Jan-rainer Lahmann
IBM Distinguished Engineer, IBM Quantum, World-wide IBM Quantum Ambassador Lead
Baden-Württemberg, Germany
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Top SchoolJan-rainer Lahmann is an IBM Distinguished Engineer and worldwide IBM Quantum Ambassador Lead with a multi-decade career bridging enterprise IT infrastructure, advanced analytics, and emerging quantum computing. He has driven Linux adoption and designed petascale and heterogeneous infrastructures, later leading cloud, data and AI strategy as IBM CTO for Lufthansa and technical advisor for major engineering firms. A Dr.rer.nat. in applied mathematics, he combines deep scientific computing expertise with practical solution architecture in analytics, optimization and quantum software (Qiskit Advocate). Jan-rainer is an active communicator in the quantum community—running meetups, speaking at conferences, and leading quantum go-to-market and technical enablement across DACH. Notably, he progressed from infrastructure architect to shaping quantum strategy inside IBM, demonstrating rare breadth from low-level performance and interval arithmetic research to client-facing innovation and technical leadership. Based in Baden-Württemberg, he holds leadership roles in the IBM Academy of Technology and the Technical Expert Council, reflecting sustained peer-recognized technical influence.
9 years of coding experience
29 years of employment as a software developer
Dr.rer.nat, Applied Mathematics, Scientific Computing, Fluid Mechanics, Computer-algebra, Interval-arithmetics, Dr.rer.nat, Applied Mathematics, Scientific Computing, Fluid Mechanics, Computer-algebra, Interval-arithmetics at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)IBM Academy of TechnologyApplied Mathematics, Computer Science, Fluid Mechanics, Applied Mathematics, Computer Science, Fluid Mechanics at Technische Universität Clausthal
Github Skills (39)
printer10
3d-printer10
raspberry10
3d-printing10
sdk10
quantum-computing10
qiskit10
noise10
jupyter9
simulator9
quantum-algorithms9
binding9
quantum-programming-language9
jupyter-notebook9
raspberry-pi9
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
JanLahmann/RasQberry-pi-gen
Aug 2024 - Jan 2025
RasQberry modification of the official tool used to create the Raspberry Pi OS images images
Contributions:1 release, 13 reviews, 17 PRs in 5 months
JanLahmann/Qoffee-Maker
Sep 2021 - Aug 2024
Contributions:4 reviews, 17 PRs, 61 pushes in 2 years 11 months
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