Our Most Valuable Resource – Our People
Quantum computing will change the world – once we get it right.
The people who solve the current hardware challenge will propel quantum computing forward and revolutionize whole industries, including healthcare, automotive, finance, manufacturing, logistics, and aerospace.
This task will take some incredible people.
We have assembled the most talented, creative and driven team of experts from all over the world – all dedicated to turning scientific curiosity into practical reality. We share a passion for innovation and advancing progress by tapping into the largest pool of ideas.
Come meet our team – or maybe even join!
Leadership
Our Most Valuable Resource – Our People
Quantum computing will change the world – once we get it right.
The people who solve the current hardware challenge will propel quantum computing forward and revolutionize whole industries, including healthcare, automotive, finance, manufacturing, logistics, and aerospace.
This task will take some incredible people.
We have assembled the most talented, creative and driven team of experts from all over the world – all dedicated to turning scientific curiosity into practical reality. We share a passion for innovation and advancing progress by tapping into the largest pool of ideas.
Come meet our team – or maybe even join!
Leadership
Julie Andriolo, CPA
Chief Financial Officer
Julie has over 20 years’ experience in finance, the majority of which has been spent working with startups. She enjoys working with founding teams to help them build their businesses, scale, and ultimately have a winning outcome.
Julie received her B.S. in Accounting and Finance from Merrimack College in 1999 and became a certified public accountant in 2002. In 2007, she started a boutique consulting firm focused on provided finance support to startups.
“Making sure the team understands the financial picture is critical.”
Jonas Bylander, PhD
Co-Founder & GM of European Operations
Jonas is an Associate Professor at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden, a founding Principal Investigator of the Wallenberg Center for Quantum Technology, and a leading PI for superconducting quantum computers within the EU Flagship on Quantum Technology. He is passionate about working with a team to develop full-stack quantum computers, with a focus on the quantum processor hardware.
Jonas received his PhD from Chalmers and was a postdoc and research scientist at MIT before taking up his faculty position at Chalmers in 2013.
“Everyone in quantum computing is expecting someone to create much, much better quantum hardware that can also scale up. We can do this!”
Leon Ding, PhD
Co-Founder & Head of Measurements
Leon Ding received his PhD in physics from MIT as a recipient of the IBM PhD Fellowship and his B.S. in physics from Caltech. At MIT, he developed the simulation, design, and measurement infrastructure for fluxonium qubits. He then demonstrated both state-of-the-art single-qubit and two-qubit gate fidelities using a newly developed coupling scheme with fluxonium qubits.
“The fun is in the day-to-day challenges.”
Simon Gustavsson, PhD
Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer
With over 70 published scientific articles and over 6,000 citations, Simon is a world-renowned expert and Principal Research Scientist in quantum computing at MIT. He received his Ph.D. in Physics at ETH Zurich and has worked at MIT since 2008.
Simon is also the founder and former CEO of Labber, a company developing control software for quantum computing applications. Simon led the company from inception to reaching hundreds of quantum computing research labs today. The company was acquired by Keysight Technologies in 2019.
“Ever since first learning about quantum computing, I’ve been fascinated by the idea of using the weirdness of quantum mechanics to solve challenging computational problems. We are working hard to make this reality!”
Bharath Kannan, PhD
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Bharath received his PhD from MIT as a National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellow, where his work primarily focused around the development of new architectures for the communication between quantum processors as well as novel gates for the fast control of low-frequency qubits.
Bharath received his B.S. in Physics from Rutgers University in 2016 and his M.S. and PhD in Electrical Engineering and computer science from MIT in 2018 and 2022, respectively. He was named one of MIT Technology Review's 35 Innovators Under 35 in 2023.
“Avoiding the hype is core to our values. We will stay technically grounded, and let the results speak for themselves.”
Tim Menke, PhD
Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer
During his PhD research at Harvard and MIT, Tim has worked at the intersection of computational modeling and experimental implementation of quantum devices to enable novel interactions between qubits. He received his M.Sc. in Physics with distinction from ETH Zurich before coming to the US to pursue his PhD.
Tim’s high-profile scientific articles are the result of a series of international collaborations with leading research groups from academia and industry. He brings prior business and policy experience, for instance from leading several conferences at Harvard, to his COO role at Atlantic Quantum.
“Building an energetic, inclusive team is at the core of every success.”
William D. Oliver, PhD
Co-Founder & Scientific Advisor
Will has over 20 years’ experience with superconducting qubit materials, fabrication, design, packaging, and cryogenic control electronics. He has co-authored more than 100 scientific articles with more than 9,000 citations and an h-index of 50, and he holds 18 patents and disclosures.
Will is a Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Professor of Physics at MIT. He is also an active lecturer worldwide, serves on numerous international scientific advisory boards, and is an inaugural member of the U.S. National Quantum Initiative Advisory Committee.
“When you do things, things get done.”
Youngkyu Sung, PhD
Co-Founder & Chief Science Officer
Youngkyu completed his PhD at MIT, where his work focused on building superconducting quantum processors with low error rates. He developed a new coupling architecture and control schemes for high-fidelity two-qubit gates and advanced the state-of-the-art fidelity in the field.
Youngkyu received his B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Seoul National University in 2016 and his M.S. and PhD in Electrical Engineering and computer science from MIT in 2018 and 2022. He is a recipient of the Korea Foundation for Advanced Study (KFAS) fellowship.
“We focus on quality.”
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