Baratz leads D-Wave’s effort to turn quantum hardware into usable computing services, connecting annealing systems, hybrid software and customer-facing product development.
D-WaveD-WaveBaratz’s contribution is organizational and product-focused. D-Wave identifies him as the executive who previously led research and development and product delivery, and as its chief executive since 2020. The company’s computing offering combines annealing hardware, cloud access, development tools and hybrid solvers. This makes his work relevant to the practical question of how researchers and organizations gain access to quantum resources. The profile credits leadership of that development effort without assigning him sole authorship of the hardware or treating company performance claims as independently proven computational advantage.
D-WaveD-WaveThe work behind the recognition
Work, in context- 2020
Leading D-Wave as chief executive
Baratz became D-Wave’s chief executive after serving as executive vice president of research and development and chief product officer. The company attributes development, delivery and support of its technologies, products and applications to his preceding executive remit.
Documented executive appointment and preceding R&D/product roles; the stated remit comes from D-Wave’s leadership biography.
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Connecting hardware with usable services
Under Baratz’s leadership, D-Wave offers annealing systems alongside Leap cloud services, hybrid solvers and Ocean development tools. The contribution is the management of an accessible product ecosystem; individual hardware inventions and application outcomes belong to the teams and evidence behind each result.
Editorial assessment of Baratz’s executive contribution based on his documented role and D-Wave’s product offering; product engineering belongs to the company’s teams.
Editorial interpretationD-WaveD-Wave
Keep in perspective
Company leadership and product scope are verified from first-party sources; no personal invention claim or independently established general quantum advantage is asserted.
Individual work-base country is not sufficiently documented in the reviewed sources.
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Leading D-Wave as chief executive
Leadership — Alan Baratz
Supports: Current CEO, appointment in 2020 and preceding R&D/product leadership responsibilities.
Checked 19 Sept 2026Credit & limits: Documented executive appointment and preceding R&D/product roles; the stated remit comes from D-Wave’s leadership biography.
Read the full contribution| Contribution | Evidence & what it supports | Credit & limits |
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| Leading D-Wave as chief executive2020 | Company recordLeadership — Alan Baratz Current CEO, appointment in 2020 and preceding R&D/product leadership responsibilities. Checked 19 Sept 2026 | Documented executive appointment and preceding R&D/product roles; the stated remit comes from D-Wave’s leadership biography. |
| Connecting hardware with usable servicesDate not documented | Company recordLeadership — Alan Baratz Current CEO, appointment in 2020 and preceding R&D/product leadership responsibilities. Checked 19 Sept 2026Company recordQuantum computing products and services Annealing hardware, Leap, hybrid solvers and Ocean product ecosystem. Company description, not independent performance validation. Checked 19 Sept 2026 | Editorial assessment of Baratz’s executive contribution based on his documented role and D-Wave’s product offering; product engineering belongs to the company’s teams. |
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2 sourcesPrimary papers, institutional records and attributed announcements. Each source supports the claims linked above.
- D-WaveCompany record
Leadership — Alan Baratz
Current CEO, appointment in 2020 and preceding R&D/product leadership responsibilities.
Checked 19 Sept 2026 - D-WaveCompany record
Quantum computing products and services
Annealing hardware, Leap, hybrid solvers and Ocean product ecosystem. Company description, not independent performance validation.
Checked 19 Sept 2026