Jack Hidary
Chief Executive Officer at XPRIZE
Palo Alto, California, United States
Summary
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SeniorJack Hidary is a serial technology entrepreneur and CEO of SandboxAQ, building enterprise AI and quantum solutions for finance, biopharma, government, and other sectors. Author of the leading textbook Quantum Computing: An Applied Approach and co-author of a Nature paper on post-quantum cryptography, he blends deep technical expertise with company-building experience. He has founded and led multiple startups (including Dice and Vista Research), served on high-profile boards like XPRIZE and BT, and drove Alphabet’s Sandbox group before founding SandboxAQ. A hands-on developer as well as an executive, he contributes code and Jupyter notebooks that demonstrate practical quantum algorithms and device simulations for his textbook’s companion repo. Trained in neuroscience with NIH fellowship experience, he uniquely bridges neural science, machine learning, and quantum computing in applied enterprise products.
9 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Spanish
Github Skills (8)
quantum-computing10
jupyter-notebook10
quantum-algorithms10
cirq10
python10
qiskit9
simulation7
simulations7
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
JackHidary/quantumcomputingbook
Feb 2019 - Oct 2021
Companion site for the textbook Quantum Computing: An Applied Approach
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:23 commits, 23 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Jack contributed to the textbook's companion site by creating and modifying Jupyter notebooks. These notebooks demonstrate the use of Cirq, a quantum computing framework, and provide hands-on examples related to quantum algorithms and simulations. Specific contributions include setting up a Cirq environment, implementing quantum teleportation and QAOA circuits, and detailing the usage of neutral atom and ion qubit devices. The user also created an installation guide and added content related to quantum simulation of electronic structure.
sycamorequantum-informationprototypeqiskitrigetti
JackHidary/JackHidary.github.io
Dec 2016 - Jan 2017
Contributions:24 commits, 22 pushes, 1 branch in 9 days
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