D-Wave
Irwan Owen has a diverse work experience spanning various industries and roles. Irwan is currently working at D-Wave as the VP of Growth, where they lead the company's expansion efforts. Prior to this, they served as the Senior Director and Lead for EMEA at D-Wave. Before joining D-Wave, Irwan worked as the Director of Regional Sales for EMEA at the same company. Earlier in their career, Irwan had a successful freelance career, focusing on sales, business development, and partnering for international business growth and technology due-diligence. Irwan also co-founded Tellybug, a company that developed an interactive platform for TV broadcasters and producers. Additionally, Irwan has held executive positions at Redbend, Palm, Inc., NetMotion Software, Symbian PLC, Sun Microsystems, and AT&T Labs, Inc. Their roles in these companies involved sales leadership, business development, and strategic management.
Irwan Owen has a BSc(Hons) degree in Computation from The University of Manchester. In addition to their degree, they hold a Private Pilot License, Helicopter & Rotary-wing (PPL(H)), obtained from the Federal Aviation Administration in September 1996. Irwan has also obtained the Certified Scrum Product Owner® (CSPO®) certification from Scrum Alliance in January 2020.
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D-Wave
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D-Wave is the leader in the development and delivery of quantum computing systems, software and services and is the world's first commercial supplier of quantum computers and the only company developing both annealing quantum computers and gate-model quantum computers. Our mission is to unlock the power of quantum computing for the world. We do this by delivering customer value with practical quantum applications for problems as diverse as logistics, artificial intelligence, materials sciences, drug discovery, scheduling, cybersecurity, fault detection, and financial modeling. D-Wave's systems are being used by some of the world's most advanced organizations, including Forschungszentrum Jülich, NEC, Volkswagen, DENSO, Lockheed Martin, USC, and Los Alamos National Laboratory. With headquarters near Vancouver, Canada, D-Wave's US operations are based in Palo Alto, CA. D-Wave has a blue-chip investor base including PSP Investments, Goldman Sachs, BDC Capital, NEC Corp., Aegis Group Partners, and In-Q-Tel. For more information, visit: www.dwavesys.com.