Roland Acra, former Chief Technology Officer at Cisco, has joined Nu Quantum as a Board Advisor to guide the company’s US commercial expansion and scaling strategy. Acra brings over three decades of technology leadership experience, including heading Cisco’s $10 billion/year data centre division and leading the launch of new software products that generated over $100 million yearly within three years.
He also served as Chief Business Officer at PsiQuantum, the largest quantum computing company in the world. Nu Quantum, a Cambridge-based startup, is developing an entanglement fabric for quantum computing scale-out, aiming to unlock data centre-scale quantum computing by weaving together quantum processors. The company’s founder and CEO, Dr. Carmen Palacios-Berraquero, believes Acra’s experience will be invaluable in the next phase of their growth.
Nu Quantum Appoints Roland Acra as Board Advisor to Drive US Commercial Expansion
Nu Quantum, a Cambridge-based quantum entanglement startup, has announced the appointment of Roland Acra, former CTO at Cisco, as a Board Advisor. With over three decades of technology and innovation leadership experience, Acra will advise Nu Quantum on its US commercial expansion, scaling product, and go-to-market strategy.
Acra’s extensive background in networking and data centre technological innovation and business growth makes him an ideal fit for Nu Quantum. During his tenure at Cisco, he led the company’s $10B/year data centre division, building out hardware and software capabilities and driving growth. He also launched new software products that generated over $100M yearly within three years of launch.
As Chief Technology Officer of Cisco from 2019 to 2022, Acra explored frontier technologies, including quantum computing. His experience in this field will be invaluable to Nu Quantum as it looks to commercialize its quantum entanglement technology on a larger scale.
The Parallel between Classical Computing and Quantum Computing
Acra draws parallels between the evolution of classical computing and the current state of quantum computing. He notes that just as data centre computing led to a preference for scale-out approaches over scale-up approaches, Nu Quantum’s technology has the potential to enable similar scale-out capabilities in quantum computing.
In classical computing, the scale-up approach involved building larger mainframes or supercomputers. However, this approach was eventually dwarfed by the network-enabled aggregation of many standalone servers using standard CPU or GPU technology. This scale-out approach led to huge performance numbers, rapid evolution, and high efficiency.
Acra believes that Nu Quantum’s technology has the potential to bring about a similar revolution in quantum computing. By enabling scale-out capabilities, Nu Quantum can accelerate the path to fault-tolerant and commercially viable quantum computing by several years.
The Role of Nu Quantum in Enabling Scale-Out Quantum Computing
Nu Quantum is creating an Entanglement Fabric for quantum computing scale-out. This fabric will unlock data centre-scale quantum computing by weaving together quantum processors to accelerate the path to fault-tolerance and transformational utility.
The company’s networking architecture is designed to enable the connection of multiple quantum processors, allowing them to work together seamlessly. This approach has the potential to solve some of the world’s biggest problems, which require systems that are thousands of times more powerful than those available today.
The Future of Quantum Computing with Nu Quantum
With Acra on board, Nu Quantum is well-positioned to drive its US commercial expansion and scaling product strategy. The company’s technology has the potential to bring about a significant shift in the quantum computing landscape, enabling commercially viable applications that were previously thought to be years away.
As Dr. Carmen Palacios-Berraquero, Founder and CEO at Nu Quantum, noted, “Having Roland’s experience and insight into the scale-out of classical data centres will prove incredibly valuable for us in the next phase of our growth.” With Acra’s guidance, Nu Quantum is poised to make a significant impact on the future of quantum computing.
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