PQShield Appoints New Commercial and Sovereign Security Leaders

Insider Brief

• PQShield has appointed Hal Conklin as Chief Commercial Officer and Gemma Ungoed-Thomas as Sovereign Advisor as the company expands its post-quantum security business.
• Conklin will lead PQShield’s global commercial strategy, with a focus on US operations, partnerships and adoption of post-quantum cryptography.
• Ungoed-Thomas will advise on government, critical infrastructure and national resilience issues, drawing on her experience in UK cyber policy and national security.

PRESS RELEASE — PQShield, a global leader in post-quantum cryptography (PQC), is strengthening its leadership team with two major hires, as demand for quantum-safe security accelerates across governments, critical infrastructure and major technology providers.

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, with experience spanning early market traction, strategic partnerships and scaling revenue organisations. Hal will lead PQShield’s global commercial strategy across sales, partnerships and go-to-market execution, with a particular focus on growing the company’s US operations and customer base while accelerating adoption of post-quantum cryptography (PQC) globally.