Vern Brownell of D-Wave Systems

Despite the incredible power of today's supercomputers, there are many complex and important applications that can't be addressed by conventional systems. Organizations around the world are in a race to develop quantum technologies unlike anything we have today, with goals of optimizing cancer therapies, discovering new planets, supporting national defense and advancing artificial intelligence. Vern Brownell, CEO of the world's first quantum computing company, will discuss the current state of quantum computing and the impact these revolutionary systems will have on reshaping the computing landscape.

Biography:

Vern Brownell is the CEO of D-Wave Systems, the world’s first quantum computing company, and is a highly regarded thought leader in enterprise and data technology. His vision of a virtualized datacenter back in the late 1990s led him to found and run Egenera, a pioneer in infrastructure virtualization. Prior to founding Egenera, Vern was Chief Technology Officer at Goldman Sachs, where he and his staff of 1,300 were responsible for worldwide technology infrastructure, including computing platforms, datacenters, data networking, telecommunications and trading-floor operations. Since joining D-Wave in 2009, he led the company through its first customer sales to Lockheed Martin and Google, oversaw the development and commercialization of several generations of D-Wave technology.

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