Summary
Jesse Berwald is a Lead Code Developer and multidisciplinary mathematician with 14 years of experience building and integrating AI and quantum-classical systems for national labs and industry. He combines deep mathematical training (PhD) with hands-on software engineering—from massively parallel cloud solvers and microservices to quantum photonic hardware integration and device benchmarking. Jesse has led product-grade development at Target and D-Wave, co-founded a quantum-focused startup (qamia), and now drives advanced systems at Los Alamos National Laboratory. He’s fluent across Python, C++, cloud devops, and numerical methods, and has repeatedly shipped hybrid quantum-classical applications that bundle multiple QPUs and simulators into single services. Known for turning theoretical insights into production software, he also brings experience mentoring teams and bridging research with customer-facing solutions. Based in Albuquerque, he uniquely blends academic rigor with pragmatic engineering to accelerate organizations into the AI/quantum era.
14 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Mathematics, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Mathematics at Montana State University-Bozeman
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Mathematics, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Mathematics at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Spanish