Leading a team of 7 physicists and 9 hardware engineers to build first digital quantum computer on neutral atoms.- 5 direct reports (PhDs Quantum Physicists), 11 people in organization- Accountable for Hilbert Quantum Computer hardware- Collaborating with software engineering team- hiring manager for Quantum Physicists (Hired stellar performing Physics PhDs from MIT, Berkeley), Machine Learning Software Engineer, Lead System Design Engineer (Hired VP of Engineering for the position). - Rydberg interaction physics for Controlled-Z two qubit gates.- developed software (python) for controlling physics layer of quantum computer- project management (critical path analysis, Gantt charts, scrum of scrums)Successful initiatives:- culture of defining requirements via actionable test plans - helped to reduce misunderstanding, define scope of work- no meetings Fridays, software demo meetings, share learnings meetings- quarterly check-in process, OKRs- in-house laser systems development- researched and implemented on-call system (Opsgenie) to keep quantum computer up and running- "Share learnings" weekly meeting for people to share what they have learnt with others and learn from others- team skiing at Eldora- Toastmasters for public speaking and intra-company networking

- Building a quantum computer on neutral atoms (systems engineering, quantum engineering, software & hardware, high power low noise laser systems, project management).First 9 months:- Hired and engaged two high performers- Filed one provisional patent on quantum state readout- Contributed to Rydberg-based Quantum Computer design (Quantum Processing Unit (QPU) and laser modules design reviews, developed parts of software control system)- Improved high power laser system design that is beyond commercially available technology- Contributed to company and team processes (scrum, JIRA, RACI, pre-mortem, checklists, equipment tracking, collaborative documentation, meeting notes, hiring, onboarding, performance reviews).- Delivered 3 company wide technical talks (Bayesian statistics, crypto & blockchain, atomic clocks and time keeping), taught git to physicists and program manager.

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Built NIST-F3 Cesium fountain atomic clock (physics package & control system design; built microwave, laser, vacuum subsystems; system level integration, testing).Contributed to Thorium-229 nuclear clock research and proposal.Built team of three high performing undergraduate research assistants.Served as the co-chair for Advances in Next Generation Clocks session at the Precision Time and Time Interval meeting 2020.Taught at the annual NIST Time and Frequency Seminar 2019Contributed to Assured Access to Accurate Time working group for Timing infrastructure resiliency.Secretary for the IEEE 1193, 1139 Working Groups.

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Bringing frontier laser technology to market in a start-up within a company● Sales (landed purchased orders for quarter million dollars in half a year, established quote generation process)● Marketing (glossy spec sheets, exhibition)● Product launch at major exhibition (SPIE Photonics West) ● R&D for next generation External Cavity Diode Lasers● Established Manufacturing of scientific lasers, shipped to customers● Launched Scrum Agile Development in the company, improved teams efficiency and predictability, Scrum Master for 2 teams● Initiated Version Control for design efforts and business processes in the company● Managed two direct reports● Promoted one direct report from Sr. Optical Manufacturing Engineer to Optical Manufacturing Manager

Systems and Hardware Manager, Scanning Electron Microscope eDR-7xxx ● Product Development – Systems Lead in a global team of 50+ engineers to build and integrate software, electrical, optical, electron-optics, and mechanical components to develop next generation eDR-7xxx; accountable for shipping and installing the product at customer site, as well as bringing product up for production.● Project Management – Accountable for system Project Plan (MS Project Server) for prototype, alpha, beta development phases.● Presented results to CEO and CTO and secured funding approval for next development phase and manufacturing ramp.● Mentored 3 systems engineers.R&D Project Lead, Laser Illumination Subsystem for Optical Microscope ● Optical Architecture – Developed cost-benefit optimized Laser Subsystem increasing profit 6X vs. original design. Developing next generation imaging system with patented signal-to-noise ratio enhancement based on polarization-spatial filters.● Innovation – Led development of ultra-stable opto-mechanical design for laser illumination system.● Project Management – Managed team of 16 engineers to implement system requirements across optical, electrical, mechanical, and software functions through entire Development Life Cycle, including manufacturing ramp.● Laser and Optics Vendor Relationships – Created requirements for and managed RFP process for a laser with 7 vendors resulting in 2X cost reduction and established dual vendor sourcing.

Experimental Atomic Molecular Optical (AMO) Physics in Quantum Optics.System engineering of multi-component (photonics, electronics, vacuum, measurement and automation) experimental setups. Recruited and mentored 8 undergraduate and graduate research assistants.Project lead, Optical Nuclear Clock • High power Nonlinear Optics and Laser systems – Designed and built the following laser systems:o Second Harmonic Generation (SHG) of multimode laser: 532 nm 80 W-> 266 nm 8 W; BBO Type-I,o Continuous Wave SHG system using impedance matched bow-tie cavity for 432 nm light; PPKTP,o UV Third harmonic generation: 939 nm x 2 + 939 nm ->313 nm, KDP, CW 0.35% efficiency,o UV Forth harmonic generation: 1064 nm -> 532 nm -> 266 nm, LBO, BBO,o Optical Parametric Oscillator: 300 nm – 500 nm tunable, pumped with 266 nm light,o Fiber-optic phase modulation spectrum shaping at 690, 717, 984, 1088 nm, 20 GHz bandwidth,o External Cavity Diode Lasers: 780 nm, 795 nm, 1324 nm, 690 nm, 984 nm, 1088 nm, 717 nm.Project lead, Nonlinear optics interface for Quantum Memory and telecom fibers • Four-wave mixing – Achieved unprecedented four-wave mixing conversion efficiency of 65% at single-photon level in rubidium gas between 795 nm and 1367 nm using 1324 nm and 780 nm pumps.• Ultra-stable opto-mechanics – Designed and implemented ultra-stable opto-mechanics for Master Oscillator Power Amplifier (saved 1,000 man hours from realigning).• 100 m fiber-optic quantum telecommunication link in E band, published in Nature Phys. 6, 894 (2010).• Led a team of three undergraduate research assistants.

Taught at physics recitations and physics advanced lab.

Experiments in Atomic Molecular Optical physics: designed and built apparatus for laser cooling of cesium, carried out experiments on electromagnetically induced transparency effects in rubidium and cesium vapours.

Developed adaptive software to access the Moscow Real Estate Federal database (Oracle, SQL, ADO.NET, C#) at minimum communication bandwidth (dial-up) and continuously changing database schema

Worked on the cesium fountain atomic clock optical system. Performed data analysis for: "Testing Local Position Invariance with Four Cesium-Fountain Primary Frequency Standards and Four NIST Hydrogen Masers" N. Ashby et. al. Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 070802 (2007)