Delft Circuits hires Karen Keenan as COO to scale quantum I/O hardware manufacturing

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SUMMARY

Delft Circuits, the Dutch manufacturer of quantum I/O hardware (flex-cable and connector solutions for cryogenic operation), appointed Karen Keenan as Chief Operating Officer to scale manufacturing capacity for quantum systems' wiring and signal-delivery infrastructure.

WHY IT MATTERS

Named senior-hire-to-supplier-COO is a notable (score 5) signal for the cryogenic-I/O supplier tier; quantum-adjacent supply-chain scaling is load-bearing for customer deployments (e.g. Rigetti Cepheus-1-108Q, IQM Radiance) that rely on similar wiring stacks.

SECOND-ORDER

Strengthens Delft Circuits' ability to supply quantum-wiring for the wave of 2026 deployments; incrementally reduces supply-chain risk for tracked OEMs.