Daniel Strano
Software Engineer at Unitary Fund
Mendham, New Jersey, United States
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Top SchoolDaniel Strano is a software engineer with 13 years of experience who blends a formal physics education with practical full-stack development, currently contributing to the Unitary Fund’s quantum computing ecosystem. He builds open-source tools—most notably the vm6502q/qrack quantum computer simulation framework—and has a strong interest in GPGPU, game development, and quantum computation. His background includes senior engineering work on large-scale health platforms (ConXus) and hands-on web development using ASP.NET, C#, JavaScript, and AngularJS. Earlier research roles at national labs and universities honed his modeling and materials characterization skills, giving him a rare combination of theoretical rigor and production engineering. A lifelong learner and creative writer, he approaches problems with curiosity and aims to create practical tools that benefit many people. Based in Mendham, NJ, he thrives at the intersection of science, software, and accessible open-source impact.
13 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Clemson UniversityBachelor of Arts (B.A.), Physics, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Physics at Rowan University
German, English
Github Skills (111)
simulator10
shaderlab10
photonics10
intermediate10
gpu10
opencl10
integer10
api10
qml10
quantum-computing10
raymarching10
automatic-differentiation10
pure-python10
physics10
cuda10
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
vm6502q/ProjectQ
Jan 2019 - Nov 2020
ProjectQ: An open source software framework for quantum computing
Contributions:36 PRs, 89 pushes, 26 branches in 1 year 9 months
quantum-computingprojectqquantumcomputingopen-source-software
vm6502q/pyqrack-jupyter
Sep 2021 - Aug 2022
PyQrack examples in Jupyter
Contributions:1 review, 178 commits, 7 PRs in 11 months
pythonjupyterlab-extensionjupyter-notebookjupyterlabjupyter-widget
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