Radical semiconductor founder joins BTQ Technologies: Sean Hackett and zach beracheco-founder of Radical Semiconductor, has been appointed as an advisor to BTQ Technologies. Ann ReindersHe, who also worked at Radical Semiconductor, will serve as BTQ’s Head of Cryptography. These strategic appointments are aimed at accelerating the commercialization of the company’s post-quantum semiconductor technologies. Strengthening leadership in post-quantum innovation: Following the acquisition of Radical Semiconductor, BTQ will leverage the expertise of Radical’s founders and breakthrough CASH architecture to support IoT, financial services, blockchain and government infrastructure. Lionel de Saint-Exupéry appointed as senior advisor: BTQ has appointed Lionel de Saint-Exupéry, chairman of Satex Capital Management, as senior advisor. Previously, he served as Vice Chairman of KGI Financial, one of the world’s leading publicly traded financial holding companies. Asia Pacific Areas with more than total assets 125 billion USD. He provides strategic guidance on capital markets and corporate growth initiatives, drawing on his extensive experience in global financial leadership and investment strategy.
vancouver british columbia, December 16, 2024 /PRNewswire/ – BTQ Technologies Corp. (the “Company”) (CBOE CA: BTQ) (FSE: NG3) (OTCQX: BTQQF), a global quantum technology company focused on securing mission-critical networks, announces this appointment. I am pleased to announce that Sean Hackett Radical Semiconductor co-founder Zach Belateche has joined the company as an advisor. moreover, Ann Reinders has been appointed head of cryptography.
These appointments follow BTQ’s acquisition of Radical Semiconductor, strengthening its leadership in post-quantum technologies and accelerating its commercialization roadmap.
A pioneer in cryptographic innovation
zach berache: An expert in high-performance, secure accelerator architectures, Zach brings extensive experience in designing innovative hardware solutions. He co-founded Radical Semiconductor and led the development of its breakthrough in-memory processing technology. This technology has achieved state-of-the-art efficiency for post-quantum cryptography in NIST standard algorithms. He currently leads the silicon team at Normal Computing, specializing in low-power hardware for probabilistic machine learning. Zach’s career includes contributing to silicon architecture for artificial intelligence at SambaNova Systems; stanford university and GlobalFoundries. He holds a master’s degree and a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering. stanford university.
Sean Hackett: Co-founder and former CEO of Radical Semiconductor, Sean has a proven track record of transforming emerging semiconductor technologies into market-ready products. Under his leadership, Radical provided cutting-edge cryptographic solutions tailored to the defense, automotive, and fintech sectors. With a strong background in finance and product development, Sean specializes in bridging the gap between laboratory innovation and commercial applications. He holds a bachelor’s degree in physics. stanford university.
Ann Reinders: A crypto acceleration specialist with over 10 years of experience, Anne has a distinguished career in advancing hardware and software for secure systems. At Radical Semiconductor, he played a key role in enhancing the company’s in-memory processing technology, optimizing NIST standard post-quantum cryptographic algorithms, and achieving state-of-the-art cryptographic hashing throughput in embedded devices. Anne previously worked on high-performance homomorphic encryption schemes at Intel and Cornami, improving the hardware performance of key cryptographic algorithms such as BGV, BFV, and CKKS. During her nine years at Intel Labs, she contributed to hardware and software implementations of cryptographic accelerators, including the NIST PQC candidate BIKE and elliptic curve pairing algorithms.
Importance of radical semiconductors in BTQ
BTQ’s acquisition of Radical Semiconductor marks a pivotal step in the company’s mission to deliver scalable, efficient and secure quantum-era solutions. Radical’s innovative CASH (Cryptographic Accelerator System Hardware) architecture leverages in-memory processing technology to address the computational demands of post-quantum cryptographic algorithms.
By integrating Radical’s technology, BTQ is positioned to deliver next-generation quantum secure solutions across sectors such as IoT, financial services, blockchain, and government infrastructure. Adding Radical’s founders as advisors ensures that BTQ continues to innovate and lead as global encryption standards evolve.
olivier lucy newtonCEO of BTQ Technologies commented: “Welcoming Sean, Zach, and Anne to our board strengthens our ability to accelerate the commercialization of post-quantum technologies. Their expertise in cryptographic hardware and software innovation is unparalleled. This collaboration is a testament to our commitment to securing mission-critical networks and building future-proof quantum-secure infrastructure. ”
Ann ReindersBTQ Head of Cryptography at Radical Semiconductor said: “Quantum computing poses new threats to existing cryptography, and new algorithms provide new avenues for acceleration. BTQ is well-positioned to deliver high-performance solutions to these emerging needs, and we are excited to continue working with the BTQ team on this architecture.”
zach berache“With our network of industry and academic partnerships, BTQ is uniquely positioned to commercialize new hardware and software for post-quantum cryptography,” said Radical Semiconductor co-founder and BTQ advisor. , Sean, and the BTQ team will help bring Radical’s ultra-efficient CASH architecture to market to protect devices, networks, and infrastructure from future quantum threats.
For more information about BTQ’s acquisition of Radical Semiconductor, see Zach’s blog post, Novel Cryptography Needs Novel Hardware.
The expertise of Radical Semiconductor’s founding team will help guide the development of BTQ’s scalable, industry-leading solutions. With this strategic partnership, BTQ is setting a new benchmark in quantum security and ensuring its technology is ready to meet the demands of a post-quantum world.
The company is also pleased to announce the appointment of Lionel de Saint-Exupéry as Senior Advisor. Lionel provides guidance on business strategy and capital markets. Mr. Lionel is Chairman of Saintex Capital Management, a family-owned platform that manages long-term capital in both public and private markets. Previously, he served as Vice Chairman of KGI Financial, one of the world’s leading publicly traded financial holding companies. Asia Pacific Areas with more than total assets 125 billion USD. He remains actively involved in the Group as a member of the Board of Directors and Investment Committee. Lionel is a co-founder and former president and CEO of CDIB Capital International. Earlier in his career, he was a senior banker in the investment banking division of Lehman Brothers, where he worked on: $45 billion In M&A and capital market transactions. He began his career at Booz, Allen & Hamilton. Lionel holds an MBA from the Wharton School and a BA in Finance from HEC Paris. He is a director of the Saint-Exupéry Youth Foundation and a member of the Young Presidents’ Organization.
About Radical Semiconductor
Radical Semiconductor is a hardware security company developing the CASH architecture. The CASH architecture is a secure, agile, and reconfigurable cryptographic accelerator architecture using in-memory processing technology. Radical’s cryptographic core supports a wide range of new cryptographic primitives, including post-quantum algorithms, new cipher suites, and privacy-enhancing technologies, while maintaining backward compatibility with existing algorithms.
About BTQ
BTQ was founded by a group of post-quantum security experts interested in addressing the urgent security threats posed by large-scale quantum computers. Backed by leading research institutes and universities, BTQ’s extensive technology portfolio and commercialization platform is focused on accelerating quantum advantage.
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