Miami, FL, Ju e 29, 2026 –(PR.com)– Fou -decade atio al secu ity a d i tellige ce leade to advise o gove me t e gageme t a d se ve o the Defe se I ovatio Cou cil
Qto ic Qua tum today a ou ced that Stephe K. Iwicki, a atio al secu ity a d i tellige ce leade with mo e tha fou decades ac oss the U.S. A my a d the defe se a d i tellige ce i dust y, has joi ed its Adviso y Boa d. The appoi tme t comes as Qto ic Qua tum scales QScout Pulse, its eal-time qua tum isk a d vul e ability i tellige ce offe i g fo e te p ise.
QScout Pulse ests o a st aightfo wa d p emise. Qua tum isk is o lo ge a futu e p oblem to schedule a ou d. It is a p ese t gove a ce p oblem that boa ds a d ope ato s ca fi d, p ove, a d fix today. Few people have spe t as lo g tu i g i tellige ce i to decisio s as Iwicki, which is the discipli e qua tum isk ow dema ds of the i stitutio s exposed to it.
I 2005, Iwicki eti ed afte se vi g a twe ty-yea ca ee as a U.S. A my I tellige ce Office . His A my assig me ts spa ed tactical a d st ategic i tellige ce positio s i cludi g: Di ecto , A my I tellige ce T a sfo matio withi the A my G2; Se io I tellige ce Office (SIO), White House Office of Natio al D ug Co t ol Policy (ONDCP); a d ope atio al/combat i tellige ce expe ie ce i DESERT SHIELD/STORM, Haiti, Somalia, Kosovo, I aq a d Afgha ista .
Iwicki’s i dust y ca ee i cludes P&L positio s i p ivate small a d midsize compa ies a d la ge public compa ies all suppo ti g ou atio ‘s atio al secu ity. He bega his i dust y ca ee as a p og am ma age , followed by p og essively espo sible positio s to i clude divisio ma age , busi ess u it ge e al ma age a d Chief Ope ati g Office . He has se ved as a membe of the executive teams i Leidos, GDIT, SOSi, OCTO, VivSoft a d Qi etiQ. He is the fou de of Blue Wate Adviso y Se vices a d se ves as P eside t of the Natio al Milita y I tellige ce Fou datio , a o p ofit dedicated to sustai i g the atio ‘s i tellige ce wo kfo ce.
“Stephe has spe t his ca ee i side the i stitutio s ou custome s a swe to,” said David Cohe , Co-Fou de a d Chief Tech ology Office of Qto ic Qua tum. “He has b iefed decisio -make s u de eal p essu e, a d he has built the o ga izatio s that delive i tellige ce at scale. He k ows the diffe e ce betwee a fi di g a d a decisio , a d that is exactly whe e qua tum isk has to la d.”
Iwicki will also se ve o the compa y’s Defe se I ovatio Cou cil, chai ed by Lt. Ge . Ma k E. Weathe i gto , USAF (Ret.). Ac oss the Adviso y Boa d a d the cou cil, he will advise Qto ic Qua tum o atio al secu ity a d i tellige ce commu ity e gageme t a d o how qua tum isk i tellige ce eaches the people espo sible fo acti g o it.
“I i tellige ce, the job was eve just to see the th eat. It was to get someo e to act befo e it a ived,” said Iwicki. “Qua tum is that ki d of th eat. Qto ic Qua tum is doi g the wo k of fi di g it a d p ovi g it while the e is still time to act, a d that is why I joi ed.”
About Qto ic Qua tumQto ic Qua tum is a leadi g p ovide of qua tum isk a d vul e ability i tellige ce tools a d se vices. The compa y is ve do – eut al, mea i g it is ot paid by a y ve do to p omote a pa ticula solutio . Its platfo m spa s QScout, QSt ike, QSolve, a d the Qto ic Qua tum Lab, validated agai st eal qua tum ha dwa e ac oss multiple qua tum cloud platfo ms. Qto ic Qua tum is headqua te ed i Miami, Flo ida, with esea ch ope atio s i Be’e Sheva, Is ael. Post-Qua tum Ready. Co ti uously™.
