lupo

Product Security Architecture

About

“I enjoy working at QuSecure because of our shared vision for a more secure digital future, as well as the support for innovation and new ideas at all levels of the company.”

Joey’s strength and passion are in all things security, cryptography, and code. He completed an MSc in Cyber Security, Privacy, and Trust from the University of Edinburgh as a 2021 scholarship award winner of the St. Andrew’s Society of the State of New York. Before that, he graduated summa cum laude from Amherst College, where he studied mathematics and computer science and was captain of the Division III men’s ice hockey team.

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Brandon Dennis

Director of Sales Operations

About

“At QuSecure, I am proud to be part of a team that is dedicated to shaping a secure future. We are like superheroes of data, safeguarding critical assets with our unwavering commitment to privacy and information security. Our work environment is dynamic and exhilarating, where we constantly strive, enjoy, and discover all the methods to maintain our unwavering motivation.”

Brandon is a seasoned business professional with a strong history of sales processes and lead qualification experience in diverse sectors. He is recognized for demonstrating a natural aptitude for deal closures and strategic planning, and client onboarding. He has a verifiable history of contributing directly to company growth and expansion throughout his career.

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Patrick Shore

Director of Strategy, Government

About

Patrick Shore serves as the Director of Strategy, Government at QuSecure, where he leads initiatives that drive growth and revenue within the government sector. In this role, he focuses on strategic partnerships, B2G sales, and product alignment for customer success.

Patrick joined QuSecure in 2021 as Advisor before accepting a full-time position as a Program Manager. As an original member of the Federal Operations team, he played a key role in growing QuSecure’s government sector business, winning multiple government contracts in the process. Prior to joining QuSecure, Patrick honed his skills at Trammell Crow Residential, where he worked in financial analytics and project management. A graduate of Claremont McKenna College, Patrick earned his degree in Physics with honors, receiving accolades for the Best Senior Thesis.

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Mike Brown

Rear Admiral Mike Brown (Ret) Strategy, formerly with the Departments of Defense and Homeland Security

Rear Admiral Mike Brown (Ret) Strategy, formerly with the Departments of Defense and Homeland Security, Brown is a senior cybersecurity specialist for The Edward Davis Company. Brown was most recently Vice President and General Manager of RSA Global Public Sector at RSA, the Security Division of EMC. Brown also holds Navy Intelligence, Space & Cyber Warfare Specialty; Former NSA

Louie Gasparini

Former CTO at RSA Security

Strategic advisor to QuSecure providing weekly guidance on product development and market opportunities. Former CTO at RSA Security; VP of Product Management at RSA Security, and served as the CEO of both CoVault, Keystructure, and was the Co-Founder and CTO of Personal Capital which was acquired by Empower.

Rene Haas​​

CEO of ARM

Strategic advisor to QuSecure providing guidance on go to market strategies and market opportunities. Current CEO of ARM​. Former SVP and GM Computing Products NVIDIA.

Aaron Wentzel

CEO, Otio

Aaron has nearly 30 years of experience working as a product and services leader leading in the design, development, and delivery of cross-platform enterprise web solutions. Most recently Aaron was the Principal Cloud / Dev Ops Architect at Microsoft where he led cloud architecture, developer operations, and compliance for Microsoft Web Platform team and FAST community. He is a member of the World Wide Web Consortium, W3C MiniApps, and WASM Working Groups, and founded the Microsoft Web Community. Aaron is also an advisor to the MIS Board for the Carson College of Business at Washington State University.

John Cosgriff

CEO at UnitedHealthOne, part of UnitedHealth Group, the world’s largest healthcare company

John Cosgriff is Chief Executive Officer of UnitedHealthOne, the retail and direct-to-consumer business within UnitedHealthcare. UnitedHealthcare is part of UnitedHealth Group, the world’s largest healthcare company, ranking number 4 on the Fortune 500

Bill Roth

Silicon Valley CMO and Former Chief Cloud Economist at VMware

Bill Roth is a multiple-time Silicon Valley Chief Marketing Officer and the former Chief Cloud Economics at VMware. He is a 30 year veteran of the enterprise software industry. He has been a programmer, economist, journalist, marketer, a tech evangelist, run product management organizations, and is generally intellectually restless. He has worked for such companies as BEA, Sun, Morgan Stanley, and startups like LogLogic, and Nexenta. He lives in his home town of San José, California.

John Brancato

Technical Sales Leader, Equinix

A seasoned technology executive and startup advisor with a track record of building and leading high performance technical sales teams. Former I.T. executive at several hi-tech startups including Force10 Networks (acq. Dell), Convergenet (Acq. Dell), and Fibex (acq. Cisco).

Steve Suarez

Founder and CEO of HorizonX Consulting

Founder and CEO of HorizonX Consulting, boasts a distinguished innovation and transformative leadership career. He is also currently an External Advisor to Bain & Company, and with prior experience as Global Head of Innovation, Global Functions at HSBC, Steve’s fervor for cutting-edge solutions led to the creation of HorizonX Consulting. His dynamic leadership is reshaping how businesses approach innovation, offering strategic insights and growth-oriented methodologies. Over three decades, Steve has excelled in consulting, telecommunications, and finance, leading complex strategic initiatives, fostering organizational change, and managing diverse teams. He advises senior executives, holds non-executive board roles, and speaks at top tech conferences, exemplifying his commitment to advancing innovation. As an MIT Sloan and Harvard Business School alumnus, he embodies a lifelong dedication to excellence.

Helena Handschuh

Security Technologies Executive, Former Rambus Fellow

Dr. Helena Handschuh is a Technical Board Advisor to security start-ups. Her expertise encompasses embedded and foundational security technologies, crypto and post-quantum crypto, side-channel attacks and countermeasures, security architecture and security standardization. She was chairwoman of the RISC V Foundation Security Standing Committee for several years. She was formerly a Research Fellow at Rambus Inc., a Technical Director at Cryptography Research, Inc., and Chief Technology Officer at Intrinsic-ID. Prior to that she managed the Applied Cryptography and Security Group at Gemplus (now part of Thales). She has been a volunteer Research Fellow at the KU.Leuven for over a decade. She was a member of the ETSI-SAGE Security Algorithms Group of Experts for 10 years and served as an elected Officer of the IACR, the International Association for Cryptologic Research for many years. Helena was appointed program chair of SAC 2004, FSE 2005, CHES 2015, CT-RSA 2017, RWC 2021 and CRYPTO 2023 and serves on several conference Steering Committees. She has authored more than 50 peer-reviewed papers and holds 25 patents in the areas of security and cryptography.

Vice Admiral Walter Davis (Ret)

Strategy. Former VP for Business Developer at GDE Systems (BAE)

Former Director Space systems, Information Warfare systems, Command and Control Systems, and Modeling and Simulation. He is former VP for Business Development at GDE Systems (BAE). Vice Admiral Davis was a Navy fighter pilot, Aircraft Carrier CO, and Battle Group Commander.