Riverlane boosts quantum error correction capabilities with new hires

Drawing on experience from Google, IBM, Microsoft, and Rigetti, they will lead new efforts to expand the global QEC talent pool and deliver the open-source software and education infrastructure needed to make fault-tolerant quantum computing a reality.

Riverlane observes that, as the quantum computing field matures, the challenge is not just building better qubits but making QEC scalable and accessible.

Meeting this challenge requires more than just superior hardware. It demands powerful software, a skilled developer community and coordination across every layer of the quantum computing stack. That’s why Riverlane is building not just QEC technology (Deltaflow™), but also the infrastructure and education programmes that will enable the entire quantum ecosystem to make faster progress.

As the field grows, the demand for QEC expertise is rapidly outpacing supply. The global pool of QEC experts remains exceptionally small. Yet history shows that software is likely to generate the lion’s share of value in quantum computing. In classical computing, for example, software contributes over 60 percent of overall industry revenue.

In his new role, Abe will build and lead Riverlane’s global QEC enablement function. He will focus on helping both Deltaflow users and the wider quantum community gain the skills and support needed to adopt and apply quantum error correction.

This work includes developing education programmes, building partnerships, and creating support pathways that accelerate learning and encourage the practical use of QEC techniques across the ecosystem.

Guen will lead the development of an open-source software development kit (SDK) designed to help quantum programmers build, test and run fault-tolerant circuits on actual hardware. The SDK will provide essential tools for QEC workflows, including logical circuit generation, simulation, decoding and noise modelling. The first release of the SDK is expected in Q3 2025.

These initiatives are part of a broader strategy to ensure that QEC usability keeps pace with hardware advances. Abe and Guen join Riverlane’s growing QEC Community team, led by Liz Durst, former Director of IBM’s Qiskit platform and Riverlane’s VP of QEC Community.

Abe joins Riverlane from Google Quantum AI, where he led education and outreach, shaping global engagement with Google's quantum computing research. This included providing access to Google’s quantum systems, educational resources on quantum error correction, research collaborations and funding.

Before, he served as Global Lead for Quantum Education and Open Science at IBM Quantum, founding initiatives such as the Qiskit Global Summer School, IBM Quantum Challenge, and the Qiskit Textbook. His efforts significantly contributed to IBM's leadership in quantum education and the expansion of the quantum developer community.

Guen brings a wealth of experience from her roles at Rigetti Computing, Microsoft, and MotherDuck. At Rigetti, she contributed to developing one of the first cloud-deployed quantum processors. At Microsoft, she developed core components of the Quantum Development Kit, maintained the Azure Quantum Python SDK, and contributed to the development of Majorana 1.

Most recently, at MotherDuck, she was a founding member of the Ecosystems team and maintained open-source software in the data ecosystem.

Riverlane is actively hiring across software, quantum science, enablement, and engineering roles. These positions offer the opportunity to help build the infrastructure, tools, and programmes needed to scale quantum error correction. Many roles, especially on the engineering side, do not require a background in quantum computing.