Juan Pino, Ph.D. Top-Executive
R&D leader with a track-record of driving technology companies to new levels. Developed a world record, commercial quantum computer in two years (Nature 2021, 800+ citations, $3M+ revenue). Directed multidisciplinary R&D organization (including 11 direct reports) with $30M program budgets, delivering best-in-class quantum computing platforms and commercial releases. Pivoted company product strategy towards novel, high margin technology that’s now regarded as their core product. Experience in transitioning science teams from pure research focus into milestone-driven product organizations.
Headquarters:
Denver Metropolitan Area
Headline:
Director, Platform Integration at Vector Atomic
Followers:
696
Connections:
661
Company:
Vector Atomic
Languages:
English, Spanish
Skills:
Optics, Data Analysis, Electronics, Laser Physics, Physics, Spectroscopy, Photonics, Laser, Optoelectronics, Characterization, Optical Microscopy, Mathematica, Labview, Experimentation, LaTeX
Experience:
Title: Director, Platform Integration
Company: Vector Atomic
Location: Colorado, United States
Start: Jun 2026
End: Present
Title: Sr. Manager
Company: Quantinuum
Location:
Start: Jan 2025
End: Aug 2025
Title: Manager
Company: Quantinuum
Location: Broomfield, Colorado, United States
Start: Dec 2021
End: Jan 2025
Title: Manager
Company: Honeywell
Location:
Start: Mar 2021
End: Dec 2021
Title: Scientist, Honeywell Quantum Solutions
Company: Honeywell
Location: Broomfield, CO
Start: Jan 2018
End: Mar 2021
Title: Director of Research and Development
Company: Vescent Photonics, Inc.
Location:
Start: Nov 2016
End: Dec 2017
Title: Principal Scientist
Company: Vescent Photonics, Inc.
Location:
Start: Jan 2015
End: Nov 2016
Title: Staff Scientist
Company: Vescent Photonics, Inc.
Location:
Start: Jan 2011
End: Jan 2015
Title: Research Assistant
Company: University of Colorado at Boulder
Location:
Start: 2003
End: Nov 2010
Title: Undergraduate Researcher
Company: University of Florida
Location:
Start: Jan 2001
End: Jan 2002
Education:
School: University of Colorado Boulder
Degree: PhD
Field: Physics
Period: 2002 - 2010
School: University of Florida
Degree: B.S
Field: Physics
Period: 1998 - 2002
Publications:
Emerging liquid crystal waveguide technology for low SWaP active short-wave infrared imagers (SPIE Proceedings · Mar 11, 2015)
Miniature, compact laser system for ultracold atom sensors (SPIE Proceedings · May 31, 2013)
Measurements of Tan’s Contact in an Atomic Bose-Einstein Condensate (Physical Review Letters · Apr 5, 2012)
Photon Counting for Bragg Spectroscopy of Quantum Gases (Physical Review A · Jan 1, 2011)
When is a Quantum Gas a Quantum Liquid? (Proceedings of the XXI International Conference on Atomic Physics · Jan 1, 2009)
Bragg Spectroscopy of a Strongly Interacting 85Rb Bose-Einstein Condensate (Physical Review Letters · Jan 1, 2008)
Tunable Miscibility in a Dual-Species Bose-Einstein Condensate (Physical Review Letters · Jan 1, 2008)