Dimitris Angelakis completed his PhD in quantum physics at Imperial College in 2002 and his thesis received the UK Institute of Physics Quantum Electronics Thesis Prize that year. His research awards include the 2018 Google Quantum Innovation Award and the Valerie Myerscough Award from University of London. He has recently founded AngelQ Quantum Computing, a quantum software and consulting company. AngelQ builds architecture-agnostic quantum and quantum inspired software solutions ready for company deployment. Example industries it works with are market and consumer research, finance, energy and sustainability, and supply chain.