Dr. Ali El Kaafarani leads PQShield, focused on helping organizations implement quantum-resistant cryptography across software and hardware environments. His work bridges post-quantum research with practical deployment, helping security teams modernize cryptographic foundations while maintaining compatibility with existing systems. He is known for pushing quantum security from theory into implementation planning that enterprises can operationalize.

Focus areas:

• Post-quantum cryptography deployment
• Crypto agility
• Secure hardware and embedded implementations

Professor Bill Buchanan is an applied cryptography educator and practitioner focused on making modern cryptography understandable, testable, and deployable. He is widely recognized for translating complex security transitions into practical guidance for teams responsible for implementation. His work supports the ecosystem by strengthening literacy and readiness around post-quantum approaches and modern cryptographic engineering.

Focus areas:

• Applied cryptography
• Security education
• Practical quantum-safe readiness

Bob Sutor is a long-time technology executive and strategist who has helped enterprise audiences understand quantum computing and its security implications. He is recognized for clear communication, ecosystem perspective, and helping leaders separate signal from noise as quantum moves toward practical adoption.

Focus areas:

• Enterprise quantum strategy
• Risk framing
• Ecosystem and market education

Bruno Couillard leads Crypto4A, focused on cryptographic solutions for high-assurance environments. His work emphasizes resilient cryptography and practical security foundations, including readiness for the post-quantum transition where hardware-backed trust and strong cryptographic primitives are central to long-term security.

Focus areas:

• Cryptographic infrastructure
• Hardware security
• Quantum-safe transition planning

Denis Mandich is the CTO and co-founder of Qrypt, focused on strengthening cryptographic resilience through next-generation approaches to key material and trust foundations. He is recognized for operationalizing quantum-resistant thinking into services and architectures designed for long-term confidentiality requirements.

Focus areas:

• Cryptographic resilience
• Keying material integrity
• Architectures for long-lived data

Dr. Dustin Moody leads NIST’s Post-Quantum Cryptography project, the global effort driving evaluation and standardization of quantum-resistant algorithms. His work has shaped how governments and enterprises prepare for cryptographic change at scale, emphasizing rigor, interoperability, and practical transition pathways.

Focus areas:

• PQC standardization
• Algorithm evaluation
• Migration readiness and interoperability

Éric Brier serves in a senior technology leadership role at Thales, with responsibilities spanning cryptography and infrastructure security considerations in complex environments. His work represents the realities of deploying quantum-safe capabilities in globally distributed systems where trust, compliance, and operational continuity must be managed together.

Focus areas:

• Cryptographic modernization
• Infrastructure trust
• Operational deployment at scale

Jaime Gómez García leads Santander’s quantum threat program, focusing on risk management for long-lived data and cryptographic dependencies in financial systems. His work reflects how regulated industries are building structured preparedness plans, including inventory, prioritization, and phased migration strategies.

Focus areas:

• Financial-sector PQC readiness
• Cryptographic inventory
• Governance and prioritization

James Howe leads cryptography at SandboxAQ, advancing applied approaches that help organizations implement quantum-resistant security in real environments. He is recognized for emphasizing practical deployment, measurable resilience, and implementation disciplines required for post-quantum transition programs.

Focus areas:

• Applied cryptography
• Quantum-safe implementation
• Enterprise security engineering

Konstantinos Karagiannis leads quantum services work at Protiviti, helping organizations assess quantum risk and plan pragmatic transition steps. His focus is bridging technical realities and executive decision-making, aligning quantum security preparedness with governance, risk, and operational execution.

Focus areas:

• Quantum risk advisory
• Enterprise readiness roadmaps
• Strategy-to-execution alignment

Dr. Krysta Svore leads applied research in quantum computing at NVIDIA, strengthening the ecosystem through tools and approaches that accelerate quantum innovation. Her work sits at the intersection of quantum systems and the compute foundations required to develop, test, and validate future quantum applications and security-relevant workloads.

Focus areas:

• Quantum computing research
• Hybrid workflows
• Enablement tooling for quantum development

Luke Ibbetson leads R&D efforts at Vodafone, representing a major infrastructure operator’s perspective on future cryptographic change. His work reflects how telecom and connectivity providers evaluate security transitions that must scale globally, remain interoperable, and sustain trust across ecosystems.

Focus areas:

• Infrastructure security readiness
• Large-scale interoperability
• Long-term trust planning

Matthew Campagna is a senior security engineering leader at AWS focused on cryptographic foundations and secure platform capabilities. His work reflects the hyperscale requirement: any post-quantum transition must be practical, automatable, and deployable across large multi-tenant environments without disrupting customers.

Focus areas:

• Cloud cryptography
• Scalable security engineering
• Quantum-safe transition enablement

Michael Osborne serves as CTO for IBM Quantum Safe within IBM Security Research, helping guide enterprise-scale approaches to post-quantum migration. His work emphasizes structured modernization of cryptographic dependencies and the operational execution required for complex global organizations.

Focus areas:

• Enterprise PQC transition
• Cryptographic dependency modernization
• Security architecture

Michele Mosca is a recognized leader in quantum-safe cryptography and crypto agility, with influence across research and enterprise readiness. As co-founder of the Institute for Quantum Computing and CEO of evolutionQ, his work has helped move quantum risk management into practical planning and scalable programs.

Focus areas:

• Crypto agility
• Quantum risk management
• Enterprise readiness frameworks

Niccolò De Masi leads IonQ, representing the commercialization path of quantum technologies and their broader security implications. His leadership reflects how quantum is moving into enterprise planning cycles, where future capabilities increasingly inform today’s resilience decisions and long-term confidentiality strategies.

Focus areas:

• Quantum commercialization
• Ecosystem maturation
• Long-term strategic implications for security

Philip Intallura leads quantum technologies at HSBC, helping shape how major financial institutions evaluate quantum opportunity and cryptographic risk. His work reflects a disciplined approach to governance, readiness, and the long-lead timelines required for cryptographic transitions in regulated environments.

Focus areas:

• Financial sector quantum strategy
• PQC planning
• Governance for long-term risk

Rebecca Krauthamer leads QuSecure, focused on accelerating post-quantum security readiness through deployable solutions and practical migration support. She is recognized for driving implementation-oriented approaches that help organizations take concrete steps toward crypto agility and long-term resilience.

Focus areas:

• PQC deployment
• Crypto agility programs
• Enterprise migration support

Rob Otter leads applied research at JPMorgan Chase, representing a major institution’s work to evaluate emerging technologies and their security implications. His leadership underscores the practical reality that financial services must plan for cryptographic modernization well before it becomes urgent.

Focus areas:

• Applied research leadership
• Financial infrastructure security
• Long-horizon readiness planning

Sheetal Mehta leads global cybersecurity at NTT Data, bringing an enterprise-scale operational lens to security modernization. Her work reflects the leadership required to align global security programs, governance, and practical implementation as post-quantum readiness becomes a core resilience priority.

Focus areas:

• Global cyber leadership
• Resilience programs
• Operational modernization

Tanja Lange is a leading cryptography researcher and scientific director focused on building foundations for secure systems. Her work represents the research depth required to support trustworthy post-quantum transitions, where algorithmic assurance and implementation integrity must hold under long-term threat models.

Focus areas:

• Cryptographic research
• Post-quantum assurance
• Secure systems foundations

Tom Patterson leads emerging technology security efforts at Accenture, helping organizations translate post-quantum risk into actionable programs. His work focuses on practical migration planning, operating models, and implementation pathways that scale across complex enterprises and regulated industries.

Focus areas:

• Enterprise PQC readiness
• Operating models
• Implementation roadmaps

Dr. Tsuyoshi Takagi is a cryptography leader, contributing research and guidance relevant to post-quantum transition efforts. His work reflects the importance of global research leadership and regional readiness as PQC adoption becomes a worldwide infrastructure priority.

Focus areas:

• Cryptography research
• PQC readiness
• Global standards awareness

Vadim Lyubashevsky is a cryptographer at IBM Research Europe in Zurich focused on quantum-safe cryptography. As co-creator of ML-KEM and ML-DSA, his work has directly influenced the algorithms now central to post-quantum standardization and long-term digital trust planning.

Focus areas:

• Lattice-based cryptography
• PQC standards
• Algorithm design for long-term security