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title: Scott Alexander | Leadership at Arqit Quantum-Safe Encryption
description: Meet Scott Alexander, Arqit’s Chief Product Officer, and explore his role in shaping the company’s quantum-safe product strategy.
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# Scott Alexander

Chief Product Officer

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Scott is a seasoned product strategist with over 25 years of experience in architecting management systems for networking and security infrastructure equipment that have become the foundation of today’s cloud-centric Internet. He started his career building network management solutions for long-haul fibre optic DWDM transmission systems and has followed the industry evolution through many technology advancements including carrier-grade ethernet, IP networking, software defined networking, cloud infrastructure and AI-driven operations.

Scott has served in many senior product management, professional services and business development functions for blue-chip equipment and software vendors including Nortel, IBM, and Juniper Networks. In all these roles, his primary focus has been reducing the cost of operations for secure, complex IT systems and achieving the best outcomes and user experience. He holds a BEng Hons Degree in Electronics Engineering from the University of Kent.

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