PQShield Appoints Hal Conklin as Chief Commercial Officer
PRIVATEOct 06, 2026
New to company“Hal Conklin, joins as Chief Commercial Officer bringing more than 30 years of experience turning emerging technologies into scalable businesses. He has led go-to-market for five technology companies later acquired by Arm, Synopsys, Autodesk, Ansys and Cellebrite”
PQShield has strengthened its leadership team with the appointment of Hal Conklin as Chief Commercial Officer, along with Gemma Ungoed-Thomas as Sovereign Advisor. Conklin will focus on the company's global commercial strategy, especially in the US market.
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PQShield
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Oxford, England, United Kingdom
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PQShield's team is shaping the way our digital world is protected against the threats of tomorrow. In a time when quantum computers will soon be able to break current cryptography methods, we're focused on empowering organizations, industries, and nations, with the ultimate quantum-resistant cryptography solutions.
PQShield was selected as a World Economic Forum Tech Pioneer in 2021, a FAST COMPANY winner 2022, WIRED Trailblazer 2023 and Bloomberg’s Startups to Watch 2023.
Our expertise, clarity and care enable us to deliver new global standards alongside real-world, post-quantum hardware and software upgrades - modernizing the vital security systems and components of the world's technology supply chain.
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