Insider Brief
- D-Wave has appointed technology finance executive Kevan P. Krysler to its Board of Directors and Audit Committee.
- Krysler currently serves as CFO of Carbon Robotics and previously held senior finance roles at Everpure, VMware and KPMG.
- He will bring experience in financial strategy, public company reporting, corporate growth, risk management and governance to D-Wave’s board.
Press release – D-Wave Quantum Inc. (NASDAQ: QBTS) (“D-Wave” or the “Company”), the only dual-platform quantum computing company providing both annealing and gate-model systems, software and services, today announced the appointment of veteran technology finance executive Kevan P. Krysler to its Board of Directors and Audit Committee.
Krysler currently serves as chief financial officer of Carbon Robotics, a privately held company specializing in physical AI and robotics for agriculture. He brings extensive financial leadership and corporate governance experience spanning public and private technology companies, with expertise in public company reporting, global financial operations, corporate growth strategy and risk management.
Prior to joining Carbon Robotics, Krysler served as chief financial officer of Everpure, Inc. (NYSE: P), a publicly traded enterprise data storage company. Earlier in his career, Krysler served as senior vice president of finance and chief accounting officer at VMware, Inc. and as 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,” said Krysler. “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.”
“Kevan’s extensive financial leadership experience across public and high-growth technology companies will be a valuable addition to the D-Wave board,” said Sharon Holt, chair of the D-Wave board. “His perspectives on capital allocation, operating discipline and navigating complex growth environments will complement the board’s existing expertise as D-Wave continues to pursue its strategic objectives.”
“D-Wave is experiencing strong commercial momentum while making meaningful progress across our product roadmaps,” said Dr. Alan Baratz, CEO of D-Wave. “As adoption of our production-grade annealing quantum computing technology scales and our dual-platform strategy advances, Kevan will be a valuable addition in helping D-Wave capitalize on the significant opportunity ahead and drive sustained growth.”
