Dr Michael Harvey is the Director of New Ventures at Quantum Australia Australia's centre for quantum growth - where he operates a national program to stimulate building new quantum businesses and new quantum products in Australia.
Michael trained in law and science, and was awarded a PhD in physics from the University of Queensland. Before joining Quantum Australia Michael was the Translational Research Manager for the ARC Centre of Excellence for Engineered Quantum Systems (EQUS) where he built a program with a budget of $3M and created 21 commercial outcomes, including 9 quantum technology startups, with projects bringing in ~$96M in commercial and grant funding. He established similar programs at the Centre of Excellence for Future Low-Energy Electronics Technologies (FLEET) and the Centre of Excellence for Quantum Biotechnology (QUBIC). Prior to joining EQUS Michael was Chief Technology Officer at XeroCoat Inc and Brisbane Materials Technology Pty Ltd.Lynne has a Bachelor of Science (Monash), an MBA from the Melbourne Business School and an Honorary Doctorate awarded by Federation University in recognition of services to health. She is a Graduate and Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
Michael has lived and worked in Australia, Silicon Valley, Europe, China, & Taiwan, he is a technical advisor to some Australian VC funds, and has co-founded several deep-tech startups in Australia and the USA so far having raised >$60M in venture investment for these businesses. He is an advisor or non-executive director of Australian startups commercialising hydrogen process sensors, power semiconductor devices, quantum data security, low-energy edge AI, superconducting devices, and novel battery chemistries.
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