Key Leadership Additions
Nord Quantique Appoints Tobi Day-Hamilton and Angela Olano to Lead Global Communications and Marketing
Nord Quantique has named Tobi Day-Hamilton as Chief Communications Officer and Angela Olano as Vice President of Marketing, according to Goderich Signal Star. The Sherbrooke, Quebec quantum computing company is moving beyond the lab and into the global market, building out its leadership team to match its technical ambitions.
Both hires bring over 25 years of experience each. CEO Philippe St-Jean said the company needs "the right leadership to communicate our progress and engage with the global community" as it enters "its next phase of growth."
Day-Hamilton Bridges Quantum Research and the Real World
Day-Hamilton previously served as Director of Communications at the University of Waterloo's Institute for Quantum Computing. She also co-founded the Quantum Valley Ideas Lab. That background connects her directly to Canada's most mature quantum business ecosystem, according to The Whig.
In her new role, she will lead global communications, public affairs, media relations, and executive visibility. She called Nord Quantique's error-correction approach "a game-changer for the industry" and said she wants to help tell the story of how the technology will "solve some of the world's most complex problems."
Olano Tasked With Turning Physics Into Market Value
Angela Olano brings a marketing track record from high-growth tech firms, including Kognitiv Corporation. She will oversee brand development, digital marketing, and global market positioning, according to PR Record Gazette.
Olano said her goal is to build "a brand that resonates not only with the scientific community but also with the investors and industries" that will first benefit from fault-tolerant quantum computing. Industry analysts view her hire as a signal that a major funding round — likely a Series A or Series B — may be on the horizon.
Nord Quantique's Bosonic Qubit Tech Sets It Apart
Nord Quantique uses what are called bosonic qubits. Unlike Google or IBM, which need thousands of physical qubits to create one reliable "logical" qubit, Nord Quantique's approach corrects errors inside a single superconducting oscillator. The company claims this cuts qubit overhead by 100x to 1,000x over traditional methods, according to Hanna Herald.
The company reached a key milestone in January 2024, achieving error correction at the individual qubit level. That breakthrough shrank the gap between research and a marketable product. Nord Quantique raised $9.5 million CAD in seed funding in 2022, and analysts estimate its valuation has roughly tripled since that January 2024 announcement.
Canada's Quantum Race Shapes These Hiring Decisions
The appointments fit squarely inside Canada's National Quantum Strategy, a $360 million government investment to build a domestic quantum industry. Keeping Day-Hamilton — a well-connected figure in Canadian quantum circles — inside a Canadian firm is seen as a win for that strategy, according to Goderich Signal Star.
Some analysts frame the hires as a necessary move to maintain investor confidence during what critics call a "Quantum Winter" — a slowdown in commercial returns that has cooled some funding. Either way, Nord Quantique is now sending a clear message: it has solved enough of the physics problem to start selling the story.
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