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400+ friendly #QSECDEF community members
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Quantum Business Disruption and Opportunity Scoring
Quantum Cyber Risk - Size your cyber-risk prior to your PQC project
Quantum Technologies Observatory - Identifying vendor capabilities
Quantum Project Mobilisation - International project mobilisation
Post Quantum Web 3 Sustainability - Quantum threat intelligence
Recommended Reading
MILITARY AND SECURITY DIMENSIONS OF QUANTUM TECHNOLOGIES - A Primer Dr Michal Krelina
Working for our members to communicate quantum business use cases to critical infrastructure owners.
Conversations
Quantum Business Disruption and Opportunity Scoring
Quantum Cyber Risk - Size your cyber-risk prior to your PQC project
Quantum Technologies Observatory - Identifying vendor capabilities
Quantum Project Mobilisation - International project mobilisation
Post Quantum Web 3 Sustainability - Quantum threat intelligence
Recommended Reading
MILITARY AND SECURITY DIMENSIONS OF QUANTUM TECHNOLOGIES - A Primer Dr Michal Krelina
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Stay ahead of quantum-era threats with our Executive Intelligence Briefings – a rapid, confidential window into the breakthroughs reshaping your business landscape in the Quantum Age. We break down core technologies, impact and considerations in a distilled executive briefing for your organisation.
Quantum Innovation Consulting
Quantum Innovation Consulting empowers enterprises to seize quantum computing breakthroughs, develop post-quantum strategies, and accelerate R&D, delivering competitive advantage, security, and scalable solutions guided by world-class scientists and industry strategists.
Supply Chain Consulting
Safeguard your value chain against the quantum revolution. Our Quantum Supply-Chain Consulting pinpoints relevant vendors based on your requirements, validates vendor readiness, and designs resilient, standards-aligned workflows that support your business using our experts to guide you through your journey.
Post-Quantum Cryptography Migration
Neutralise looming quantum-era vulnerabilities by auditing your current cryptographic estate, triaging high-risk systems, and engineering a phased PQC rollout that aligns with emerging allied-defence standards.
Quantum Cyber Risk Analysis
Quantum Cyber Risk Analysis identifies post-quantum threats, models vulnerabilities, prioritizes mitigation, aligns compliance, protecting assets and data integrity while empowering enterprises with actionable insights, resilient architectures, and lasting competitive advantage.
Quantum Strategy for Critical Infrastructure
Protect critical infrastructure with quantum strategy consulting, integrating post-quantum cryptography, resilient architectures, risk assessments, and regulatory compliance for power, telecom, transport, and defense sectors, ensuring future-proof security and competitive advantage.
Quantum Strategy
Transform quantum uncertainty into competitive advantage. Our Quantum Strategy Development program delivers a clear, actionable roadmap for exploiting quantum-secure communications, post-quantum cryptography and sensing breakthroughs in defence and enterprise.
Quantum Technology Scouting & Sourcing
Access a 700-plus-strong global network of startups, research labs, and defence innovators to surface mission-ready quantum tools—secure networking, sensing, optimisation, and more. We deliver curated short-lists, vendor profiles, and integration feasibility scores, compressing months of market scanning into actionable intelligence.
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Advisory Team
Advisory Team


Anna Beata Kalisz Hedegaard
Anna Beata Kalisz Hedegaard
Chief Executive Officer
Chief Executive Officer
Anna Beata Kalisz Hedegaard is a physicist with two Master of Science degrees. At Wright State University, Ohio, she got deeply into electronics and nanotechnology, and the University of Southern Denmark fortified her expertise in quantum mechanics, and particle physics. Anna has global perspective from her extensive international experience (Poland, Denmark, the United States, Malaysia, the Netherlands, and Germany) and intellectual property experience from the European Patent Office working as a patent engineer
Anna Beata Kalisz Hedegaard is a physicist with two Master of Science degrees. At Wright State University, Ohio, she got deeply into electronics and nanotechnology, and the University of Southern Denmark fortified her expertise in quantum mechanics, and particle physics. Anna has global perspective from her extensive international experience (Poland, Denmark, the United States, Malaysia, the Netherlands, and Germany) and intellectual property experience from the European Patent Office working as a patent engineer


Steve Vaile
Steve Vaile
Head Of Global Consulting
Head Of Global Consulting
Steve Vaile has over 30 years of business experience. 15 of which were spent working with Decision Support Systems and Root Cause Analysis for Telecoms and Defence Networks. He is an advisor to a number of quantum and deep tech companies, he hold business credentials in leadership, Venture Finance & Entrepreneurship, Digital Strategy, and is completing a Masters of International Business Administration from Rome Business School, Steve holds an HND in Electrical Engineering from the UK armed services. As a CEO he has managed over 800 team members and been involved in six successful startup to exit cycles. His focus at Quantum Security Defence is the communication of business use cases of Quantum Secure Technologies for cyberdefence, telecommunications and critical infrastructure to industry stakeholders and policy makers.
Steve Vaile has over 30 years of business experience. 15 of which were spent working with Decision Support Systems and Root Cause Analysis for Telecoms and Defence Networks. He is an advisor to a number of quantum and deep tech companies, he hold business credentials in leadership, Venture Finance & Entrepreneurship, Digital Strategy, and is completing a Masters of International Business Administration from Rome Business School, Steve holds an HND in Electrical Engineering from the UK armed services. As a CEO he has managed over 800 team members and been involved in six successful startup to exit cycles. His focus at Quantum Security Defence is the communication of business use cases of Quantum Secure Technologies for cyberdefence, telecommunications and critical infrastructure to industry stakeholders and policy makers.


Michal Krelina
Michal Krelina
Advisor Defence Technology Europe
Advisor Defence Technology Europe
Dr. Michal Krelina is a specialist in quantum security, working as a consultant, analyst, and strategist with a focus on security and defence applications of quantum technology. He is the Co-Founder and CTO of https://www.qudef.com, a quantum security company, a key member of the Quantum Security and Defence Working Group, and he also conducts research at the Czech Technical University in Prague, exploring military applications of quantum technology and assessing risks and threats. In addition, Michal has experience consulting for organizations like NATO, the European Union Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA), and various defence, law enforcement and governmental organizations. He holds a PhD in experimental nuclear physics and has postdoctoral experience from UTFSM in Chile and Heidelberg University in Germany. His work is dedicated to understanding the impact of quantum technology on global security, making significant contributions to this rapidly evolving field. Dr Krelina is the author of Military and Security Dimensions of Quantum Technologies: A Primer, published by the STOCKHOLM INTERNATIONAL PEACE RESEARCH INSTITUTE
Dr. Michal Krelina is a specialist in quantum security, working as a consultant, analyst, and strategist with a focus on security and defence applications of quantum technology. He is the Co-Founder and CTO of https://www.qudef.com, a quantum security company, a key member of the Quantum Security and Defence Working Group, and he also conducts research at the Czech Technical University in Prague, exploring military applications of quantum technology and assessing risks and threats. In addition, Michal has experience consulting for organizations like NATO, the European Union Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA), and various defence, law enforcement and governmental organizations. He holds a PhD in experimental nuclear physics and has postdoctoral experience from UTFSM in Chile and Heidelberg University in Germany. His work is dedicated to understanding the impact of quantum technology on global security, making significant contributions to this rapidly evolving field. Dr Krelina is the author of Military and Security Dimensions of Quantum Technologies: A Primer, published by the STOCKHOLM INTERNATIONAL PEACE RESEARCH INSTITUTE


Maciej J. Nowakowski
Maciej J. Nowakowski
Advisor - EU Photonics Supply Chain
Advisor - EU Photonics Supply Chain
Maciej is a director at MicroEPC, where he advises the Polish microelectronics and photonics industry, coordinated by PPTF - Polish Technological Platform on Photonics. Previously, Maciej served as Defence Programmes Manager at Poland-U.S. Operations and was the General Manager for CMI Defence Polska at John Cockerill. He serves as Executive Advisor to the Board of Directors.
Maciej is a director at MicroEPC, where he advises the Polish microelectronics and photonics industry, coordinated by PPTF - Polish Technological Platform on Photonics. Previously, Maciej served as Defence Programmes Manager at Poland-U.S. Operations and was the General Manager for CMI Defence Polska at John Cockerill. He serves as Executive Advisor to the Board of Directors.


Joe Reddix
Joe Reddix
Advisor - Defence Technology North America
Advisor - Defence Technology North America
Joe has more than 57 years’ experience in IT and Emerging Technology. He was an advisor within the Biden/Harris Administration via The Small Business for America’s Future Advisory Council. Joe is an avisor for Montgomery College Cybersecurity, Quantum Security Alliance (QSA), ACT/IAC Quantum Knowledge Group, Fort Meade HS Homeland Security Signature Program. He is a globally recognised expert and leader within the Master Systems Integration (MSI) approach to solving very complex business problems using adaptive disruptive technologies such as AL and ML and micro-services software implementations. As a master in complex systems integration he heads up Reddix Group. He has worked with the DOD and US Government for more than 22 years as a MSI consultant, he was previously senior project manager at General Dynamics, and lead management consultant at BAE Systems.
Joe has more than 57 years’ experience in IT and Emerging Technology. He was an advisor within the Biden/Harris Administration via The Small Business for America’s Future Advisory Council. Joe is an avisor for Montgomery College Cybersecurity, Quantum Security Alliance (QSA), ACT/IAC Quantum Knowledge Group, Fort Meade HS Homeland Security Signature Program. He is a globally recognised expert and leader within the Master Systems Integration (MSI) approach to solving very complex business problems using adaptive disruptive technologies such as AL and ML and micro-services software implementations. As a master in complex systems integration he heads up Reddix Group. He has worked with the DOD and US Government for more than 22 years as a MSI consultant, he was previously senior project manager at General Dynamics, and lead management consultant at BAE Systems.


William Slater
William Slater
Advisor Cybersecurity North America
Advisor Cybersecurity North America
Bill is based in Chicago, IL. He is an experienced, certified, seasoned and published security professional with more than four decades of experience. He has been an Adjunct Professor for over 15 years, and holds three master’s degrees, (including an M.S. in Cybersecurity from Bellevue University and an MBA from the University of Phoenix), and 88 professional certifications, including CISSP. CISA, and PMP. His professional experience also includes: the U.S. Air Force where he served as a cyber security officer for the US nuclear deterrent, Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation, Northrop, Digital Equipment Corporation, BP, Department of Veterans Affairs, Microsoft, IBM, and McDonald’s. He is a member of (ISC)2, PMI, ISACA, the Internet Society (since 1998), and a founding member of QSECDEF.
Bill is based in Chicago, IL. He is an experienced, certified, seasoned and published security professional with more than four decades of experience. He has been an Adjunct Professor for over 15 years, and holds three master’s degrees, (including an M.S. in Cybersecurity from Bellevue University and an MBA from the University of Phoenix), and 88 professional certifications, including CISSP. CISA, and PMP. His professional experience also includes: the U.S. Air Force where he served as a cyber security officer for the US nuclear deterrent, Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation, Northrop, Digital Equipment Corporation, BP, Department of Veterans Affairs, Microsoft, IBM, and McDonald’s. He is a member of (ISC)2, PMI, ISACA, the Internet Society (since 1998), and a founding member of QSECDEF.


Amara Graps
Amara Graps
Advisor - Space Systems
Advisor - Space Systems
Amara Lynn Graps is a Latvian American award-winning scientist with a PhD in Physics from the University of Heidelberg. Amara has a background in Astronomy and Planetary Science and Quantum Technologies with companies including Baltic Sandbox Ventures, the Planetary Science Institute, Deep Space Industries, and Global Quantum Intelligence. A prolific researcher with experience in investment due diligence and governmental research, Amara’s academic career has spanned leading academic organisations including the National Institute of Astrophysics (Rome), Max-Planck-Institute for Nuclear Physics, NASA-Ames Research Center, and the University of Latvia. Amara has authored various publications and reports for international clients, including The European Commission, the European Space Agency, and the European Investment Council.
Amara Lynn Graps is a Latvian American award-winning scientist with a PhD in Physics from the University of Heidelberg. Amara has a background in Astronomy and Planetary Science and Quantum Technologies with companies including Baltic Sandbox Ventures, the Planetary Science Institute, Deep Space Industries, and Global Quantum Intelligence. A prolific researcher with experience in investment due diligence and governmental research, Amara’s academic career has spanned leading academic organisations including the National Institute of Astrophysics (Rome), Max-Planck-Institute for Nuclear Physics, NASA-Ames Research Center, and the University of Latvia. Amara has authored various publications and reports for international clients, including The European Commission, the European Space Agency, and the European Investment Council.


Bernard Soo
Bernard Soo
Advisor Finance ASEAN
Advisor Finance ASEAN
Bernard Soo, brings 20 years of experience in Banking and Wealth Management. He previously served as Head of Wealth Proposition and Online Equities Trading at Standard Chartered and Head of Digital Wealth Proposition at UOB. A former Executive Committee member of the Singapore Fintech Association, Bernard is also the Co-Founder of CitaDAO, a blockchain-based DeFi platform for real estate tokenization.
Bernard Soo, brings 20 years of experience in Banking and Wealth Management. He previously served as Head of Wealth Proposition and Online Equities Trading at Standard Chartered and Head of Digital Wealth Proposition at UOB. A former Executive Committee member of the Singapore Fintech Association, Bernard is also the Co-Founder of CitaDAO, a blockchain-based DeFi platform for real estate tokenization.


Ken Linn
Ken Linn
Advisor Quantum Technology - ASEAN
Advisor Quantum Technology - ASEAN
Ken Lin has over 20 years of experience in banking product strategy and business development. He served as Head of Products in Consumer and Private Banking, where he led the launch of numerous innovative banking products and digital banking platforms that transformed customer experiences and enhanced operational efficiency. Ken holds a Master of Science in Management from University College Dublin.
Ken Lin has over 20 years of experience in banking product strategy and business development. He served as Head of Products in Consumer and Private Banking, where he led the launch of numerous innovative banking products and digital banking platforms that transformed customer experiences and enhanced operational efficiency. Ken holds a Master of Science in Management from University College Dublin.
In the community you will find hundreds of industry experts with practical project experience willing to help you with your quantum project.
This friendly community shares the vision of knowledge transfer between different skill sets, information tech, cyber, business and more.
In the community you will find hundreds of industry experts with practical project experience willing to help you with your quantum project.
This friendly community shares the vision of knowledge transfer between different skill sets, information tech, cyber, business and more.
In the community you will find hundreds of industry experts with practical project experience willing to help you with your quantum project.
This friendly community shares the vision of knowledge transfer between different skill sets, information tech, cyber, business and more.

We provide weekly online events with industry expert speakers every Tuesday at 15:00 CEST, 14:00 GMT, 09:00 ET on a wide range of subjects relevant to Quantum technologies. It is a great way to evaluate new vendor solutions, research quantum technologies and develop your growing quantum skillset. These sessions are recorded and available to subscribers within the community.

We provide weekly online events with industry expert speakers every Tuesday at 15:00 CEST, 14:00 GMT, 09:00 ET on a wide range of subjects relevant to Quantum technologies. It is a great way to evaluate new vendor solutions, research quantum technologies and develop your growing quantum skillset. These sessions are recorded and available to subscribers within the community.
