
Meet the Minds
Behind AQLAS.
THE AQLAS TEAM
Three Countries. One Goal.

Dr. Carlo Sias
Carlo is a Senior Researcher at INRiM, with 20 years of experience in quantum technologies with ions, atoms, photons.

Dr. Lucia Duca
Lucia is a Researcher at INRiM with +10 years of expertise on hardware design and development for atomic physics and quantum optics experiments.

Dr. Pierre Brochard
Pierre (President and Co-Founder at SSYS) is a photonics scientist and entrepreneur with a passion for new tech and challenges.

Mr. Romain Frénéhard
Romain (Co-Founder at SSYS) is an electronics engineer with 10+ years of expertise in electronic development and a specialist in low-noise electronics development.
Combining the expertise of A8, SILENTSYS, Idil Fibres Optiques, and INRiM, the AQLAS team is brought together by one mission: driving innovation in quantum computing.

Mr. Boris Pédrono
Boris (Sales Director at IDIL) is a senior photonics instrumentation expert who has over 23 years of experience in research groups, SMEs and start-ups.

Mr. Emilien Beck
Emilien is an R&D engineer who has developed new products and custom solutions at IDIL for the last 5 years.

Mr. Antti Heikkilä
Antti (CEO at A8) is a serial entrepreneur, co-founder and investor who has invested directly and ramped up numerous SMEs from scratch.

Ms. Júlia Albert Varela
Júlia (Stakeholder Manager at A8) has strong project management and communication skills acquired through her work in research and with SMEs.

Mr. Mika Tala
Mika (Research & Innovation Director at A8) is a professional who has worked for firms, universities and research institutes over the last 10 years.