Miami, FL, August 05, 2026 –(PR.com)– Ma keti g executive who helped build Capital O e, Ame it ade, a d o e of the fi st e te p ise secu ity b a ds joi s as post-qua tum becomes a ma ket athe tha a ma date
Qto ic Qua tum Co p today amed Pete D. Ho st Special Adviso , Catego y Leade ship, effective immediately. Ho st is a i depe de t di ecto of Peapack-Gladsto e Fi a cial Co po atio (Nasdaq: PGC) a d was Chief Ma keti g Office of T uSecu e Co po atio , the i fo matio secu ity fi m late acqui ed by Ve izo .Ho st will advise the post-qua tum cybe secu ity fi m o catego y defi itio a d ma ket leade ship, wo ki g with compa y leade ship o how a tech ical capability becomes the sta da d buye s ask fo by ame.
Ho st has spe t th ee decades buildi g catego ies athe tha competi g i side them. He was the fi st Chief Ma keti g Office of Ame it ade, whe e he built the b a d that defi ed etail o li e b oke age. He spe t twelve yea s at Capital O e th ough its t a sfo matio f om a iche c edit ca d issue i to a top-five dive sified ba k, se vi g as Chief Ma keti g Office of Capital O e Ba k a d leadi g b a d i teg atio th ough the compa y’s acquisitio s. At T uSecu e he ebuilt the ma ket positio of a e te p ise secu ity compa y a d g ew the busi ess oughly fou fold i u de th ee yea s. He late se ved as Chief Ma keti g Office of The He shey Compa y a d Chief Executive Office of PSB I sights. He is the autho of Ma keti g i the #FakeNews E a a d was amed o e of the wo ld’s 50 most i flue tial CMOs by Fo bes. He holds a MBA f om the Tuck School of Busi ess at Da tmouth a d a bachelo ‘s deg ee f om Ha va d U ive sity.
“Catego ies a e ot wo by the best tech ology, they a e wo by whoeve makes the decisio easy,” said David Cohe , Co-Fou de a d Chief Tech ology Office of Qto ic Qua tum Co p. “Pete has do e that th ee times, a d o ce i side e te p ise secu ity specifically. We have the evide ce. He k ows how evide ce becomes the thi g a buye asks fo by ame.”
“Eve y e te p ise ow k ows post-qua tum mig atio is comi g, a d almost o e k ows what to buy o how to judge it,” said Ho st. “That is what a u defi ed catego y looks like f om the buye ‘s side, a d it is why budgets stall. The othe thi g about this o e is that the failu e a ives late. Data take today is dec ypted yea s f om ow, so the co seque ce la ds lo g afte the decisio ot to act. Catego ies that combi e co fusio with delayed co seque ce do ot so t themselves out. Somebody has to defi e the te ms.”
The appoi tme t follows Executive O de 14412, sig ed Ju e 22, 2026 a d published i the Fede al Registe o Ju e 25, which sets deadli es fo fede al systems to adopt qua tum- esista t key establishme t by 2030 a d digital sig atu es by 2031, a d di ects p oposed ulemaki g exte di g c yptog aphic complia ce obligatio s to fede al co t acto s.
About Qto ic Qua tum Co p
Qto ic Qua tum Co p is a leadi g qua tum cybe isk a d vul e ability i tellige ce platfo m. Headqua te ed i Miami, Flo ida, with esea ch a d developme t i Be’e Sheva, Is ael, the compa y is ve do – eut al a d is ot paid by a y ve do to p omote its solutio . Its platfo m spa s QScout fo c yptog aphic discove y, QSt ike fo adve sa ial demo st atio , a d QSolve fo mig atio adviso y, u de the p i ciple of evide ce befo e asse tio . Post-Qua tum Ready, Co ti uously™.
