Roadrunner Venture Studios
Quantum Technologies Subject Matter Expert Consultant
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Consultant will provide expertise in quantum technologies, advising on investment decisions, assessing technical proposals, and guiding early-stage ventures in commercialization.
Roadrunner Venture Studios, a leading venture studio for deep tech innovation, has been selected by the New Mexico Economic Development Department (EDD) to lead a $25 million initiative to accelerate quantum innovation and company-creation in the state of New Mexico. The Roadrunner-led Coalition will bring together premier quantum researchers, investors and founders to create a quantum campus in Downtown Albuquerque’s Innovation District. The quantum venture studio campus will feature a multi-node quantum network, dilution refrigerators, a quantum testbed, quantum packaging and demonstration facilities, and a rapid prototyping center. The campus will co-locate the packaging facility from the Elevate Quantum Tech Hub and serve as the headquarters for the Quantum New Mexico Institute. Roadrunner is making the quantum hub the most important six block radius for quantum innovation in the country. Our vision is to fuel the next generation of quantum companies.
How to be Involved:
This moment offers an opportunity for Roadrunner to work with top Quantum minds across New Mexico and beyond to advance critical quantum technologies. We are seeking seasoned Subject Matter Experts (SME) with deep expertise in quantum technologies to support Roadrunner's evaluation, incubation, and growth of early-stage ventures in these verticals. This SME will provide technical, strategic, and market insights to inform investment decisions, guide portfolio company strategy, and accelerate go-to-market pathways for ventures developing or leveraging next-generation computational and sensing technologies.
The Consultant will render the following Services to Roadrunner as requested on an ad hoc basis:
- Review and assess technical pitch decks, whitepapers, and executive summaries related to emerging technologies in quantum computing, hybrid quantum-classical systems, advanced compute architectures (e.g., neuromorphic, photonic, or exascale computing), next-generation sensing and other adjacent technologies.
- Provide expert analysis of proposed value propositions, technology readiness levels (TRL), scalability, hardware/software integration feasibility, and commercialization barriers.
- Identify red flags, potential strategic partners, and relevant industry analogs in computing, defense, aerospace, and national lab ecosystems.
- Review technical and commercial roadmaps of Roadrunner portfolio companies developing or applying quantum and advanced compute technologies.
- Recommend pivots or refinements to product-market fit, customer segments, pricing models, and technical positioning.
- Advise on pathways to pilot projects or proof-of-concept deployments with enterprise, government, or research partners
- Identify and summarize incumbent and emerging players in the quantum computing, advanced sensing, and HPC sectors, including hardware developers, software frameworks, and enabling technologies.
- Highlight key market trends, regulatory considerations, and technology adoption timelines that may influence early-stage ventures.
- Analyze global advancements in quantum and advanced compute, including government and private-sector initiatives, for competitive positioning.
Top Skills
Advanced Compute Architectures
Advanced Sensing Technologies
Exascale Computing
Hybrid Quantum-Classical Systems
Neuromorphic Computing
Photonic Computing
Quantum Computing
Software Frameworks
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