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 (37)
3d-printer10
3d-printing10
quantum-computing10
jupyter-notebook10
qiskit10
simulator9
quantum-programming-language9
noise9
raspberry-pi9
raspberry-pi-os9
gpu8
ecosystem7
quantum-algorithms7
enclosure7
high-performance6
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
JanLahmann/RasQberry
Sep 2020 - Dec 2022
The RasQberry project: Exploring Quantum Computing and Qiskit with a Raspberry Pi and a 3D Printer
Contributions:55 reviews, 253 commits, 120 PRs in 2 years 3 months
3d-printerqiskitquantum-computingraspberry-piquantum-demos
JanLahmann/RasQberry-pi-gen
Aug 2024 - Apr 2025
RasQberry modification of the official tool used to create the Raspberry Pi OS images images
Contributions:1 release, 14 reviews, 19 PRs in 8 months
raspberry-pi-os
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