Ricardo Donaton is a Senior Technical Staff Member in the IBM Quantum team working on quantum processor development, fabrication and delivery for quantum systems deployment. He currently leads the effort of developing new interconnects and packaging fab processes for quantum computing applications, bringing them from research into development. He has extensive experience in materials and technology development from his work at IBM Quantum, IBM Semiconductor Research and Development Center and IMEC.

During his career Ricardo has managed large and small teams of engineers and researchers from different nationalities and had the opportunity to go on an international assignment in France, acting as a technical lead for an emerging technology and also as project manager. This, combined with his Latino background – he was born and raised in São Paulo, Brasil – helped him to solidify a strong cross-cultural awareness. He is a member of the Hispanics@IBM community and a mentor in IBM. He received his Ph.D. in Physics from IMEC / Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium.