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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950142-25-002539"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "IONQ"
cik: "0001824920"
company_name: "IonQ, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-09-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T05:26:14.994340+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# IonQ appoints General John W. Raymond (former Space Force chief) to Board of Directors

## Summary
- General John W. Raymond appointed as Class I director effective Sept 25, 2025; term expires at 2028 annual meeting.
- Raymond served as first Chief of Space Operations for U.S. Space Force; nearly 40-year military career in nuclear, space, air, cyber ops.
- Bill Scannell (Dell President) resigns from board, becomes Senior Commercial Advisor effective immediately.
- Raymond currently Senior Managing Director at Cerberus Capital Management; also on boards of Impulse Space and Planet Labs.
- Appointment underscores IonQ's focus on quantum solutions for national security, defense, and space operations.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950142-25-002539
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: IONQ
- cik: 0001824920
- company_name: IonQ, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-09-29T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1824920/000095014225002539/0000950142-25-002539-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1824920/000095014225002539/eh250684701_8k.htm

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