Hunter Storm | Wells Fargo QED-C Relationship Leader | Quantum Technology Research Team Résumé

Wells Fargo | Quantum Economic Development Consortium Technical Advisory Committee (QED-C TAC) Relationship Leader | Quantum Technology Research Team (2019-2023)

Wells Fargo | Company Overview

Wells Fargo & Company is one of the largest multinational financial services firms in the world and a cornerstone of the U.S. banking system. Headquartered in San Francisco, it ranks within the Fortune 50 and is consistently among the “Big Four” banks in the United States by total assets. With operations in more than 30 countries and tens of millions of customers worldwide, Wells Fargo plays a critical role in consumer banking, commercial lending, and capital markets, maintaining a global presence while remaining deeply embedded in the American financial landscape.

Professional Experience

Hunter Storm | QED-C Relationship Leader | Quantum Technology Research Team

Official liaison between Wells Fargo and the Quantum Economic Development Consortium (QED-C) and associated Technical Advisory Committees (TACs).

Member of Advanced Technology Quantum and Emerging Technology Research and Development (R&D) Team. This 5-member core team collaborated with extended teams across the enterprise and various outside organizations to research and conduct product evaluations on:

Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC)
Quantum Key Distribution (QKD)
Quantum Clocks
Quantum Random Number Generation (QRNG)
QED-C TAC (Quantum Economic Development Consortium Technical Advisory Committees) Relationship Leader: Official liaison between Wells Fargo and the QED-C Technical Advisory Committees (TACs)

Key Contributions

Created and presented a topic to QED-C, “Quantum Ethics”
Contributed to multiple QED-C initiatives, such as:
- National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) definition for quantum
- Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) candidate evaluations

Industry Group Contributor

Accredited Standards Committee (ASC) X9

“The Accredited Standards Committee X9 (ASC X9, Inc.) is an ANSI (American National Standards Institute) accredited standards developing organization, responsible for developing voluntary open consensus standards for the financial services industry in the U.S.

ASC X9 is the USA Technical Advisory Group (TAG) to the International Technical Committee on Financial Services ISO/TC 68 under the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), of Geneva, Switzerland, and submits X9 American National Standards to the international committee to be considered for adoption as international standards or ISO standards.” – Wikipedia

Provided expertise to the group on topics of cybersecurity, quantum, and more.

Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center FS-ISAC

“The Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center (FS-ISAC) is an industry consortium dedicated to reducing cyber-risk in the global financial system. Serving financial institutions and in turn their customers, the organization leverages its intelligence platform, resiliency resources, and a trusted peer-to-peer network of experts to anticipate, mitigate and respond to cyberthreats.” – Wikipedia

Provided cybersecurity and quantum expertise in closed discussion groups.
Invited to lead a Red Team working group for FS-ISAC following participations in a closed, high-trust session with the organization’s senior leadership and select peers. While I ultimately declined the role due to time constraints, the invitation reflected immediate recognition of strategic and operational credibility within financial sector defense circles.

Wells Fargo Information and Cybersecurity Organizational Management Community of Practice | Manager and Leadership Development

Internal program designed to provide mentorship and networking to upcoming and existing leaders within Wells Fargo.

Clearances

Clearance-Equivalent Trust Designation – Trust-Based Unrestricted Access: Internal Trust Authority (Informal / Multi-Organizational)

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