Dr. Keeper L. Sharkey is the founder and board member of Quantum Awareness, Security, and Resilience (Qu-ASaR) Inc., serves as the Chair of Quantum Applied Chemistry at Quantum Security Alliance (QSA) and as a Vice-Chair of Cyber Security in Quantum Computing and Quantum's Effect on Current Architectures in the group Cyber Security for Next-Generation Connectivity Systems with IEEE. She is the founder and CEO of ODE, L3C, a social enterprise the serves through quantum science, technology, and research. She is a civilian member friend of US Quantum Industry Coalition (2019-present), point of contact for ODE’s co-founding membership of the Quantum Economic Development Consortium (2020-present), and member of both American Chemical Society and American Physical Society. She is also a Research Associate at University of Arizona, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry with the Adamowicz Group as well as the Entrepreneurial lead for National Science Foundation Innovation-Corps (I-Corps) program Team QLEAN and Market Research Affiliate at Tech Launch Arizona. Dr. Sharkey received her PhD in Chemistry and her BS in Mathematics and Chemistry; both from the University of Arizona and attended Telluride Science Research Center summer school on Theoretical Chemistry followed by a Postdoctoral Faculty position at Washington State University, Department of Physics and Astronomy (2016-17). Her honors and awards include: the National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship (2012-15) DGE1-1143953, and NSF I-Corps program participation (2020-22)-1547749. She has authored over 30 publications in high impact peer-reviewed journals regarding non-Born-Oppenheimer quantum mechanical finite-nuclear mass variational algorithms with over 400 citations. She is the Lead-author of a book titled: Quantum Chemistry and Computing for the Curious: Illustrated with Python and Qiskit® code, published by Packt, 2022. In 2021, she moderated the panel session on END USER APPLICATIONS (CHEMISTRY / PHARMA) Session at Quantum Business Europe.
Dr. Mumm has spent a combined twenty-eight years in government and contractor service building teams to address hard problems in the areas of national security, homeland security, and advanced technologies. He was the Division Chief for Cyber Security at the Office of The Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) programming and executing a budget of over $140M. Subsequently, he was a Branch Chief at the CIA building a unique set of continuous monitoring capabilities in support of the ICD503 Risk Management Framework. He established a rogue wireless framework, as well as the funding, technology, and teams to support the ICD 503 initiatives. He gained notoriety during Operation Iraqi Freedom as the officer in charge of the “Iraqi Regime Playing Cards; CENTCOM’S Top 55 Most Wanted List,” which was touted by the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) as one of the most successful Information Operations (IO) in the history of DIA. Dr. Mumm is a proven leader in a diverse set of fields, including autonomous systems, post-quantum cyber security, AI/machine learning, advanced fuel systems, cognitive scientific research, and all aspects of the military intelligence communities. He has nine published books and many whitepapers and research studies to his credit in both the scientific and social science arenas. Dr. Mumm was entered into US Congressional Record (E1201-E1202 Sept 5, 2018) for his decades of dedication and service to the United States of America. He has earned twenty-three personal military ribbons/medals, including six military unit medals/citations, and two Directors Awards, from the Defense Intelligence Agency. In 2016 he was awarded the People of Distinction Humanitarian Award as well as being granted a US Patent and Trademark for How to Harmonize the Speed of Innovation and Change with the Human Spirit’s Need for Leadership. In 2005, Dr. Mumm was recognized as one of the “Ten Outstanding Young Americans,” and in 2003, he was awarded the National Defense PAC “American Patriot Ingenuity Award” for his service during “Operation Iraqi Freedom.”
Dr. Albert H. Carlson studied electrical and computer engineering on an Army ROTC scholarship at the University of Illinois, Urbana, graduating in 1981. After graduation he served as a Tactical and Strategic Electronic Warfare officer. Once retired from the military, he continued to work in product development while he studied for advanced degrees in Computer Science, specializing in applications of Set Theory to cryptography, earning a Master’s Degree and PhD from the University of Idaho. Part of his work was developing the first practical polymorphic cipher. Dr. Carlson has been granted nine patents in the field of security and has published more than twenty academic papers in security, artificial intelligence, and related subjects. With more than twenty years’ experience in engineering, facility security design, and has held positions from engineer to Chief Scientist at various companies. Dr. Carlson has been a professor at several institutions and is presently an Associate Professor in the Computer Science department at Austin Community College in Austin, TX. He joined the QSA in 2019 and serves as the Chair for Encryption & Entropy. His research interests include quantum theory, random number generation, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, encryption, utility security, quantum security, and real time control systems.
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