Rain Enhancement Technologies Strengthens Strategic Leadership with Quantum Physics Pioneer and Corporate Governance Expert

NASDAQ-Listed Company Adds Two Distinguished Advisors with Complementary Expertise

NAPLES, FL / ACCESS Newswire / October 15, 2025 / Rain Enhancement Technologies Holdco, Inc. (NASDAQ:RAIN) ("RET" or the "Company"), a leading provider of ionization rainfall generation technology, today announced the appointment of two distinguished strategic advisors: Chris Monroe, quantum physics pioneer and co-founder of IonQ; and Paul Dacier, Chief Legal Officer & Corporate Secretary of IonQ and Chairman of AerCap Holdings. These appointments bring complementary expertise in quantum sciences and corporate governance as RET advances global commercialization of its Weather Enhancement Technology Array (WETA) platform.

The strategic advisor additions strengthen RET's leadership capabilities as the Company progresses toward deployment of 10 WETA systems currently in final manufacturing phases for delivery to the United States. RET's ionization rainfall generation technology has demonstrated the ability to generate an average of approximately 15-18% additional rainfall in randomized third-party trials published by the Royal Statistical Society.

Chris Monroe joins as Strategic Advisor, bringing pioneering expertise in quantum physics and atmospheric sciences. As co-founder of IonQ in 2009, Monroe developed quantum computing applications using trapped ions and ultrafast laser pulses. A UMD Distinguished University Professor, Monroe specializes in the isolation of individual atoms for applications in quantum information science and has proposed scalable, reconfigurable quantum computer architectures that complement RET's ionization approach to atmospheric enhancement.

Paul Dacier joins as Strategic Advisor while serving as Chief Legal Officer & Corporate Secretary of IonQ. Dacier contributes high-level corporate governance and legal expertise as Chairman of AerCap Holdings N.V., the world's largest commercial aircraft leasing company. He serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Progress Software and Chairman of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. Under Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker, Dacier served as Chairman of the Judicial Nominating Commission and Co-Chair of the Supreme Judicial Court Nominating Commission. During his tenure at Indigo Agriculture, he increased issued patents from 13 to 179, and previously built EMC Corporation's legal department from a single lawyer to 120 professionals across 86 countries.