Jack Hidary leads Sandbox AQ, an enterprise SaaS company delivering solutions that leverage quantum tech and AI. As a serial entrepreneur and CEO, Jack has launched multiple tech start-ups to positive exits including EarthWeb/Dice, Vista Research, and now Sandbox AQ.

He is the author of “Quantum Computing: An Applied Approach” (Springer, 2nd edition), one of the leading textbooks in the field that is used both in PhD programs and corporate training sessions.

Jack has served as a board member, advisor or trustee for numerous prestigious entities including the X Prize Foundation and the Council on Foreign relations. His foundation, The Hidary Foundation, is dedicated to medical oncology research and has supported work at Sloan Kettering and UCSF.

Jack studied neuroscience at Columbia University and subsequently received the Stanley Fellowship in Clinical Neuroscience at the NIH, where he worked on functional brain imaging and neural networks.