Dave Krauthamer

Co-Founder, CEO

“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.

Skip Sanzeri

Co-Founder, Board Chair, COO

“QuSecure’s mission of helping enterprise and federal government deploy advanced, quantum resilient cryptography is of the utmost importance. Every day our digital footprints grow and with the advent of AI, even more of our critical data is exposed to adversaries. I can’t think of a more important cause than securing our nation, allies and the western world, alongside this amazing team at QuSecure. “

Five successful exits, including one IPO. Skip also co-authored The Quantum Design Sprint, a book which outlines methodologies to develop quantum computing applications.

Pete “Shadow” Ford

SVP of Federal Operations

“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.

Rebecca Krauthamer

Co-Founder, Chief Product Officer

“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.​

Noah Mesel

Chief Legal Officer

“We don’t just talk about what a safer on-line future looks like. We deliver it.”

Noah Mesel has served as general counsel at several public and private Silicon Valley technology companies, including Unwired Planet; ASSIA, Inc; Corsair Components; Ikanos Communications; Riverstone Networks; and Legato Systems. From software to systems to silicon, he has overseen patent portfolio creation and infringement litigation

Garrison Buss

Co-Founder, Chief Strategy Officer

“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.

Aaron D. Moore

Head of Engineering

“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. He began his career with the United States Army Special Forces where he was decorated multiple times for heroism in combat.

Lisa Hammitt

Board Member

“The incredibly fine-grained encryption enabled by QuSecure’s technology takes CISOs off the defensive and lets them address threats before they emerge. It is an honor to serve on QuSecure’s board, and I look forward to helping them achieve success in such a critically important endeavor.”

Lisa Hammitt is a visionary leader and senior executive with demonstrated success transforming early technology into viable operations that drive strategic growth. Having held full P/L responsibility for various business units and a VC-backed CEO, she has achieved remarkable success in establishing strong relationships with Fortune 500 clients as well as executing successful M&A deals. Additionally, she has a proven ability to raise funds, build agile teams and act as an effective spokesperson when required. As Chairwoman of the Board of Directors at Intelsat and former Global Vice President of Data and Artificial Intelligence at Visa, Lisa brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to her current role.

Craig Hill

Board Member

“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.

Austin Bosarge

Co-Founder, CINO

“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.

Barry Van Hooser

Head of Intellectual Property

“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.

Meg Gleason

Head of UX & Product Adoption

“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.”

Partnering with great people to create simple solutions for complex problems.
+ UX
+ Design
+ Entrepreneurship

Paul Fuegner

Head of Marketing

“At QuSecure we never rest, so you can. “

Paul has decades of global executive marketing experience with Fortune 50 firms to start-ups. He has worked in technology, consulting, private equity, banking and insurance, and food and beverage industries. A few of the many companies he has worked for and brands he has managed include Allianz, Bank of America, American Express, Forrester, Colgate-Palmolive, Sara Lee, Diageo (Baileys Irish Cream) and Campari (SKYY Vodka). Paul earned a BA in Economics from the College of the Holy Cross and an MBA from the D’Amore-McKim School of Business at Northeastern University. He is also that rare marketer who holds a Lean Six Sigma Green Belt.

JJ Cooney

SVP of Sales, North America

“At QuSecure, our passion, our mission is infectious. We have a relentless desire to enable our clients & partners to build a safer & more secure future, today.”

JJ leads our sales & business development efforts in North America   With over 25 years of experience in both Commercial & Public Sector sales across multiple IT disciplines, he brings a strategic and collaborative leadership presence to drive successful outcomes for QuSecure’s customers and partners.   He attended Radford University where he earned a degree in Criminal Justice.

Stuart Oliver

VP of Worldwide Partner GTM and Programs

“As a career technologist, I wake up every day with the energy knowing that the market opportunity that QuSecure offers our partners is a once in a lifetime opportunity. Because of that, we work hard to enable our partners to build scalable and successful go to market programs”

Stuart is the Head of Worldwide Partner GTM and Programs at QuSecure. He is charged with developing and implementing a scalable partner strategy that focuses on the go to market success of QuSecure’s partners globally.

Stuart has over 25 years’ experience working in global technology leadership roles in Partner Strategy and GTM, Cloud, Executive I.T. Management, Product Management and Product Marketing.  He attended and graduated from the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology in Edmonton, Canada, and the University of Denver in Denver Colorado.

Philosophy

Stuart believes that partners are key to executing a scalable and strategic technology go to market plan. Understanding what motivates partner product portfolio adoption and what drives partner sales success is critical to joint success. Acting as the voice of the partner both into and out of QuSecure, enables us to develop partner focused success.

Kelly Collins

SVP of Customer Success

“BeSecure QuSecure”

Kelly Collins has helped deliver advanced software solutions to global governments, financial institutions and enterprise customers for 40 years. Cyber Security, Application Modernization and Cloud Transformation have been the core focus throughout her career. Kelly leads QuSecure’s Global Practice and is responsible for working with both clients and policy makers who have prioritized accelerating the inclusion of Post Quantum Cryptography to demonstrably improve cyber defenses and protect data in transit regardless of origin from the Cloud, On Prem or via Satellite Communications. Kelly was previously the Global Head of Cloud for SUSE where she managed the Hyperscaler organization working closely with AWS, Microsoft and Google. At IBM Kelly ran IBM’s Federal Software Division and later the North American Cloud Engagement Hub responsible for working with IBM’s most strategic clients journey to the cloud by optimizing high availability, containerization and cloud native modernization of key applications. Kelly served as the VP of Strategy and Technology Policy at HP where she helped develop the first US Cyber DoD policy for Software Assurance to apply automation to find and fix common vulnerabilities in source code.  

Craig Debban

CISO

“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!

Scott Kawaguchi

Chief Architect

“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.

Bob Woodward

VP of Infomation Technology

“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.

Jonathan "Gouda" Selby

Senior Director, Systems Engineering 

“What makes QuSecure special is the sense of purpose we all share. Knowing that our work is fundamental to the security of our nation is incredibly motivating.”

John “Gouda” Selby has over 30 years of in-depth technical experience across a wide variety of programs, including aircraft flight tests; and weapon system development, integration, and test. He has led critical system development efforts, and complex test operations both ashore and afloat. He has wide experience and a comprehensive understanding of DOD acquisition and engineering, contracting processes and associated technical quality standards from his tenure with Raytheon’s Missiles and Defense unit. A long-serving Marine Corps aviator, Gouda is a proud Gunrunner from HML/A-269, and a graduate of the Naval Test Pilot School and USMC Weapon and Tactics Instructor Course. Additionally, he has a PhD in Systems Engineering as well as a MS in Systems Engineering from The John Hopkins University where he is a professor currently teaching Systems Test and Evaluation.

Brian Lottman

Senior Director, Program Management 

“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.

Joey Lupo

Product Security Architecture

“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.

Brandon Dennis

Director of Sales Operations

“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.

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

Chief Technical Officer, Translational Analytics & Statistics

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.

Laura Thomas

Government Strategy, Former CIA Case Officer and Chief of Base

Laura E. Thomas is a former CIA case officer and Chief of Base who led sensitive CIA programs at CIA Headquarters and abroad in multiple, international assignments. She has served over 15 years in various national security and leadership roles, working across the IC, National Security Council, U.S. Department of Defense, and with foreign partners.

John Cosgriff

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

John leads Mergers & Acquisitions and Corporate Strategy for the business. UnitedHealthcare is part of UnitedHealth Group, the world’s largest healthcare company. Prior to UnitedHealth Group John was part of Accenture’s Financial Services practice, where his clients included Fortune 500 companies, nonprofits, and governments in the United States and Europe.

Paul Touw

Founder of Ariba, Inc., Recent Senior Advisor, Chief Strategy Officer for the U.S. Department of State

Mr. Touw is an aerospace engineer and pilot turned entrepreneur with 25 years of experience in technology and aviation. He has founded and led many successful Silicon Valley startups including co-founding Ariba, Inc., a Fortune 500 B2B e-commerce marketplace, and founding XOJET, Inc., one of the largest jet charter operators in North America. More recently, Mr. Touw worked at the U.S. Department of State as a Senior Advisor and their Chief Strategy Officer.

John Brancato

Technical Sales Leader, NetApp

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).

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.

Alex Khan, MSME, MBA

CPO, ZebraKet, Ltd.

An experienced business-technology executive with a demonstrated history of delivering results in the healthcare, insurance, and financial verticals in leading-edge technologies.

Kosta Vilk

Co-Founder

20 years leading Technology, Cyber Security and Quantum Technology organizations. Cyber Security thought leader, speaker and instructor. Two successful exits. Forbes Contributor. Top 51 CTO in Quantum.