Sean Sullivan
Co-Founder, CTO at memQ
Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Top SchoolSean Sullivan is a materials and quantum technology leader with a decade of experience bridging fundamental research and startup engineering as Co-Founder and CTO of memQ. After a postdoc at Argonne National Laboratory and prior research roles at UT Austin, he has deep expertise in quantum photonics, nanoscale thermal and spin transport, and microfabricated optical devices. He leads hardware development targeting both near-term and long-term quantum use cases, translating PhD-level materials science into practical, scalable quantum hardware. Based in Chicago, Sean combines academic rigor with hands-on product strategy and a collaborative leadership style that accelerates innovation across multidisciplinary teams. An under-the-radar strength is his track record of moving techniques from lab demonstrations into engineered devices, giving memQ a practical edge in commercializing quantum photonics.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Materials Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Materials Engineering at The University of Texas at AustinMaster of Science (MS) Materials Science and Engineering, Master of Science (MS) Materials Science and Engineering at Purdue University
French
Github Skills (12)
endpoint10
security8
sphinx8
defense8
python8
mkdocs8
sphinx-doc7
markdown7
automation5
structured-data1
localization1
translation1
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (3)
anl-cyberscience/LQMToolset
Aug 2015 - Oct 2018
Flexible framework that allows automation to process cyber threat information and update endpoint defense tools.
Contributions:196 commits, 31 PRs, 168 pushes in 3 years 2 months
cybersecurity-toolsflexible-frameworksecurityupdate
anl-cyberscience/FlexTransform
May 2016 - May 2016
Contributions:2 commits, 1 push, 2 comments in 1 day
structuredtranslationformatslocalizationstructured-data
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