About Us
Quantum Benchmark is the leading provider of software solutions that enable error diagnostics, error suppression and performance validation software for quantum computing hardware.
Based in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, our company is led by a team of the world’s top research scientists and engineers in quantum computing with the mission of enabling quantum computers to solve real-world problems.
From 2017 to 2021, Quantum Benchmark was a privately held company backed by venture funds VanEdge Capital and Quantonation.
Keysight Technologies, Inc., a leading technology company that delivers advanced design and validation solutions to help accelerate innovation to connect and secure the world, acquired Quantum Benchmark in May 2021.
Joseph Emerson, PhD
CEO, Founder and Chief ScientistJoseph is a world-leading authority in quantum computing who pioneered the current industry-standard methods of error characterization for quantum computing hardware.
Joel Wallman, PhD
CTO and Co-FounderJoel invented our error suppression and quantum capacity benchmarking technology and has emerged as a world-leading expert in quantum computing.
Daniel Gottesman, PhD
Senior ScientistDan is a pioneer and world-leading authority in the methods of quantum error correction and fault-tolerance that are required to enable scalable quantum compution.
Egor Ospadov, PhD
Senior Software Developer & Research ScientistEgor obtained his doctorate in Theoretical Physics, where the subject of his research was method development in quantum chemistry. His research interests include: quantum chemistry and application of quantum computing to chemistry.
Stefanie Beale, MSc
Researcher
Kristine Boone
Researcher
Arnaud Carignan-Dugas, PhD
Researcher
Aditya Jain, MSc
Researcher
Adam Winick
Researcher
Hammam Qassim
Researcher
Joshua Skanes-Norman
Researcher
Julie Taylor
Executive Administrative Assistant
David Cory, PhD
Scientific AdvisorDavid is a pioneer of quantum computing and world-leading authority on quantum control. He is a Professor of Chemistry at the University of Waterloo, the Institute of Quantum Computing and the Waterloo Institute of Nanotechnology and Principal Investigator of the Canada First Research Excellence Fund Program, Transformative Quantum Technologies. He is an associate of the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, chairs the advisory committee for the Canada Institute for Advanced Research’s Quantum Information Processing program.
Stephen Bartlett, PhD
Scientific AdvisorStephen is a Chief Investigator and Professor of Physics in the ARC Centre of Excellence for Engineered Quantum Systems at the University of Sydney. He leads a research program in theoretical quantum physics with interests spanning: quantum computing, quantum measurement and control, quantum many-body systems, and the foundations of quantum theory.
Joseph Emerson, PhD
DirectorJoseph is the Founder, CEO, and Chief Scientist of Quantum Benchmark Inc. He is a world-leading authority in quantum computing and pioneered the current industry-standard methods of error characterization for quantum computing hardware.
Moe Kermani, PhD
DirectorMoe is a Managing Partner at Vanedge Capital, a Vancouver-based venture capital fund focused on investing in: quantum computing, digital media, SaaS solutions, enterprise software, and cyber security.
Vanedge Capital
Lead InvestorVanedge Capital is a Vancouver based early-stage venture capital fund investing in technology inflection points in cloud computing, artificial intelligence, cyber security, SaaS and digital media.