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accession: "0001213900-24-036252"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "QUBT"
cik: "0001758009"
company_name: "Quantum Computing Inc."
filed_at: "2024-04-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-03T08:08:34.255900+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
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source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Quantum Computing Inc. appoints Dr. Javad Shabani to Board of Directors

## Summary
- Dr. Shabani is an associate professor at NYU and director of NYU Center for Quantum Information Physics since 2022.
- He holds four patents in quantum physics and has published over 85 papers; previously a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard and UCSB.
- Compensation includes $36,000 annual salary and options to purchase 100,000 shares of common stock.
- No family relationships or related-party transactions with current officers or directors.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-24-036252
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: QUBT
- cik: 0001758009
- company_name: Quantum Computing Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-04-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1758009/000121390024036252/0001213900-24-036252-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1758009/000121390024036252/ea0204704-8k_quantum.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-24-036252
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-24-036252.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001213900-24-036252.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Dr. Javad Shabani was appointed as Director at Quantum Computing Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On April 19, 2024, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Quantum Computing Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Dr. Javad Shabani as a member of the Board (the “Appointment”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1758009/000121390024036252/0001213900-24-036252-index.htm

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