{"id":997860,"date":"2026-08-25T09:35:02","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T13:35:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/ionq-appoints-dr-eric-ball-and-timothy-baxter-to-board-of-directors\/"},"modified":"2026-08-25T09:35:02","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T13:35:02","slug":"ionq-appoints-dr-eric-ball-and-timothy-baxter-to-board-of-directors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/ionq-appoints-dr-eric-ball-and-timothy-baxter-to-board-of-directors\/","title":{"rendered":"IonQ Appoints Dr. Eric Ball and Timothy Baxter to Board of Directors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>        <!--.bwalignc { text-align: center; list-style-position: inside }body {font:normal small Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:#000;background-color:#fff;padding:24px;margin:0;} a img {border:0;} h3 {font-size:medium;color:#000;margin:0 0 1em 0; text-align:center;}-->  <\/p>\n<p class=\"bwalignc\"><b>IonQ Appoints Dr. Eric Ball and Timothy Baxter to Board of Directors<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"bwalignc\"><i>Board Additions Support Next Phases of IonQ Growth<\/i><\/p>\n<p>COLLEGE PARK, Md.&#8211;(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.businesswire.com\">BUSINESS WIRE<\/a>)&#8211;<br \/>\nIonQ (NYSE: IONQ), the world\u2019s leading full-stack quantum platform and foundry, today announced the appointment of two new board members: technology finance expert Dr. Eric Ball, and former SkyWater Technology Chairman and Samsung North America CEO Timothy Baxter. Each brings accretive experience to support IonQ\u2019s next phases of expansion.<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cWe\u2019re making the leap to rapid scalability in quantum computing manufacturing, in parallel with integrating all components of our unique quantum platform,\u201d said IonQ Chairman and CEO Niccolo de Masi. \u201cOur responsibilities as the leading quantum merchant supplier are significant, as are the advances we expect to make in quantum computing due to our pioneering vertical integration. Eric and Tim bring complementary insights and firsthand expertise to our Board and leadership team.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\nDr. Ball has nearly 40 years in senior financial roles at public companies, among them AT&amp;T, Cisco, and Flextronics, including 10 years as Senior Vice President and Treasurer at Oracle. There, he arranged $52 billion of financing and served on the M&amp;A teams for over 100 acquisitions. The author of two books, with a PhD in Management Economics, Dr. Ball has also taught economics at three universities and is a member of multiple corporate and non-profit boards.<\/p>\n<p>\nTimothy Baxter was Chairman of the SkyWater Technology Board of Directors until the company\u2019s recently completed acquisition by IonQ. With over 40 years of experience leading major technology companies, including senior management roles at AT&amp;T, Sony, and Samsung, where he rose to CEO of Samsung, North America. He helped launch numerous next generation technologies including 5G, HDTV and Blu-ray and currently serves on several private and publicly traded boards.<\/p>\n<p><b>About IonQ<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=smartlink&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fionq.com%2F&amp;esheet=54594118&amp;newsitemid=20260825927196&amp;lan=en-US&amp;anchor=IonQ%2C+Inc&amp;index=1&amp;md5=1ed3eb8dcf152213f4ab10d50717b0fe\">IonQ, Inc<\/a>. [NYSE: IONQ] is the world\u2019s leading quantum platform and foundry &#8211; delivering integrated quantum solutions across computing, networking, sensing, and security. IonQ\u2019s newest generation of quantum computers, the IonQ Tempo, is the latest in a line of cutting-edge systems. Earlier systems have helped customers and partners including <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=smartlink&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ionq.com%2Fnews%2Fionq-speeds-quantum-accelerated-drug-development-application-with&amp;esheet=54594118&amp;newsitemid=20260825927196&amp;lan=en-US&amp;anchor=Amazon+Web+Services%2C+AstraZeneca%2C+and+NVIDIA&amp;index=2&amp;md5=c8137ca377bc32259ced2499134aac42\">Amazon Web Services, AstraZeneca, and NVIDIA<\/a> achieve a 20x performance increase over previous quantum solutions and accelerate innovation in drug discovery, materials science, financial modeling, logistics, cybersecurity, and defense. In 2025, the company achieved 99.99% two-qubit gate fidelity, <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=smartlink&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fionq.com%2Fnews%2Fionq-achieves-landmark-result-setting-new-world-record-in-quantum-computing&amp;esheet=54594118&amp;newsitemid=20260825927196&amp;lan=en-US&amp;anchor=setting+a+world+record+in+quantum+computing+performance&amp;index=3&amp;md5=434c695653311569ce79aef8aceba805\">setting a world record in quantum computing performance<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\nHeadquartered in College Park, Maryland, IonQ has operations across North America, Latin America, EMEA, and APAC. Our quantum computing services have been available through all major cloud providers since 2021, while we also meet the needs of networking and sensing customers across land, sea, air, and space. IonQ is making quantum platforms more accessible and impactful than ever before. Learn more at <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=smartlink&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fionq.com%2F&amp;esheet=54594118&amp;newsitemid=20260825927196&amp;lan=en-US&amp;anchor=IonQ.com&amp;index=4&amp;md5=496068e3f6d2b8332e39e9cf3f9e0c59\">IonQ.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b>Note to Investors Regarding Forward-Looking Statements<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\nThis press release contains forward-looking statements. All statements contained in this press release other than statements of historical fact are forward-looking statements, including statements regarding our growth and expansion and the advances we expect to make in quantum computing. 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Except as otherwise required by law, we undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=bwnews&amp;sty=20260825927196r1&amp;sid=flmnd&amp;distro=nx&amp;lang=en\" style=\"width:0;height:0\" \/><span class=\"bwct31415\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"mmgallerylink\"><span id=\"mmgallerylink-phrase\">View source version on businesswire.com: <\/span><span id=\"mmgallerylink-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20260825927196\/en\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20260825927196\/en\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>IonQ Media contacts:<br \/>\n<\/b><br \/>Cheryl Krauss<br \/>\n<br \/><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"mailto:cheryl.krauss@ionq.co\">cheryl.krauss@ionq.co<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>IonQ Investor Contact:<br \/>\n<\/b><br \/><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"mailto:investors@ionq.co\">investors@ionq.co<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>KEYWORDS:<\/b> Maryland United States North America<\/p>\n<p><b>INDUSTRY KEYWORDS:<\/b> Technology Defense Other Science Other Energy Research Utilities Other Defense Contracts Alternative Energy Energy Automotive Semiconductor Air Science Transport Software General Automotive Networks Internet Hardware Automotive Manufacturing Logistics\/Supply Chain Management Manufacturing<\/p>\n<p><b>MEDIA:<\/b><\/p>\n<table cellpadding=\"3\" cellspacing=\"3\">\n<tr>\n<td><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><b>Logo<\/b><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mms.businesswire.com\/media\/20260825927196\/en\/1956987\/3\/IonQ_logo.jpg\" alt=\"Logo\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IonQ Appoints Dr. Eric Ball and Timothy Baxter to Board of Directors Board Additions Support Next Phases of IonQ Growth COLLEGE PARK, Md.&#8211;(BUSINESS WIRE)&#8211; IonQ (NYSE: IONQ), the world\u2019s leading full-stack quantum platform and foundry, today announced the appointment of two new board members: technology finance expert Dr. Eric Ball, and former SkyWater Technology Chairman and Samsung North America CEO Timothy Baxter. Each brings accretive experience to support IonQ\u2019s next phases of expansion. \u201cWe\u2019re making the leap to rapid scalability in quantum computing manufacturing, in parallel with integrating all components of our unique quantum platform,\u201d said IonQ Chairman and CEO Niccolo de Masi. \u201cOur responsibilities as the leading quantum merchant supplier are significant, as are the advances we expect to &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/ionq-appoints-dr-eric-ball-and-timothy-baxter-to-board-of-directors\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;IonQ Appoints Dr. Eric Ball and Timothy Baxter to Board of Directors&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-997860","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>IonQ Appoints Dr. Eric Ball and Timothy Baxter to Board of Directors - Market Newsdesk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/ionq-appoints-dr-eric-ball-and-timothy-baxter-to-board-of-directors\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"IonQ Appoints Dr. Eric Ball and Timothy Baxter to Board of Directors - Market Newsdesk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"IonQ Appoints Dr. Eric Ball and Timothy Baxter to Board of Directors Board Additions Support Next Phases of IonQ Growth COLLEGE PARK, Md.&#8211;(BUSINESS WIRE)&#8211; IonQ (NYSE: IONQ), the world\u2019s leading full-stack quantum platform and foundry, today announced the appointment of two new board members: technology finance expert Dr. Eric Ball, and former SkyWater Technology Chairman and Samsung North America CEO Timothy Baxter. 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