April Burghardt
Marketing & Communications Consultant
April Burghardt has been a technology-focused strategic communications and marketing professional for more than two decades. She’s been with Quantum Xchange since its launch in 2018, first as a PR consultant, then as VP of Corporate Communications, before being appointed Chief Marketing & Communications Officer (CMCO) in 2020. Today, she advises the company on marketing and communication strategies and tactics. For her work with Quantum Xchange, April was awarded a 2022 Globee for Best Communications or PR Project of the Year for the Get Quantum Fit in 2021 initiative and was named a finalist for PRDaily’s Content Marketing Awards 2024. Prior to joining Quantum Xchange, April held senior-level positions at PR agencies in San Francisco and New York; on the corporate side at Progress Software (NASDAQ: PRGS); and spent eight years as an independent consultant working closely with high-growth startups. Her experience in cybersecurity includes: Triumfant, Terbium Labs, Virtru, Security Compass, Sonatype and Brown University’s Executive Master in Cybersecurity.