Bio
I helped found, and am currently the CTO of, D-Wave - the coolest organization on the planet. This is me.
Because what D-Wave is trying to do is so cool, I get to talk about it at lots of interesting places, including the 2003 TED conference and Supercomputing 2005.
Our approach to building quantum computers has been covered in The Economist, The New York Times, BC Business, The Province, The Globe and Mail, USA Today, HPCWire, MIT Technology Review and Business 2.0, and a Harvard Business School case study.
I somehow got a Ph.D. in theoretical physics from the University of British Columbia, specializing in quantum effects in materials. Prior to UBC I went to school at McMaster University, where I did engineering physics and generally had a blast.
Since D-Wave was founded in 1999, we’ve raised over $45M, including a round led by Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ)—the first ever investment by a US venture capital firm in quantum computing.
Fun Fistic Facts
I like to fight. It’s fun. I started out in wrestling:
A 4-time Canadian national gold medalist in both Freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling, Geordie has compiled an international record of 32-15, including wins over 1998 NAIA Champion Dennis Herren, 2001 UK National Champion Luigi Bianco and UFC fighter Rob MacDonald. In five years at McMaster University, he compiled a record of 135-26, was a four-time All-Canadian, and led the Marauders to a National Championship in 1994.
I now do some Judo and BJJ (brown belt in both), train some boxing and go to SFU wrestling practice sometimes. Last summer I went some rounds with Tony Pep which was fun.
Non-Fistic Fun Facts
I also like to play beach volleyball. Together with Jay Hall
I won the 2001 British Columbia provincial A championships. Here I am playing with The CryptKeeper AKA Wayne Wiebe at the 2004 BC championships at Kits Beach. I’m the one with the cool yellow shorts.
