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IQM's new CTO emphasizes that the quantum industry has reached an inflection point where the focus has decisively shifted from validating technology in labs to aggressively scaling full-stack systems for global commercial deployment. By integrating hardware, chips, software, and applications into a single solution, IQM aims to solve customer problems holistically rather than optimizing isolated components, marking a maturation of the field toward practical utility.
IQM’s new CTO sees quantum computing shift from lab to market

IQM’s new CTO, Craig Ciesla, notes a turning point as quantum computing moves from academic idea to delivering systems to customers worldwide.
The challenge in quantum computing has decisively shifted, according to IQM’s new Chief Technology Officer, Dr. Craig Ciesla, from simply proving the technology works to now aggressively scaling it for real-world use. Ciesla, who previously translated scientific advances into products in fibre-optic communications and life sciences, highlights that IQM is uniquely positioned to meet this challenge by building the entire quantum computing stack, hardware, chips, software and applications, the…
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