Takuya Kitagawa

QuEra Computing, President & DirectorAn external board of directors of Mercari. A former Managing Executive Officer of Rakuten, CDO (Chief Data Officer) and Global Director of Rakuten Institute of Technology in charge of AI business and research, managing over 700 talents across the globe. As a theoretical physicist, he contributed to the study of non-equilibrium physics including the theory of Floquet topological phases. He co-founded Topologic, a startup that aims to industrialize topological materials. A founder of Well-being for planet earth Foundation and Unson Foundation. He obtained a Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics and Physics from Harvard College and a Ph.D. in Physics from Harvard University.