Denise Ruffner

Biography

Denise Ruffner is the VP of Business Development at IonQ, a trapped ion quantum computing company based in Maryland. Denise is responsible for all customer engagements and customer strategy. In her free time, she is President of Women in Quantum, a rapidly growing organization dedicated to highlighting and creating a community for women. Previously Denise was Chief Business Officer at Cambridge Quantum Computing (CQC). Prior to CQC, Denise worked at IBM for 18 years, and was part of the early IBM Quantum team responsible for starting the startup and ambassador programs, and leading the worldwide sales strategy. Prior to IBM Quantum, Denise held a variety of roles in increasing responsibilities including leading sales teams with annual quotas of $750M. Denise has been recognized for innovation, sales leadership and strategic planning.