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Takuya Kitagawa Top-Executive

President & Board Director at QuEra Computing
Co-lead corporate strategy, fundraising, and organizational growth alongside the CEO. Spearheaded the strategy toward gate-based, FTQC quantum computers and drove major commercial expansion ($42M landmark deal), critical partnerships (Google, NVIDIA, Softbank Vision Fund) and financing round ($230M raise).

Takuya Kitagawa is a former Managing Executive Officer of Rakuten, CDO (Chief Data Officer) and Global Director of Rakuten Institute of Technology in charge of AI business and research, managing over 700 talents across the globe. As a theoretical physicist, he proposed the theory of Floquet topological phases. He co-founded Topologic, a startup that aims to industrialize topological materials. A founder of Well-being for planet earth Foundation and Unson Foundation. He obtained Bachelor degree in Mathematics and Physics from Harvard College and a Ph.D. in Physics from Harvard University.

Super Industry: Quantum Technology
Headquarters: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Headline: President & Board Director at QuEra Computing | Independent Director at Mercari
Followers: 5678
Connections: 3767
Company: QuEra Computing
Company Website: https://www.quera.com/, https://careers.mercari.com/, http://www.trilateral.org/
Country: United States
Languages: English, Japanese
Skills: Board of Directors, Capital Formation, Corporate Strategy, Quantum Computing, Quantitative Analytics, Quantitative Research, Physics, Data Mining, Data Analysis, University Teaching, Analytics, Academic Writing, Science, Research, Mathematical Modeling, Algorithms, Statistics, Data Analytics, Global Strategy, Global Human Resources Management, Matlab, Illustrator, LaTeX, Japanese, English, Writing, Experimentation, Management, Strategy, Team Management, Change Management
Experience: Title: President & Board Director Company: QuEra Computing Inc. Location: Boston, Massachusetts, United States Start: Aug 2023 End: Present Title: Strategic Advisor Company: QuEra Computing Inc. Location: Tokyo, Japan Start: Apr 2022 End: Aug 2023 Title: Independent Director Company: Mercari, Inc. Location: Start: Sep 2023 End: Present Title: Representative Director Company: QuEra Computing Japan, Inc. Location: Start: Nov 2024 End: Present Title: Member Company: The Trilateral Commission Location: Start: Mar 2020 End: Present Title: Co-Founder Company: Well being for Planet earth foundation Location: Start: Sep 2019 End: Present Title: Chief Data Officer & Managing Executive officer Company: Rakuten Location: Tokyo Start: Oct 2017 End: Mar 2022 Title: Executive Officer Company: Rakuten Location: Tokyo, Japan Start: Apr 2013 End: Feb 2019 Title: A board of director of Rakuten Data Marketing Company: Rakuten Data Marketing Location: Japan Start: Sep 2017 End: Mar 2022 Title: Teaching Fellow Company: Harvard University Location: Start: Jan 2009 End: Jun 2013 Title: Research in theoretical physics & Ph.D. degree Company: Harvard University Location: Harvard University Start: Sep 2008 End: Jun 2013
Education: School: Harvard University Degree: Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Field: physics Period: 2008 - 2013 School: Harvard University Degree: Bachelor of Arts - BA Field: Physics Period: Sep 2004 - May 2008
Publications: Correlated phases of bosons in tilted, frustrated lattices (Phys. Rev. B · Jan 1, 2011) Majorana Fermions in Equilibrium and Driven Cold Atom Quantum Wires (Phys. Rev. Lett · Jan 1, 2011) Phase sensitive measurements of order parameters for ultracold atoms through two particles interferometry (Phys. Rev. Lett. · Jan 1, 2011) The dynamics and prethermalization of one dimensional quantum systems probed through the full distributions of quantum noise (New Journal of Physics · Jan 1, 2011) Anomalous Expansion of Attractively Interacting Fermionic Atoms in an Optical Lattice (Science · Mar 26, 2010) Exploring Topological Phases With Quantum Walks (Phys. Rev. A · Jan 1, 2010) Ramsey interference in one dimensional systems: The full distribution function of fringe contrast as a probe of many-body dynamics (Phys. Rev. Lett. · Jan 1, 2010) Topological characterization of periodically driven systems (Phys. Rev. B · Jan 1, 2010) Photo-induced quantum Hall insulators without Landau levels (Phys. Rev. B)