Colm Ryan
Research Scientist at Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Berkeley, California, United States
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Top SchoolColm Ryan is a research scientist in Berkeley with 17 years of experience building control systems and experimental infrastructure for quantum computing and spin-resonance experiments. He has led engineering teams and prototyped real-time microwave and neutral-atom control stacks at companies including AWS, Rigetti, Atom Computing, and Raytheon BBN, bridging hardware, HDL gateware, and software to deliver feedback-capable quantum experiments. His background as a postdoc and PI in NV-diamond and superconducting-photonics work gives him deep expertise in pulse shaping, optimal control, and coherence-preservation techniques that translate directly to improved device performance. Colm combines hands-on instrumentation development with strategic integration for cloud quantum services, and is known for shipping both research-grade prototypes and production-ready control systems. An engineer comfortable from cryogenic labs to cloud APIs, he brings a rare full-stack experimental perspective to advancing quantum hardware.
17 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree, Engineering Phyiscs, Bachelor’s Degree, Engineering Phyiscs at University of AlbertaDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Physics, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Physics at University of Waterloo
English
Github Skills (183)
measurement10
python10
quil10
embedded-language10
quantum-computing10
evolution10
assembly10
dde10
gate10
pde9
bokeh9
ssreflect9
pandas9
javascript9
statistics9
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
BBN-Q/VHDL-Components
Jun 2015 - Jul 2017
Contributions:22 pushes, 1 branch, 3 comments in 2 years 1 month
bitsfirmwarefpgavhdl
BBN-Q/VHDL-JESD204b
Feb 2017 - Apr 2019
JESD204b modules in VHDL
Contributions:21 commits, 3 PRs, 8 pushes in 2 years 2 months
modularityjesd204bvhdl
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