Juha Vartiainen
COO and co-founder of IQM Quantum Computers. PhD in quantum physics; co-founded IQM in 2018 as a spinout of Aalto University and VTT research.
Juha Vartiainen holds a PhD in physics from Helsinki University of Technology (now part of Aalto University), where a 2001 lecture sparked the quantum-computing interest that became his doctoral thesis topic. Before co-founding IQM, he spent over a decade in industry R&D and software engineering outside quantum computing, including as a project manager at Space Systems Finland and a senior software modeling engineer at Orion Diagnostica. A chance reconnection with physicist Mikko Möttönen led him to join Möttönen, Jan Goetz, and Kuan Yen Tan in spinning IQM Quantum Computers out of Aalto University and VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland in 2018. He served as COO through the company's early growth before transitioning to Chief Global Affairs Officer, focused on international relations, standards, and public-private partnerships.
Overview
- Role
- Chief Global Affairs Officer & Co-Founder, IQM Quantum Computers
- Based in
- Espoo, Finland
- Prior experience
- Space Systems Finland (Project Manager - satellite instrument software), Orion Diagnostica (Senior Software Modeling Engineer - medical device software)
- www.linkedin.com/in/vartiainen/
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- x.com/jjvartiainen
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- Who is Juha Vartiainen?
- Juha Vartiainen holds a PhD in physics from Helsinki University of Technology (now part of Aalto University), where a 2001 lecture sparked the quantum-computing interest that became his doctoral thesis topic. Before co-founding IQM, he spent over a decade in industry R&D and software engineering outside quantum computing, including as a project manager at Space Systems Finland and a senior software modeling engineer at Orion Diagnostica. A chance reconnection with physicist Mikko Möttönen led him to join Möttönen, Jan Goetz, and Kuan Yen Tan in spinning IQM Quantum Computers out of Aalto University and VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland in 2018. He served as COO through the company's early growth before transitioning to Chief Global Affairs Officer, focused on international relations, standards, and public-private partnerships.
- What is Juha Vartiainen's role?
- Juha Vartiainen is Chief Global Affairs Officer & Co-Founder, IQM Quantum Computers, based in Espoo, Finland.
- Where did Juha Vartiainen work before?
- Juha Vartiainen's prior roles include Space Systems Finland (Project Manager - satellite instrument software), Orion Diagnostica (Senior Software Modeling Engineer - medical device software).
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