Overview

Gender

male

Mr. Gregoire Ribordy, co-founder and CEO, has over 15 years of experience in various R&D and management roles in the field of optical measurements and communication systems. He founded ID Quantique in 2001 and has managed the company since then.

Prior to this, he was a research fellow at the Group of Applied Physics of the University of Geneva between 1997 and 2001.

In this position, he actively developed quantum cryptography technology. Between 1995 and 1996, Mr. Ribordy worked for one year in the R&D division of Nikon Corp. in Tokyo.
Mr. Ribordy is the recipient of several international awards, and holds patents in the area of quantum cryptography and quantum information technology.

Among other things, he co-invented a new quantum cryptography protocol (SARG) and platform (Coherent One-Way).