Joseph Broz

VP, Quantum Growth & Market Development IBM

A theoretical physicist, Joseph Broz, Ph.D is the Executive director of the QED-C (www.quantumconsortium.org) comprised of over 80 US corporations including: Google, Amazon, Microsoft, IBM, Boeing, Intel, AT&T, and numerous mid-caps and start-ups (ColdQuanta, QCWare, Rigetti, IonQ) in the emerging quantum technology space. At SRI, he led six laboratories in Applied Science, government business development, technical and business strategy. He brings 40 years of experience in both the public and private sectors to these roles—including an extensive background in corporate business development and subject matter expertise in condensed matter physics, quantum systems, electromagnetics, micromagnetics, and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR). Broz has significant experience with projects for multiple departments and agencies in the US Government and has collaborated with numerous national laboratories. Dr. Broz has extensive private sector experience: Before joining SRI in 2013, Broz served as the Laboratory Director for Tenneco—a Fortune 100 company, and as Vice President of Laboratories and Business Development for TIMET, the world's largest titanium company.