MEMBER
Nella Ludlow

MEMBER TYPE
Think Tank

FOCUS
Quantum Computing

WORK
Director of Quantum Computing, and Research Professor of Computer Science at Wright State University.

SUMMARY
Nella Ludlow is a Serial entrepreneur, research scientist, professor, CEO, CTO, author, and inventor.

She has a broad range of experience from academia, to technical leadership of research companies, to being CEO of three successful tech companies, one of which was public on the NYSE.

- 25 years experience in academia and leading research companies – holds several patents
- Full Professor in Computer Science, Data Analytics, and Mathematics (three separate departments)
- Honorable retirement from US Air Force as a pilot and researcher, held high-security clearances
- Ph.D. Artificial Intelligence (Edinburgh, Scotland) and Post-Doc Computer Science (Cambridge UK)
- Visiting Professor of Computer Science at Wright State Univ (Ohio) – Teaching Quantum Computing
- Principal Investigator / Researcher – brought in over $35M USD in research projects in a decade
- Current Research: AI, Big Data, Quantum Computing, Quantum Algorithms, Brain-Computer Interfaces
- Tech Inventor – Multiple patents and creator/architect of commercial mobile and wireless apps
- CEO of both private and public-traded research companies – Took company public on NYSE
- Received awards - fastest growing companies in the US and Top Entrepreneur Award in Pacific NW
- Past Chapter President of Washington Technology Alliance representing 100s of Tech Co.’s
- The youngest member of Arms Control/Force Reduction Talks between NATO/Former Soviet Union
- Understand the federal and legislative assembly process. Lobbied in Washington DC and State level
- International experience – lived US, UK, and Belgium. Varied levels of working knowledge in Chinese, English, French, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish.

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