Alan Baratz, CEO of D-Wave Quantum Inc., has been pivotal in making quantum computing practical for enterprises. From his early success at JavaSoft to leading D-Wave’s shift from research to commercialization, he championed the Advantage system, Leap cloud, and hybrid quantum-classical solutions. By expanding into both annealing and gate-model approaches, securing investor trust, and driving adoption across industries, Baratz positioned D-Wave as a true quantum business enabl