Insider Brief
- Tony Uttley announced that he will step away from Quantinuum.
- Uttley served as the president & COO of the company and was the founding senior executive of Honeywell Quantum Solutions and, prior to its merger with Cambridge Quantum.
- Quantinuum’s founding CEO Ilyas Khan will assume Tony’s duties overseeing the company’s hardware division.
Tony Uttley announced that he will step away from Quantinuum on LinkedIn Thursday.
The former President & COO of Quantinuum wrote: “I have decided to step away from Quantinuum. Quantinuum remains an incredible company with truly exceptional people and products.”
Uttley was the founding senior executive of Honeywell Quantum Solutions and, prior to its merger with Cambridge Quantum that created Quantinuum, served as the division’s president. Previously, Uttley was a vice president and general manager in Honeywell’s Residential Home Comfort Business. He was also a principal at Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and held management and engineering positions with NASA at Johnson Space Center.
A spokesperson for Quantinuum said that the decision was Tony’s. The spokesperson added the company was grateful for all of Uttley’s work and wished him the best in the future.
Quantinuum’s founding CEO Ilyas Khan will assume Tony’s duties overseeing the company’s hardware division, as well as continue in his role of Chief Product Officer.
Quantinuum, led by CEO Raj Hazra, is considered the world’s largest integrated standalone quantum computing company, formed by the combination of Honeywell Quantum Solutions and Cambridge Quantum. The company employs over 480 individuals, including 350+ scientists and engineers, at eight sites across the United States, Europe, and Japan.
The company is focused on is creating scalable and commercial quantum solutions to solve the world’s most pressing problems in fields such as energy, logistics, climate change and health.
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