Zulfi Alam

Corporate Vice President, Quantum, Microsoft

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Zulfi Alam is the Corporate Vice President at Quantum. Zulfi Alam oversees the development of Microsoft's Quantum Machine. In this role, Zulfi leads hardware and software development efforts focused on innovating at all layers of the computing stack - from the quantum plane to development tools and services.

Prior to this role, Zulfi was an engineering leader of nascent technology development with Microsoft products Xbox, Microsoft Band, and HoloLens. Zulfi has a long history of developing and empowering the next generation of leaders with multiple examples throughout his career of building and supporting high-performance teams.

Prior to joining Microsoft in 2001, Zulfi worked at CID Tech, a subsidiary of GE, in technology development for space and medical applications.

Zulfi holds a bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering and a master's degree in both Materials Science and Engineering from Rochester Institute of Technology, and in business administration from University of Rochester.