Quantum Computing Inc. has promoted industry leaders Milan Begliarbekov and Pouya Dianat to chief operating officer and chief revenue officer, respectively.
QCi said Thursday the leadership appointments seek to reflect the company’s commitment to advancing the execution of its strategic initiatives across product development and commercial expansion efforts.
“Milan and Pouya have each been instrumental in driving our quantum and nanophotonic initiatives forward,” said QCi CEO William McGann.” Elevating them into these key roles strengthens our ability to deliver on the market opportunities in front of us, particularly in the datacom and telecom sectors, where we see growing demand for high-performance TFLN solutions.”
Milan Begliarbekov’s Career Background
As COO, Begliarbekov will oversee daily operations, ensure quality control, scale production to meet customer demand and manage the company’s strategy to build advanced photonic circuits for next-generation quantum computers.
He joined QCi in September 2022 as the director of quantum foundry, responsible for the design and construction of the company’s foundry in Arizona and the development and production of photonic materials and devices, including thin film lithium niobate, or TFLN, for advanced sensing and photonic computing applications.
Begliarbekov has over 13 years of experience in materials science, nanofabrication and scientific leadership.
Before QCi, he was a research assistant professor and director of the nanofabrication facility at the City University of New York.
Pouya Dianat’s Career Highlights
As chief revenue officer, Dianat will accelerate customer acquisition, drive global commercial strategy and expand revenue streams across machines and foundry offerings. He brings over a decade of experience in commercializing advanced photonic technologies to the role.
Prior to this position, he was director of photonic integrated circuits and foundry services at QCi.
His industry career included time as technical director at OPTICA and head of business development and chip scale-up efforts in photonic detector product lines at Luminar Technologies.
Dianat has a doctorate in electrical engineering from Drexel University. He completed a Postdoctoral Fellowship at Northwestern University.