The team behind Quantum Careers
The team behind Applied Quantum and Quantum Academy runs Quantum Careers. We are consultants, instructors, interim executives, and writers who work in quantum technology every day.
What our team does
Consulting
Our consultants and interim executives run quantum computing and post-quantum security programs for clients through Applied Quantum and its Secure Quantum practice. They have worked with specialist contractors in this field for years.
Teaching
Our instructors teach Quantum Academy’s courses in post-quantum cryptography, quantum computing, sensing, and leadership. Quantum Academy also runs the Certified Chief Quantum Officer program for executives.
Publishing
Our team publishes PostQuantum.com, which has more than a million unique visitors a month. We also publish Quantum Observer, on the quantum technology industry.
Standards and policy
Members of our team wrote open frameworks for post-quantum migration and cryptographic risk. One of them chairs the Quantum Policy Forum, an independent non-profit for quantum policy.
What this means for your search
We work in this field ourselves. We use that experience at every stage of a search.
- We know many of the people. Through client projects and our publications, we have met many of the engineers, scientists, and security specialists who build and secure quantum systems.
- We know the work. Our consultants have run post-quantum migrations and quantum systems integration projects. We test a candidate’s experience against that work.
- We follow the market. We cover the industry as publishers and work in it as consultants. We see which organizations are hiring and which skills are scarce.
Books, frameworks, and publications
Books
Members of our team wrote or co-wrote these books:
- Quantum Ready, a practitioner’s guide to post-quantum cryptographic migration
- Quantum Sovereignty, on strategic leadership in the quantum era
- Quantum Systems Integration, on building quantum computers from modular components
Open frameworks
Members of our team wrote these frameworks. Applied Quantum publishes them under CC BY 4.0:
- The PQC Migration Framework, a method for migrating to post-quantum cryptography
- The CBOM Profile, for cryptographic bills of materials
- The Cryptographic Concentration Framework, for measuring shared cryptographic risk
Publications and policy
Our team publishes two sites, and a member of our team chairs a policy forum:
- PostQuantum.com, on quantum computing and post-quantum security
- Quantum Observer, on the quantum technology industry
- The Quantum Policy Forum, which a member of our team chairs
Our own companies
Applied Quantum also hires in quantum technology. We list its roles under the same listing standards as every other employer’s, with no preferential placement. Before we accept a search, we tell the client about any relationship between Applied Quantum and that client.
We set out these rules in our standards. We describe each company and brand on our network page.
Work with us
Talk to us about a search, a team build, or a listing.