Ray Harishankar

Ray Harishankar is an IBM Fellow in IBM Research focused on Quantum Safe. Ray is responsible for driving the overall strategy for IBM Quantum Safe, quantum safe products and product engineering. Ray leverages the deep technical expertise of IBM in security services, post quantum cryptography and pragmatically applies it at clients. He advocates IBM capabilities and leadership in Quantum Safe with clients.

Ray engages with customers across Insurance, Banking, Tele-Communications and Government and is on the technology advisory council for selected clients and universities.

Ray was nominated as an IBM Fellow in ’06, named an Asian American Engineer of the Year, a Distinguished Alumnus by the OSU College of Engineering and included in Marquis Who’s Who. He holds 25 patents.