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Updated: March 6, 2025

QuantumCT appoints first president and CEO

Harriet Jones Albert M. Green
By Harriet Jones

QuantumCT, the organization tasked with driving innovation in quantum technology in the state, has announced its first president and chief executive officer.

Albert M. Green has been tapped to lead the public-private partnership, which includes the University of Connecticut and Yale University alongside business and industry partners.

Green was CEO of Kent Displays, a company that leveraged university-developed liquid crystal technology to create the note-taking tablet range Boogie Board. He was subsequently the director of technology commercialization at Kent State University, and ran his own company, AMG Consulting Group, advising technology businesses on growth strategies.

“I have spent pretty much my entire career at the interface between bleeding edge technology and hardcore business strategy and execution,” he said in an interview with the Hartford Business Journal, describing his new role as a “natural fit.”

Green holds 26 patents in the areas of photonic systems, displays, and advanced materials. He received a bachelor's degree in physics from The University of Chicago and a Ph.D. in physics from Stanford University.

QuantumCT is developing a statewide strategic plan to position Connecticut at the forefront of the emerging quantum economy. Green said the decision to come to Connecticut to lead the effort was an easy one.

“Connecticut is one of the inventors of what we understand is quantum computing today,” he said, pointing out that Yale University’s first research paper on quantum computing was published 20 years ago. “The depth of the technical expertise, the thought leadership – it's profound.”

In 2023, Connecticut was successful in attracting a $1 million planning grant from the National Science Foundation’s Regional Innovation Engines program. That funding became the foundation of QuantumCT.

“We're building a new innovation ecosystem in Connecticut,” said Saranda Belica, the organization’s senior advisor for strategic initiatives, research, innovation, and entrepreneurship. “We're preparing the state for a new economy. Our primary focus will be obviously engaging industry partners, but also preparing the workforce for this new quantum economy.”

Gov. Ned Lamont called out QuantumCT in his budget address and the organization is expecting state funding in the budget that’s currently under discussion. Meanwhile, it’s also preparing a second-round application for the same federal program that provided its seed funding. 

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