Quantum Computing Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Leadership Update, Other Events, Financial Statements and Exhibits
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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On July 17, 2026, Dr. Pouya Dianat ceased serving as the Company’s Chief Revenue Officer and transitioned to the newly created role of Chief Product Officer, effective immediately, focusing on product development. This transition was mutually agreed between Dr. Dianat and the Company, and Dr. Dianat’s compensation arrangement was not materially changed in connection with the transition.
Item 8.01 Other Events.
On July 17, 2026, the Board appointed Susan G. Hunt to the position of the Company’s Chief Revenue Officer, effective immediately, succeeding Dr. Pouya Dianat, who transitioned to the role of Chief Product Officer as described under Item 5.02 above.
Susan G. Hunt, age 64, is the Company’s Chief Revenue Officer. Susan brings more than 30 years of executive leadership experience, including senior leadership roles at Salesforce, Nuance Communications, LivePerson, and Sprint PCS. Throughout her career, she has built high-performing revenue organizations, negotiated more than $2 billion in enterprise agreements, and earned a reputation for helping category-defining technologies become successful enterprise businesses. Since January 2023, she served as Founder and CEO of Surge Growth Consulting (“Surge”), advising executive teams, boards, and investors on go-to-market strategy, revenue growth, organizational design, and commercialization. Under her leadership, Surge partnered with AI, data, cybersecurity, and quantum technology companies to help them successfully transition from early innovation to enterprise scale. Prior to founding Surge, Susan served as Chief Revenue Officer of Orbital Insight, where she led the Company’s global revenue organization and commercial strategy from May 2022 to January 2023. From January 2019 to October 2022, Susan served as Senior Vice President of North American Sales at LivePerson, where she led the sales and business development functions across various verticals in North America. In November 2025, she launched Stare Down the Bull, a leadership podcast featuring candid conversations with CEOs, founders, investors, and technology executives on leadership, artificial intelligence, enterprise sales, and innovation.
As the Company’s Chief Revenue Officer, Susan will lead the Company’s global revenue strategy, sales execution, strategic partnerships, and customer growth initiatives as the Company continues to accelerate the commercialization of quantum computing solutions.
The Company’s press release announcing the appointment of Susan G. Hunt as Chief Revenue Officer is filed as Exhibit 99.1 hereto.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
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| 99.1 | Press release dated July 22, 2026 | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| QUANTUM COMPUTING INC. | ||
| Date: July 22, 2026 | By: | /s/ Christopher Roberts |
| Christopher Roberts | ||
| Chief Financial Officer | ||
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