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D-Wave Systems: designs and manufactures quantum computing and superconducting electronics.
Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
Categories
Electronics, Manufacturing, Semiconductor
Founded Date
1999
Founders
Eric Ladizinsky, Geordie Rose
Operating Status
Active
Last Funding Type
Convertible Note
Number of Employees
101-250
Contact Email
info@dwavesys.com
Phone Number
(604) 630-1428
D-Wave Systems Inc. designs and manufactures quantum computing and superconducting electronics. It offers D-Wave One system, a computing system that is designed for industrial problems encountered by Fortune 500 companies, government, and academia. The company also provides customer support, site preparation, site installation, training packages, and on-site engineer support services. D-Wave Systems Inc. was founded in 1999 and is based in Burnaby, Canada. The company has additional offices and R&D facilities in Palo Alto, California.
Elizabeth Barnard
Director, Human Resources
SUMMARY OF QUALIFCATIONS
High-impact sales and account professional to Fortune 500 companies. Implement aggressive sales and marketing strategies to B2B and B2C clients, resulting in a consistent track record of significantly increasing revenues.
Specialties:Create and implement integrated strategies to develop and expand customer sales, building brand equity, increasing market share while effectively utilizing my experience in project management and channel development.
Director, Human Resources
Vern Brownell
President and Chief Executive Officer
Steve Cakebread
SVP CAO/CFO
Susan Davis
Marketing Consultant
Robert Ewald
President, D-Wave U.S. and Chief Revenue Officer
Eric Ladizinsky
Co-Founder & Chief Scientist: Eric Ladizinsky is a senior scientific management executive with strong background in physics, engineering, materials, and manufacturing. He brings specific expertise in multi-disciplinary R&D, technical team building, creation and management of infrastructure, and convergence of R&D efforts with full-scale manufacturing. At Northrop Grumman Space Technology (formerly TRW, Inc.), he ran a multi-million dollar DARPA program in Quantum Computing using superconducting integrated circuit technology.
Mr. Ladizinsky leads D-Wave's technical effort to develop the superconducting integrated circuit fabrication process and has introduced industrial optimization practices for high yields, including construction of custom vacuum systems, automated testing infrastructure, and specialized low noise electronics. From our US foundry location, he runs the entire fabrication process - thin film deposition, photolithography, etching, testing and troubleshooting. Mr. Ladizinsky is also an Adjunct Professor of Physics at Loyola Marymount University, where he has taught courses including classical mechanics, electromagnetic theory and quantum theory. He worked with faculty and students to bring the quantum mechanics program current with state-of-the-art in quantum theory, covering quantum computing, decoherence theory and modern experimental techniques.
Mr. Ladizinsky has a BSc. Physics and Mathematics degree from the University of California, Los Angeles. He has 3 granted US patents covering advanced superconducting IC processes and new materials development.
Geordie Rose
Co-Founder & CTO Geordie Rose is a founder and CTO of D-Wave. He is known as a leading advocate for quantum computing and physics-based processor design, and has been invited to speak on these topics in venues ranging from the 2003 TED Conference to Supercomputing 2008.
His innovative and ambitious approach to building quantum computing technology has received coverage in MIT Technology Review magazine, The Economist, New Scientist, Scientific American and Science magazines, and one of his business strategies was profiled in a Harvard Business School case study. He has received several awards and accolades for his work with D-Wave, including being short-listed for a 2005 World Technology Award.
Dr. Rose holds a PhD in theoretical physics from the University of British Columbia, specializing in quantum effects in materials. While at McMaster University, he graduated first in his class with a BEng in Engineering Physics, specializing in semiconductor engineering.
Roslynn Drewitt-Lange
VP, Finance
Jeremy P. Hilton
Vice President of Processor Development, Director, Intellectual Property
Handol Kim
Sr. Director, Machine Learning
Tanya J. Rothe
General Counsel & Director of Intellectual Property
William Macready
VP Product Development
Warren Wall
EVP, COO