La Force International
About

Building an independent, intelligence-led enterprise.

La Force International brings together specialist businesses focused on quantum leadership, quantum commercialization and investment intelligence. Our purpose is to help organizations navigate technological change with clarity, commercial discipline and a commitment to responsible progress.

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Purpose and principles

What guides our work.

Independence

Recommendations should be grounded in customer interests, evidence and transparent evaluation.

Economic relevance

We focus on the operational, commercial and investment decisions that determine whether technology creates value.

Long-term perspective

We aim to support enduring relationships as technologies and markets evolve.

Responsible innovation

We believe progress should be accompanied by accountability, security and opportunity.

Leadership and governance

Leadership and governance.

Our leadership brings a focus on industrial economics, technology commercialization and long-term strategic decision-making.

Shayne De la Force
Shayne De la Force
Founder and Chief Executive Officer

Shayne's career spans about thirty years bridging technology and the factory floor, across Japan, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Australia and the United States. It began at DISCO Corporation in Japan's semiconductor industry.

He holds a degree in economics and is the author of Strategic Entanglement, a commercialization playbook for deep-tech founders. He serves on the Technical Advisory Committee of the Quantum Economic Development Consortium (QED-C) and is a member of Quantum Australia.

Group structure

La Force International is the holding company for three operating businesses: LFI (La Force Industrials), LFQ (La Force Quantum) and LFS (La Force Signals).

LFI operates through LFI North America Inc. in Dallas, Texas, and LFI Asia Pacific Pty Ltd in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.

How we govern our work

Each business maintains its own customer proposition, commercial relationships and engagement terms.

Information is used only as each engagement permits, with confidentiality and conflict-of-interest safeguards between businesses.

Values & Social Impact

Progress should create opportunity.

At La Force International, we believe technological progress should create economic opportunity and contribute to a more inclusive future. Our commitment to this principle extends beyond business. Through our founder's personal service on the board of the Nadia + Alf Taylor Foundation, we recognize the importance of education and opportunity for disadvantaged children.

As emerging technologies reshape the global economy, we believe their benefits should extend beyond the organizations developing and adopting them.