Roger McKinlay
Roger McKinlay was appointed Challenge Director – Quantum Technologies for UK Research and Innovation in September 2018. Roger has served on the National Quantum Technologies Programme Strategic Advisory Board for three years and was a panel member for the 2016 Quantum Technologies Blackett Review. He has held senior engineering, programme and strategy positions in several industry sectors. Roger read Engineering at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, and is a Chartered Engineer, Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology, Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society and Fellow of the Institute of Directors. He is a Fellow and a past president of the Royal Institute of Navigation.
Ravi Sundaram
Dr Ravi Sundaram is the Head of strategic R&D Markets at Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology responsible for leading the market strategy and collaborative R&D activity globally. He has been involved in materials research in several institutions such as EPFL, Switzerland, Max Planck Institute Stuttgart, Germany, IBM T.J Watson Research Labs, NY and Cambridge University where he worked on several aspects of 1D and 2D materials-based research from synthesis, fundamental science to prototype applications in sensors, optoelectronics and electronics. He joined Oxford Instruments to lead and coordinate R&D efforts towards 2D materials products. Currently, he is responsible for strategy and business development in key R&D markets such as Quantum Technologies, 2Dmaterials, biomedical devices, integrated photonics among others.
Maria Lepskaya
Masha is a Senior Associate focused on quantum computing and materials, a new investment area of focus for Runa Capital. While pursuing promising quantum startups, she uses her extensive background to build relationships with the best universities and institutions in the space.
Masha previously served as the COO at Kinian, the Investment Manager for a family office, an Analyst at Yandex and the Chief Expert at the Russian Ministry of Communications and Mass Media.
She is a Ph.D. candidate in Computer Science and also earned her B.S. and M.S. in Applied Mathematics and Physics from Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology. In addition to quantum computing, Masha is passionate about yoga and skiing.
Luke Boase
Melanie Bender
Dixie Lincoln-Nichols
Miri Polachek
Michael Williams
