D-Wave names Kevan Krysler to its board and audit committee

D-Wave Quantum Inc. (NASDAQ: QBTS) has appointed Kevan P. Krysler to its board of directors and audit committee, according to a company statement.

Krysler currently serves as chief financial officer of Carbon Robotics, a privately held company focused on physical AI and robotics for agriculture. He previously held the CFO role at Everpure, Inc. (NYSE: P), a publicly traded enterprise data storage company, and served as senior vice president of finance and chief accounting officer at VMware, Inc. Earlier in his career, he was a partner at KPMG LLP in the firm's Silicon Valley technology practice.

"D-Wave is at an exciting stage of growth, with a differentiated technology portfolio and accelerating commercial traction, as quantum computing becomes an important part of the enterprise technology landscape," Krysler said. "I look forward to bringing my experience in financial strategy, scaling technology businesses, and facilitating risk management and governance to support the company as it continues to execute on its vision."

Sharon Holt, chair of the D-Wave board, said Krysler's experience across public and high-growth technology companies would complement the board's existing expertise.

D-Wave describes itself as a provider of both annealing and gate-model quantum computing systems, software, and services.

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