Quantum Brilliance recruits ex-IBM exec as European MD

Australian-German quantum computing hardware company Quantum Brilliance has announced former IBM executive Mark Mattingley-Scott as its new European managing director.

Mattingley-Scott was most recently Quantum Ambassador for EMEA and Asia-Pacific team at IBM, where he had a 31-year career.

“I joined the Quantum Brilliance team to help fulfill the company’s vision of making quantum computing an everyday, useful technology,” said Mattingley-Scott in a statement. 

“Europe has much to gain from a robust quantum industry, and the addition of a highly disruptive technology such as quantum accelerators will have a major influence on its growth.”

Mattingley Scott — who is also a senior member of the IEEE and a member of the IEEE European Public Policy Committee — will be based out of Stuttgart and build a local engineering and R&D team. 

The foundational science behind Quantum Brilliance’s technology has its origins at Stuttgart University’s Centre for Applied Quantum Technology, the company said.

Its Australian team includes its CEO and chief scientific officers, both physicists from the Australian National University.

Quantum Brilliance uses synthetic diamonds to create mini-quantum computers, which it says will operate at room temperature. The company announced in March that it is installing one of its quantum accelerator units at Perth’s Pawsey Supercomputing Centre.

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