Ignazio Pedone
Cofounder & CEO CTO at nodeQ
Stony Stratford, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolIgnazio Pedone is a cybersecurity and quantum technologies leader with nine years of experience bridging academic research and startup execution, now serving as Cofounder and CEO/CTO of Helix 42. He holds a PhD in Computer Engineering focused on cybersecurity, quantum computing, networks, and cryptography, and has taught and conducted research at Politecnico di Torino. Ignazio has shaped product and security strategy in early-stage quantum networking ventures like nodeQ, moving from hands-on quantum network engineering to product leadership and advisory roles. His background as a freelance security engineer and cloud architect means he couples deep theoretical knowledge with practical, production-ready security and cloud solutions. Based in the UK, he brings a rare combination of academic rigor, quantum cryptography expertise, and startup operational experience that accelerates commercialisation of quantum-safe systems.
9 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Computer Engineering, Bachelor's degree, Computer Engineering at Università degli Studi di SalernoDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Engineering at Politecnico di Torino
Italian, English
Github Skills (7)
quantum-computing8
qiskit8
sdk8
quantum-programming-language7
documentation7
source-sdk7
jupyter4
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
torsec/palantir-h2020
May 2022 - Sep 2022
Contributions:9 commits, 19 pushes in 4 months
ignaziopedone/graphndiagram
Jan 2018 - Apr 2021
Contributions:282 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 3 months
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