Board of Directors

Kenneth “Ken” Denman
Kenneth “Ken” Denman
Independent Board Chair

Mr. Denman is a Managing Director at Sway Ventures. He is an experienced CEO from the software technology and telecommunications industries, having previously served in that capacity for Emotient (Sold to Apple), Openwave Systems and iPass, Inc., where he led a successful IPO. He previously held SVP and COO roles with MediaOne. Mr. Denman currently serves as a director on the boards of Costco Wholesale Corporation, and Motorola Solutions, where he is Lead Independent Director. Previously he served on the board of VMware until its acquisition by Broadcom. Mr. Denman holds an M.B.A. from the University of Washington and a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Central Washington University.

Independent Director
Chairman of the Board
Member of the Transaction Committee
Rajeeb Hazra
Rajeeb "Raj" Hazra
President, Chief Executive Officer, & Director

Dr. Hazra is the President and CEO of Quantinuum and has more than three decades of experience in supercomputing, quantum, and technical roles across the globe. Prior to joining Quantinuum, he served as the General Manager, Compute and Networking Business Unit at Micron Technology, and spent 25 years at Intel Corporation, leading the Enterprise and Government Group, Technical Computing Group, Supercomputer Architecture and Planning, and Systems Technology Research. Before joining Intel in 1995, Dr. Hazra was with the Lockheed Corporation based at NASA’s Langley Research Center. Dr. Hazra holds a Ph.D. and an M.S. in Computer Science from the College of William and Mary, and a B.S. in Computer Science from Jadavpur University in Kolkata, India.

Hal Barron
Harold "Hal" Barron
Independent Director

Dr. Barron currently serves as CEO, Founder and Board Co-Chair of Altos Labs, a company focused on developing medicines to reverse age-related diseases by leveraging cell rejuvenation. He previously served as Chief Scientific Officer, and President of R&D at GSK, where he remains on the Board of Directors as a non-executive director. Prior to joining GSK, Dr. Barron was President, R&D at Calico Life Sciences, an Alphabet-funded company focused on aging, and before that, was Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer at both Roche and Genentech. Dr. Barron holds a B.S. in physics from Washington University School of Engineering in St. Louis and an M.D. from Yale University School of Medicine. He completed his training in Internal Medicine and Cardiology at the University of California, San Francisco, where he continues to serve as an adjunct professor.

Independent Director
Member of the Talent and Compensation Committee
Chair of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
Manish Bhatia
Manish Bhatia
Independent Director

Mr. Bhatia currently serves as EVP of Global Operations at Micron Technology, which he joined in 2017 and where he is responsible for the company’s end-to-end operations, delivering industry-leading technology and products at scale. Prior to Micron, Mr. Bhatia held several executive roles at Western Digital Corporation, SanDisk Corporation, Matrix Semiconductor, and in consulting at McKinsey & Company. Mr. Bhatia earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in mechanical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a master’s degree in business administration from MIT’s Sloan School of Management, which he attended as a Leaders for Manufacturing fellow.

Independent Director
Member of the Audit Committee
Member of the Talent and Compensation Committee
Eric Branderiz
Eric Branderiz
Independent Director

Mr. Branderiz most recently served as EVP and CFO of Enphase Energy, a renewable energy and semiconductor technology company. He previously held roles as Chief Accounting Officer and Corporate Controller of Tesla, Inc., and SVP, Corporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer at SunPower. Before joining SunPower, Mr. Branderiz served in various senior roles at Knowledge Learning Corporation, Spansion, Inc., Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Ernst & Young LLP (U.S. and Canada), Alberta Registry (Canada), and the Alberta Securities & Exchange Commission (Canada). He currently serves on the board of directors of Fortive, Cognizant Technology Solutions, and Symbotic, as well as two private company boards. Mr. Branderiz is a Certified Public Accountant in California and holds a bachelor’s degree in business commerce from the University of Alberta.

Independent Director
Chair of the Audit Committee
Member of the Transaction Committee
Paul Daugherty
Paul Daugherty
Independent Director

Mr. Daugherty is a technology executive, investor and author, currently serving as AI Advisory Chair for TPG. He previously served as CEO of Accenture’s Technology group, as well as CTO. Mr. Daugherty serves on the boards of Evolver.ai, Databook, American Society for AI, and the Computer History Museum, and on the advisory council for the Stanford Institute for Human Centered AI. His many publications include the acclaimed "Human + Machine: Reimagining Work in the Age of AI" (HBR Press). Mr. Daugherty holds a bachelor’s degree in computer engineering from University of Michigan.

Independent Director
Member of the Audit Committee
Member of the Talent and Compensation Committee
Joseph Jimenez
Joseph "Joe" Jimenez
Independent Director

Mr. Jimenez is Co-Founder and Managing Director at Aditum Bio, a biotech venture firm. From 2010 to 2018, he held the position of Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Novartis, one of the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies. Under his leadership, Novartis developed one of the largest pipelines of self-originated drugs in the industry, driven by a strong commitment to R&D. Mr. Jimenez is currently a member of the Board of Directors of General Motors Company and the Procter & Gamble Company, where he is Lead Independent Director. Mr. Jimenez holds an M.B.A. from University of California, Berkeley and a bachelor’s degree in economics from Stanford University.

Independent Director
Member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
Chair of the Talent and Compensation Committee
Vimal Kapur
Vimal Kapur
Director

Mr. Kapur currently serves as Chairman and CEO of Honeywell, a global integrated operating company that helps customers solve the world's most complex challenges across the industrial, process and building sectors. Prior to becoming CEO, Vimal was Honeywell’s President and COO, and previously served as President and CEO of two strategic business units focused on the energy transition and industrial and building automation. He started his career at a Honeywell joint venture and eventually became the Managing Director of Honeywell Automation India Ltd. Mr. Kapur holds a bachelor’s degree in electronics engineering from Thapar Institute of Engineering.

Chair of the Transaction Committee
Prineha Narang
Prineha Narang
Independent Director

Dr. Narang is a Professor in Physical Sciences, and in Electrical and Computer Engineering at UCLA, leading an interdisciplinary group spanning physics, chemistry, and engineering. Prior to moving to UCLA, she was an Assistant Professor of Computational Materials Science at Harvard University. Before joining the Harvard faculty in 2017, Dr. Narang was a Fellow at Harvard University, and worked as a research scholar in condensed matter theory in the Department of Physics at MIT. She was appointed a U.S. Science Envoy by the Secretary of State in 2023 and was reappointed to the role in 2024 to advance American quantum science, technology, and innovation internationally. Dr. Narang is an elected Fellow of the American Physical Society. She serves on the Board of Trustees of the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and as a director on the board of Infinite Eagle Acquisition Corp.She received an M.S. and Ph.D. in Applied Physics from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech).

Independent Director
Member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
Mike Stepniak
Michal "Mike" Stepniak
Director

Mr. Stepniak is currently SVP and CFO for Honeywell, which he joined in 2020. He previously held roles with the company as VP of Corporate Finance, VP and CFO for Honeywell Building Technologies and then as VP and CFO for Honeywell Aerospace Technologies. Prior to joining Honeywell, Mr. Stepniak spent 18 years with General Electric Co., progressing through various global finance leadership roles. He most recently served as CFO of the Oilfield Equipment division at Baker Hughes International, a GE company. He started his career in the Financial Management and Corporate Audit programs at GE. Mr. Stepniak holds an M.B.A. from the University of Memphis and a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania.

Mike Stepniak’s participation in the Audit Committee, Talent and Compensation Committee, and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee is subject to Nasdaq’s phase-in rules.

Member of the Audit Committee
Member of the Talent and Compensation Committee
Member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
Member of the Transaction Committee