Leaders in AI for Quantum Computing

Brandon Severin

Co-Founder & CEO

Brandon has spent half a decade developing AI for quantum computing in silicon. He was previously a postdoctoral researcher at Oxford, where he published four papers in Nature journals, including work on high-fidelity hot-silicon-qubit architectures, and helped develop the first AI algorithms that automatically form a qubit in a semiconductor chip. Brandon holds an MEng in Materials Science and a PhD from Oxford.

Joel Pendleton

Co-Founder & CTO

Joel founded Conductor after leaving his PhD at Oxford on machine learning for scaling quantum computers. Previously, he built full-stack, machine-learning–based control software for superconducting qubits at QuantrolOx, following machine learning and research roles at Quantum Motion, C12, and the London Centre for Nanotechnology. Joel holds an MSci in Physics from University College London.

Raymond Jow

Founding Engineer

Raymond previously worked at SpaceX as a guidance, navigation, and control software engineer. His code flew on 100+ Falcon 9 missions across the full rocket lifecycle, from simulation to landing. Before that, Raymond conducted robotics research at NASA and quantum machine learning research at Cornell. Raymond holds a BS in Physics and Computer Science from Harvard.

Joyce Christiansen-Salameh

Member of Technical Staff

Joyce was previously a Department of Energy Graduate Research Fellow at Fermilab, where she built routines collecting 300+ hours of superconducting qubit data. She has authored more than 10 publications and developed expertise across the entire quantum stack, from fabricating devices to qubit measurement and automation. Joyce holds an MS in Materials Science and a PhD from Cornell.

Angela Jia

Member of Technical Staff (Intern)

Angela built optical systems for neutral-atom control and neural networks for quantum entanglement research at Stanford's Schleier-Smith Lab. She developed transformer models at SLAC for neutrino physics simulations, led the Stanford Quantum Computing Association, and received the David S. Levine Award as the top physics student in her year. She holds a BS in Physics and Computer Science.