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Who’s News: Strategic Leadership Appointments at Diraq, IQM Quantum Computers, EigenQ, and BosonQ Psiquantum-computing

Who’s News: Strategic Leadership Appointments at Diraq, IQM Quantum Computers, EigenQ, and BosonQ Psi

Who’s News: Strategic Leadership Appointments at Diraq, IQM Quantum Computers, EigenQ, and BosonQ Psi Diraq has announced the appointment of longtime semiconductor executive Scott A. McGregor as its new Chairman of the Board of Directors. McGregor—former CEO and President of Broadcom and Philips Semiconductors (now NXP), and lead developer of Microsoft Windows 1.0—brings vital CMOS technology scale-up experience to Diraq’s silicon-based quantum roadmap. He succeeds the Hon. William Jeffrey, who will remain on the board. The leadership transition coincides with Diraq’s accelerating U.S. expansion, supported by a recent Letter of Intent with the U.S. Department of Commerce for up to $38 million in proposed CHIPS Act funding. The full media release can be found here. IQM Quantum Computers has appointed Barbara Venneman to its Board of Directors as the company prepares for its planned Nasdaq listing via a business combination with Real Asset Acquisition Corp. (Nasdaq: RAAQ). Venneman, a current Vanguard Board Director and the former Global Head of Deloitte Digital, brings over 30 years of enterprise technology, digital transformation, and AI scaling experience to the full-stack superconducting quantum leader. Concurrently, CEO and Co-founder Jan Goetz will step into the Board’s Founder representative seat, succeeding Co-founder Juha Vartiainen. The official filing announcement is available here. EigenQ has named global technology executive Rika Nakazawa as its Chief Growth Officer to guide the company’s worldwide business expansion across North America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. Nakazawa, a Princeton-educated venture investor who has held senior go-to-market roles at NVIDIA, Sony, Accenture, and NTT, will lead EigenQ’s commercial partnership ecosystem and sovereign market development. Her appointment comes as the Austin-based company scales its foundational trusted compute fabric and hardware-rooted post-quantum cybersecurity infrastructure. The full executive

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