Partners
SBQuantum was the first company to grow out of Université de Sherbrooke’s Institut Quantique. Since then we have been excited to have been accepted into some of Canada’s leading incubator programmes as well as to have worked with the government to form part of Canada’s quantum strategy. A founding member of the QIC, SBQuantum is proud to be at the forefront of quantum sensing and we are keen to expand our partnerships. Please do not hesitate to get in touch.
Our Team
David Roy-Guay
Rachel Taylor
Rachel rolled into SBQuantum as a co-founder following her MBA at Rotman School of Management. Here she was on the Dean’s List for her graduating class and was awarded four awards for academic achievement and leadership. Previously she specialized in innovation at a London advertising agency designing location data strategies for multi-national organisation. If in doubt, you can find her outside, swing dancing, hiking or doing anything else active and preferably with a view.
Ali Fotouhi
Ali obtained his 1st master degree in Biomedical Engineering from Istanbul Technical University and the 2nd one in Computer Science from Université de Sherbrooke. Trained on Algorithms and Aİ, he works on devising novel techniques to exploit magnetic signature of the objects. Although Alİ has Aİ in his name, he plays futsal and real football or as some may say soccer, and he used to perform as a stage actor.
Gabriel Martine
Gabriel completed his PhD in Applied Mathematics at McGill University, during which he worked mainly on variational problems. He brings his extensive experience designing numerical method to the complex magnetic problems tackled at SBQ. Contrary to popular knowledge on mathematicians, Gabriel enjoys several hobbies such as playing the piano, dancing Argentine tango and designing video games.
Olivier Bernard
Finishing his master’s degree in electrical engineering, Olivier first worked on the diamond magnetometer through his internships. However, the interesting integration and optimization challenges of the project caught his attention. After building some guitar pedals as a hobby, now is the time to build quantum sensors!
Pier-Luc Whissell
Pier-Luc completed his bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering at Université de Sherbrooke and aquired his 7 year Web expertise while working on an Electronic Medical Record web application used by Quebec doctors. Even if his background makes him better at comunicating with computers than humans, Pier-Luc enjoys the occasionaly social interaction and practices group sports such as soccer and hockey.
Shreyas Jalnapurkar
Shreyas worked on cold-atom physics during his master’s degree at University of Calgary. He brings his optics background to enhance NV centers performance and efficiency. When not working he likes travelling and cooking Indian cuisine.
Vincent Halde
Vincent has a master’s degree in Electrical Engineering of Université de Sherbrooke and is hoping to make quantum technologies the reality of tomorrow. When not in the lab exploring ways to improve the diamond sensor, you’ll find Vincent wandering in nature or in his garden.
Zackary Flansberry
Zackary tackled NV centre magnetometry at the nanoscale during his graduate studies and now dares to dream big at SBQ. His octopus-like qualities make him a contributor to the sensor and data acquisition workflows on top of his main role in the algorithms team. He joined the start-up after holing himself up in a Montréal music studio for the better part of a year to write a mental illness themed rock opera.
Our Interns
