Appointment·
Qtonic Quantum Names Peter D. Horst Special Advisor for Category Leadership
Peter D. Horst, former CMO at Capital One Bank, Ameritrade, and TruSecure, joins as Special Advisor for Category Leadership as post-quantum buying becomes a market, not a mandate.
MIAMI, August 5, 2026
Who he was
Independent director at Peapack-Gladstone. First CMO of Ameritrade. Twelve years at Capital One, including CMO of Capital One Bank. CMO of TruSecure, later CMO of Hershey and CEO of PSB Insights. Named one of Forbes' 50 most influential CMOs.
Why this week
Executive Order 14412 sets 2030 and 2031 federal cryptographic deadlines and points rulemaking at contractors. Enterprises know migration is coming. Almost none know what to buy or how to judge it.
What he will do
Advise on category definition and market leadership — how cryptographic evidence becomes the standard a buyer asks for by name.
“Categories are not won by the best technology, they are won by whoever makes the decision easy. Peter has done that three times, and once inside enterprise security specifically.”
“Every enterprise now knows post-quantum migration is coming, and almost none knows what to buy or how to judge it. That is what an undefined category looks like from the buyer's side.”
Peter D. Horst on the leadership roster
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About Qtonic Quantum Corp
Qtonic Quantum Corp is a quantum cyber risk and vulnerability intelligence company. Headquartered in Miami, Florida, with research and development in Be'er Sheva, Israel, its product system spans QScout for cryptographic discovery, QStrike for adversarial demonstration, and QSolve for migration advisory, under the principle of evidence before assertion. Post-Quantum Ready, Continuously.
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