TreQ Quantum Computers

Team

TreQ Team

We are quantum engineers who manufacture and operate bespoke, open-architecture quantum computing systems to accelerate your quantum journey.

Enterprise Growth

Hon. Gibson Armstrong

Gibson has held executive positions at Bank of America, Temple University, and BlueStar Energy, an energy IT startup he helped sell to a Fortune 200 company. Gibson served as a …

Finance

Jörgen Bengtsson

Jörgen has three decades’ experience in international finance. He has worked in financial structuring for multinational technology companies such as Ericsson and Cisco Systems, …

CEO & Founder

Mandy Birch, PE

Mandy founded TreQ in 2023 to expedite next-generation computing clusters that include quantum processors. She is a seasoned quantum industry executive and inspirational leader …

Engineering

Nathan Woollett, PhD

Nathan brings nearly a decade’s worth of practical quantum computing experience from both academia and industry. He has designed and built quantum computing systems at Lawrence …

Engineering

Nathan Phillips

Nathan Phillips has over 20 years’ experience managing advanced commercial software products development for large clients in a variety of industries. He holds a master’s degree…

Engineering

Joseph Rahamim, PhD

Joseph has over ten years’ experience in quantum hardware and firmware. He has led the development of technical solutions across the quantum computing stack from the error…

Consulting Advisors

Executive Advisor, Product

Anna Stockklauser, PhD

Anna guides TreQ with strategic insights related to product development and quantum technologies. She has industry experience at several quantum computing companies working with…

Executive Advisor, Operations

Kyle Horton

Kyle is a senior leader with a bias for action and a passion for driving results across finance and operations. He has decades of experience working with early-stage startups, p…

Executive Advisor, Special Projects

Davide Venturelli, PhD

Davide is Associate Director for Quantum Tech and Fellow of the Universities Space Research Association (USRA). He has  worked since 2012 in the NASA Quantum AI Laboratory (QuAI…

Board of Advisors

Strategic Advisor: Technology & Defense Sectors

RADM Julius Caesar, US Navy (Retired)

Julius is a technology executive whose expertise involves providing data strategy and solutions for cloud computing, data management, data storage, artificial intelligence and m…

Strategic Advisor: Communications and Diplomacy

Amb. Lisa Gable

Lisa guides TreQ in global engagements and strategic communications. She is a former US Ambassador, CEO, UN delegate, and Wall Street Journal/USA Today best-selling author. She …

Strategic Advisor to the CEO

Reema Khan

Reema is the CEO and Founder of Green Sands Equity. She also specializes in strategic advisory for governments in their branding for Foreign Direct Investment. Reema is a Managi…

Strategic Advisor: Supply Chain & Manufacturing Development

Liz Ruetsch

Liz’s manufacturing and supply chain experience is invaluable to TreQ. She was previously the General Manager for Quantum Engineering Solutions at Keysight Technologies. She has…

Strategic Advisor: Workforce and Team Development

MajGen Melvin Spiese, US Marine Corps (Retired)

Melvin provides TreQ guidance on workforce and team development. He has extensive experience training and leading individuals and teams in a variety of demanding environments. H…

Strategic Advisor: Performance Leadership & Organizational Growth

Brig Gen David Warner, US Air Force (Retired)

David is a leadership and strategy coach supporting TreQ’s leadership team and boards. He is a retired U.S. Air Force brigadier general. His expertise is in cyber operations and…

Board of Directors

President

Mandy Birch, PE

Mandy founded TreQ in 2023 to expedite next-generation computing clusters that include quantum processors. She is a seasoned quantum industry executive and inspirational leader …

Director

Col Melissa Cunningham, US Air Force (Retired)

Melissa retired from the U.S. Air Force after serving as the Commander of the 67th Cyberspace Wing, where she led 2,000 Airmen and civilians across 26 units at 7 global location…

Chair

David Ferran

David brings over 40 years’ executive leadership experience with advanced technology companies. As a former President/CEO and Chairman of multiple publicly traded companies and …

Director

Susan E. Macaluso

Sue is the Founder/CEO of Arrow Applied Solutions, L.L.C. She provides strategic engineering consultation to Tiger Technology Solutions (Tripod) in the printed circuit board ind…

Director

Stephen Smoot

Steve is a Founding General Partner of Lavrock Ventures and has served as an investor, founder, and advisor with a wide range of early-stage companies. Prior to founding Lavrock…

Investors

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