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Matt Rijlaarsdam is the Co-Founder and CEO of QuantWare, the industrial quantum processor company making the worlds most powerful quantum processors. Under his leadership, QuantWare has become the world's largest commercial provider of quantum hardware. He is a vocal advocate for better economic policy for high growth companies in Europe, advising public institutions on various policy initiatives. Previously he was a researcher in quantum information science at QuTech, a globally renowned quantum institute.

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Alessandro Bruno is QuantWare’s co-founder and Chief Technology Officer. Previously, he served as Head of Fabrication in the Leo DiCarlo Group at QuTech. Alessandro holds a PhD in Quantum Computing, with expertise spanning materials science and nanotechnology.

Paul van Hagen is QuantWare’s Interim Chief Financial Officer. He has more than 25 years of finance experience, including extensive experience in deeptech and senior leadership roles at several biotech and medtech companies. Paul began his career as a registered public accountant at EY in the Netherlands and the United States. He holds a Master of Science in Economics and has extensive experience in fundraising, strategic transactions, M&A, governance, and financial scale-up.

Toni leads QuantWare’s People & Culture team, with more than 20 years of international experience of shaping people-first strategy in fast growing companies. She’s British but in the last 15 years has lived and worked in Switzerland as well as the Netherlands, supporting teams in 25+ countries worldwide. Her indepth knowledge of how to scale culture, develop talent, and build diverse teams is invaluable for the future growth of QuantWare.

Hugo is QuantWare's Chief Operations Officer. Being trained as mechanical engineer, Hugo first mastered Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma at automotive corporates. For the last 12 years, he managed Operations, Quality and Development at various high-tech hardware startups, mostly in Additive Manufacturing.

Tom Wilson leads QuantWare’s commercial strategy with more than 30 years of experience in the semiconductor and advanced computing industries. He previously served as Chief Commercial Officer at Paragraf and as Vice President of Business Development at Graphcore, where he helped scale frontier semiconductor technologies into global markets.

Wouter Wesselink is VP of Product at QuantWare, where he leads product development. He holds a cum laude MSc in Applied Physics from TU Delft, specialising in quantum amplifiers. Before joining QuantWare, he headed a 150+ consultant non-profit strategy consulting firm. As one of QuantWare’s early team members, Wouter has played a pivotal role in scaling the company.

With a background in quantum physics and superconducting qubit design, Marten has played a central role in the company’s QPU development. He brings a track record of innovation across aerospace, finance, and automotive, including his tenure as chief engineer of the Delft Solar Car Team, where he led the team to victory in the World Solar Challenge. As VP of R&D, Marten oversees technology development aimed at removing scaling bottlenecks and enabling QPUs to reach true utility scale.

Bart is QuantWare's Head of Marketing, responsible for bringing QuantWare's technological advancements known to the wider community. He holds a master's degree in Applied Physics from the TU Delft, and completed his thesis at QuTech in the group of Prof. Leo DiCarlo. Before joining QuantWare, he gained diverse experience — from teaching physics to high-school students to exploring hedging strategies for exchange rate volatility at a global currency fund — giving him a unique interdisciplinary perspective. In his free time, he likes to run and play squash.

Scott White is an experienced serial entrepreneur, with direct involvement in 11 technology start-ups and scale-ups. He is an advisor at several venture investors, and a member of the UK Government's Semiconductor Advisory Panel. In 2010, Scott founded Pragmatic Semiconductor, which he built into the world leader in flexible semiconductors, with over 300 staff and the UK’s first ever state-of-the-art 300mm wafer fab. Scott raised more than $400 million for Pragmatic, including the largest ever European semiconductor venture round of more than $240 million. In his free time, he likes to run ultra marathons.

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Aparna Prabhakar is a Board member at QuantWare and the Chief Strategy & Sustainability Officer for Schneider Electric’s $32B Energy Management business. She previously served as Vice President of IBM’s Quantum Ecosystem, where she launched IBM’s quantum business strategy and built a global network of more than 200 partners from the ground up. Aparna brings deep expertise in scaling frontier technologies, strategic leadership, and ecosystem development.

Beau-Anne Chilla is a Partner at FORWARD.one, a deeptech venture capital firm specialised in hardware propositions. She holds an Msc in Industrial Engineering from the University of Groningen and started her career at Adyen before moving into venture capital. Besides her work as an investor she sits on the board of the Dutch semipublic sustainability institution Milieu Centraal.

Matt Rijlaarsdam is the Co-Founder and CEO of QuantWare, the industrial quantum processor company making the worlds most powerful quantum processors. Under his leadership, QuantWare has become the world's largest commercial provider of quantum hardware. He is a vocal advocate for better economic policy for high growth companies in Europe, advising public institutions on various policy initiatives. Previously he was a researcher in quantum information science at QuTech, a globally renowned quantum institute.

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Alessandro Bruno is QuantWare’s co-founder and Chief Technology Officer. Previously, he served as Head of Fabrication in the Leo DiCarlo Group at QuTech. Alessandro holds a PhD in Quantum Computing, with expertise spanning materials science and nanotechnology.