Key People in Colorado Quantum | The Millikelvin

Founders, CEOs, scientists, and officials building the Colorado Quantum Valley. Every entry sourced from public company filings and coverage.

• Niccolo de Masi: The executive who pushed IonQ to plant a permanent flag in Colorado. Attended the May 12, 2026 ribbon cutting of IonQ's 22,000 sq ft Boul...
• Dr. Chris Ballance: The technical leader of IonQ's quantum computing roadmap. A trapped-ion physicist whose academic work helped establish the gate fidelity...
• David Allcock: The scientist leading IonQ's Boulder facility. Recruited to anchor the company's semiconductor ion trap chip program in Colorado.
• Ben Bloom: The founder of Atom Computing and the Colorado Technology Association's 2026 CEO of the Year, the first time the award has gone to a quan...
• Corban Tillemann-Dick: The most structurally central figure in the Colorado quantum ecosystem. CEO of the dilution refrigerator company everyone depends on, and...
• Adam Kaufman: The CU Boulder neutral atom physicist whose hire in March 2026 marked Google's entry into neutral atom quantum computing, and Google's fi...
• Matthew Kinsella: The CEO who took Infleqtion (formerly ColdQuanta) public on the NYSE in 2025, making it the first publicly traded neutral-atom quantum co...
• Governor Jared Polis: Colorado's governor has personally appeared at multiple ecosystem milestones, from the Elevate Quantum Tech Hub announcement to the IonQ...