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AI-summarised brief · reviewed before publication

SemiQon named Dr. Thierry Botteras as chief commercial officer, tasking him with global sales and market growth for its cryogenic CMOS hardware after a five‑year tenure leading the European Quantum Industry Consortium. OrangeQS hired veteran Raj Badoni as CCO to drive worldwide sales, commercial strategy and ecosystem partnerships, including its MAX Partnership Program for automated quantum chip testing. IonQ announced Gary Merrill as chief financial officer, effective early December, and Thomas A. Austin as chief accounting officer, succeeding Inder M. Singh; Merrill arrives from Commvault after steering SaaS expansion, while Austin brings three decades of accounting and compliance experience from Juniper, EMC and Dell. Haiqu appointed Kortny Rolston‑Duce as head of ecosystem development and marketing to expand brand strategy and researcher engagement for its HaiquOS and AgenticOS platforms. Jij added Oren Bernstein as vice president of North American business development to lead U.S. commercial expansion and partnerships for its quantum software solutions.