Quantum-Si Incorporated announced the appointment of Dr. Jonathan Rothberg, Founder and Executive Chairman of Quantum Si's Board of Directors, as Interim CEO. Dr. Rothberg succeeds John Stark, effective February 8, 2022, while the Company's Board of Directors commences a search process to identify a long-term CEO. Dr. Rothberg is a prolific inventor, scientist and entrepreneur who has successfully founded and launched multiple life science and medical device companies, including 454 Life Sciences, AI Therapeutics, Butterfly Network, CuraGen, Detect, Hyperfine, Ion Torrent, Liminal Sciences, Protein Evolution, RainDance Technologies, Tesseract Health and Quantum-Si.

In 2006, Dr. Rothberg was awarded the National Medal of Technology and Innovation by President Barack Obama for pioneering high-speed next generation DNA sequencing and ushering in the age of precision medicine.