Colin Welch
Dr. Ziad Melhem
Dr. Yi Shu
Dr. Marko Rancic
Dr. Sebastian Weidt
Dr. Jan Goetz
Dr. Steve Brierley
Steve founded Riverlane because he believes that bringing together pioneers in software, algorithms and architectures in one company is the only path to commercially useful quantum computers. His dream is to make quantum computers as transparent and well known as RaspberryPi.
Steve is a global leader in the commercialisation of quantum computers and sits on the UK government’s Quantum Computing Expert Group. He spent almost a decade in the intelligence community and as a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Cambridge leading major research projects in quantum computing.
Steve holds a PhD in quantum information from the University of York. He is a big music fan and spent much of his youth playing the saxophone in jazz, funk and soul bands.
Geralyn Coopersmith
Geralyn Coopersmith has over 20 years of industry experience creating cutting-edge fitness programs and upskilling teams for best-in-class brands.
She is currently the Vice President of Fitness Staff Development for EXOS (formerly Athletes’ Performance). In that role she is responsible for the onboarding and continuous improvement of all performance staff working with general population clients. Prior to coming to EXOS, Geralyn was the Chief Talent Officer for Flywheel Sports, a boutique indoor cycling chain with 42 locations in the US. In that role she was responsible for: defining the fitness experience, ensuring quality control and supervising nearly 500 instructors.
From 2013 to 2017, Geralyn was the Global Director of Performance and Fitness for Nike, Inc. In that role, she oversaw the complete re-design of The Nike Training Club App and led the strategic reset of the worldwide Nike Trainer Network.
From 2005-2013, Geralyn was the Senior Director of the Equinox Fitness Training Institute, the internal personal training education department of the Equinox fitness chain. In that role she was responsible for: defining the personal training service experience, creating and managing the professional development curriculum for over 2000 trainers, educating over 100 master instructors and founding the Equinox Academy training program.
Geralyn has a Master’s Degree with honors in exercise physiology from Columbia University. She is certified by the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) as an Exercise Physiologist and by the National Strength & Conditioning Association (NSCA) as a Certified Strength & Conditioning Coach. She is published author (Fit + Female, Wiley, 2006) and a frequent media contributor.
