Rigetti Computing, a Berkeley, California-based designer and maker of quantum computers, is saying goodbye to Rick Danis, its general counsel of five years. Danis informed the company last week that he plans to resign on Nov. 30, Rigetti announced in a securities filing.

Danis joined Rigetti in 2019 after a little more than a year at satellite antenna company Kymeta. He also held leading in-house roles at Nokia, Yahoo, media company Leaf Group, and domain name provider Rightside Group, which he helped sell to the domain name registry Donuts for $213 million in 2017.

Rigetti did not respond to an inquiry from Law.com about the reasoning behind his resignation. In a LinkedIn message, Danis said he is "moving on to another great opportunity," adding, "I have nothing but good things to say about Rigetti and will be a strong supporter of the company going forward."

The company’s 8-K Securities and Exchange Commission filing says he will act as a consultant for the company through March 31, 2025.

Founded in 2013 by a former IBM physicist, Rigetti Computing specializes in building quantum processors and the software necessary to harness quantum computing, an advanced area of computing that uses quantum mechanics to solve complex problems beyond the capacity of classical computers. It specializes in developing quantum processors and the software necessary to harness quantum computing for practical applications, helping scientists and engineers work on issues like climate change, drug development and discovery and artificial intelligence.

Last year, it released its first commercially available quantum processing unit called Novera, designed to provide researchers and developers with hands-on access to advanced quantum computing technology. It also offers a cloud services platform that allows users to integrate Rigetti's quantum machines into any cloud environment.