Matthew Keesan is Vice President and GM of Quantum Platform at IonQ, where he leads the teams responsible for the APIs, integrations, and services that provide customers with continuous access to IonQ’s quantum systems across cloud and on-premise environments. His career spans engineering, cloud infrastructure, and emerging technology. He began as a founding engineer at AddThis, later acquired by Oracle, where he helped scale a suite of products to more than one billion monthly users. He went on to serve as CTO of the restaurant technology company Ando, acquired by Uber, and advised early-stage companies in manufacturing, ecommerce, video streaming, and identity services. Mr. Keesan joined IonQ in 2017 to build IonQ’s Quantum OS, the software stack that controls the company’s quantum computers. He later oversaw the launch of IonQ’s systems on Amazon Braket, Microsoft Azure Quantum, and Google Cloud. He also established the company’s security and compliance programs spanning SOC 2, NIST, and ISO standards, and built a global operations team that manages IonQ’s growing fleet of systems across the United States and Europe. His leadership has supported teams across product management, real-time control systems, electronics, optical engineering, and distributed quantum computing.