Dave Bacon

Dave Bacon is an accomplished Senior Staff Software Engineer at Google, leading the quantum software team since October 2021, with a history at Google that includes key contributions to quantum computing initiatives. Bacon has held significant roles in academia and industry, serving as an Associate Fellow in Quantum Information Science at CIFAR and as an Affiliate Associate Professor at the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering. Previous experience includes Vice President of Software at IonQ, where Bacon played a pivotal role in the company's public offering, and a Research Assistant Professor at the University of Washington, focusing on quantum information science. Bacon's academic credentials include a BS in Physics and Literature from Caltech and a Ph.D. in Physics from the University of California, Berkeley. Research experience spans across quantum algorithms, fault-tolerant quantum computing, and machine learning, with a strong track record of innovation, including the launch of Google's quantum computing service and the development of the open-source framework Cirq.