Former Quantum Industry Canada CEO joins US-based IonQ

Lisa Lambert, the inaugural leader of the business consortium Quantum Industry Canada, has taken a new job at the US company IonQ. The news: College Park, Maryland-based IonQ has announced the appointment of Lambert as its new vice-president of global strategy and managing director for Canada. Lambert announced last week that she was stepping down from her role as the inaugural CEO of Canada’s primary quantum computing industry group at the end of the month to pursue a “new career opportunity,”