Ray Smets
President And CEO at Quantum Circuits, Inc.
San Francisco, California, United States
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Top SchoolRay Smets is a seasoned technology executive and CEO known for leading high-growth IT, networking, software, telecom, security, and quantum computing ventures from the San Francisco Bay Area. He is the President and CEO of Quantum Circuits, Inc., guiding the development of scalable, fault-tolerant quantum computing with a “correct first, then scale” approach and innovative dual-rail qubit hardware. Before Quantum Circuits, he led Napatech as CEO, steering a successful turnaround of the Copenhagen-based FPGA/SmartNIC company that serves hyperscale data centers. His career spans executive roles at A10 Networks, Metaswitch, Cisco, Packeteer, Motorola, Intel Security, and BellSouth, with a proven track record of multi-billion-dollar P&L leadership and growth. Ray holds a BSE in Engineering from the University of Florida, an MBA from Nova Southeastern University, and studied management at Stanford, reflecting a strong blend of technical depth and strategic acumen. A "hacker by nature, engineer by trade," he combines hands-on craftsmanship with bold business strategy to turn ambitious visions into market-leading products.
12 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
SEP MGMT Management, SEP MGMT Management at Stanford University Graduate School of Business
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Github Skills (200)
testing10
postgres10
e2e10
graphql-api10
thin10
browser10
react-testing-library10
nodejs10
mongodb10
svelte-testing-library10
file-storage10
component-testing10
node-js10
expressjs10
controller10
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
UnumID/Library-Issuer-Verifier-Utility
Nov 2020 - Apr 2021
a utility library for common functionality shared by https://github.com/UnumID/Issuer-Server-SDK-TypeScript and https://github.com/UnumID/Verifier-Server-SDK-TypeScript
Contributions:9 releases, 9 reviews, 50 PRs in 4 months
resolveverifierjavascriptsdkissuer
UnumID/hooli-demo-client
Jul 2021 - Sep 2022
Contributions:5 releases, 12 PRs, 8 pushes in 1 year 2 months
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