Technology & Innovation
Computers and Electronics Manufacturing
United Kingdom
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Chris Ballance
Co-founder & CEO
Oxford Ionics
Dr Chris Ballance is the CEO and co-founder of Oxford Ionics. With over a decade of experience at the forefront of the quantum computing industry, Chris has set multiple world records in quantum computing performance including highest performance quantum logic gates, longest qubit memory coherence time, and the fastest and highest performance quantum network. Since founding Oxford Ionics in 2019, Chris has scaled the company to over 70 employees across the globe and raised over £30m in funding. Under his leadership, the company has built the highest performing quantum platform in the world, with current world records in single-gate, two-qubit gate, and SPAM fidelity. He holds a PhD in trapped-ion quantum computing from the University of Oxford, where he is also a Future Leaders Fellow.
Computers and Electronics Manufacturing
United Kingdom
