With 20-plus years of legal experience, Kaniah Konkoly-Thege oversees Quantinuum’s global legal and government affairs team. Her portfolio includes IP, data security, export controls, compliance, and litigation, and she played a central role in spinning off Honeywell’s quantum computing division to create Quantinuum, the Minneapolis-based integrated quantum computing company. Recently, Konkoly-Thege has been instrumental in securing significant investment and advocating for the development and adoption of quantum technologies in coordination with federal efforts. “She weaves legal and regulatory considerations into the business conversation so naturally that her advice feels less like a legal checkpoint and more like a growth strategy,” says Matthew Woods, a partner at Robins Kaplan law firm.