Jhonathan Fontalvo
Vice President, Product at Zapata Quantum
Greater Boston United States
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Top SchoolJhonathan Fontalvo is a technology and operations leader with a Ph.D. from Harvard and 11 years of experience applying AI/ML and quantum computing to enterprise and government challenges. As Director of Business Operations at Axiomatic_AI and former Director of Professional Services at Zapata, he has built and scaled cross-functional teams, led technical presales, and delivered multimillion-dollar projects from concept through post-sales. He blends deep research pedigree—pioneering variational quantum algorithms and inventing quantum autoencoders and GANs—with pragmatic product and go-to-market instincts. Known for technical pathfinding, he maps complex emerging-hardware solutions to concrete business value while creating new market opportunities. Based in Greater Boston, he brings curiosity, integrity, and empathy to leadership and a track record of turning cutting-edge research into deployable enterprise outcomes.
11 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Chemistry, Master of Science - MS, Chemistry at Universidad Nacional de ColombiaDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Chemical Physics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Chemical Physics at Harvard University
Spanish, English
Github Skills (15)
product-development9
jupyter-notebook8
simulation8
sdk8
algorithms7
quantum-computing7
quantum-algorithms6
quantum-chemistry6
high-performance6
python6
quantum-programming-language5
cirq5
code-optimization1
geometry1
optimization1
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
jromerofontalvo/OpenFermion
Oct 2017 - Mar 2019
Contributions:14 pushes, 5 branches in 1 year 4 months
quantum-computingelectronic-structurecomputerselectronicquantum-chemistry
jromerofontalvo/geomeTRIC
Jul 2020 - Jul 2020
Geometry optimization code that includes the TRIC coordinate system
Contributions:12 PRs, 21 pushes in 5 days
optimizationcode-optimizationcoordinategeometrygeometry-optimization
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