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Dr. Bob Sutor

Vice President and Practice Lead

Dr. Bob Sutor has been a technical leader and executive in the IT industry for over 40 years. He is a theoretical mathematician by training, with a Ph.D. from Princeton University, and an undergraduate degree from Harvard College.

Bob’s industry role is to advance AI and quantum technologies by providing strategic and technical insight to help build strong business, partner, technical, and educational ecosystems. His singular goal is to evolve AI and quantum to help solve some of the critical computational problems facing businesses and society today. Bob is widely quoted in the press, delivers conference keynotes, and appears in the media.

Bob is the Vice President and Practice Lead for Emerging Technologies at The Futurum Group. He helps clients and investors understand sophisticated technologies such as AI and quantum computing, and use them effectively to succeed in their organizations and industries. As an author and communicator, Bob helps clients bring their messages to current and potential customers in clear, powerful, and impactful ways. Dr. Sutor is also an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Buffalo, New York, USA.

More than two decades of Bob’s career were spent in IBM Research in Yorktown Heights, New York. During his time there, he worked on or led efforts in AI, quantum computing, optimization, mathematical software, and blockchain. As the Vice President for Mathematical Sciences at IBM, Bob oversaw AI projects for clients in the agricultural, energy, financial services, food, healthcare, insurance, and oil and gas industries. He was also an executive on the software side of the IBM business in areas including IBM Websphere middleware, software on Linux, mobile, open source, and emerging industry standards.

He was the Vice President of Corporate Development and, later, Chief Quantum Advocate at Infleqtion, a quantum computing and sensing company based in Boulder, Colorado USA.

Dr. Sutor is the author of the 2019 quantum computing book Dancing with Qubits, the Second Edition of which includes a new chapter on quantum machine learning. It is scheduled for publication in April 2024. Bob is also the author of the 2021 book Dancing with Python, an introduction to Python coding for classical, quantum, and AI computing.

Areas in which he’s worked: quantum computing, AI, blockchain, mathematics and mathematical software, Linux, open source, standards management, product management and marketing, computer algebra, and web standards.

Recent Insights, NEWS & RESEARCH:

An Analytical Look at Lattice’s Q3 FY2024 Earnings, Strategic Cost Reductions, and the Company’s Focus on Long-Term Market Expansion
Bob Sutor, VP and Practice Lead of Emerging Technologies at The Futurum Group analyzes Lattice Semiconductor's Q3 2024 results, examining the company's strategic cost reductions, AI-PC partnerships, and leadership transition to drive long-term growth.
Bob Sutor, VP and Practice Lead for Emerging Technologies at The Futurum Group, summarizes his report on his talk at the Inside Quantum Technology Quantum+AI conference in New York City on October 29, 2024. The talk title was Quantum AI: A Quantum Computing Industry Perspective.
Intel Is Undergoing a Significant Restructuring, Focusing on Investments in Artificial Intelligence and Advancements in Its Foundry Operation
Bob Sutor, VP and Practice Lead for Emerging Technologies at The Futurum Group, analyzes Intel’s Q3 2024 earnings report, focusing on the company’s restructuring efforts, investments in artificial intelligence, and advancements in its foundry operations.
Two Companies Get Financial Investments, One Former Quantum Company Goes Bust
Dr. Bob Sutor, VP and Practice Lead, Emerging Technologies at The Futurum Group, shares insights on new investments for quantum companies QuEra and Q-CTRL, and notes the discontinuation of business operations for Zapata AI.
GlobalFoundries and Silicon Catalyst Join Forces to Accelerate Innovation in Semiconductor Solutions for Startups, Focusing on IoT, Automotive, AI, and Future Markets Such as Quantum Computing
Dr. Bob Sutor, VP and Practice Lead, Emerging Technologies at The Futurum Group, shares insights on the GlobalFoundries and Silicon Catalyst partnership to accelerate semiconductor innovation for startups, focusing on IoT, AI, and quantum computing.
Vendor Augments GlobalFoundries Fotonix Catalog with Integrated Photonics Products
Dr. Bob Sutor, Vice President and Practice Lead of Emerging Technologies at The Futurum Group, looks at the announcement by Enosemi regarding GlobalFoundries and explains why this is relevant to quantum computing and networking.