About

Chimaera Consulting is an independent consulting firm specializing in the commercialization of quantum Technologies. We help organizations set up their quantum roadmap and help determine the value add from quantum technologies for them. We also advise organizations on how they can position themselves within the global quantum technologies market through commercial and intellectual property strategies. Lastly, we provide consultative services around becoming quantum safe.

Chimaera Consulting has over a decade of experience in the full stack of quantum computing and extensive experience around quantum networking applications. Though we understand all the technologies, we focus on the commercial aspects of the technology integration and its market development. Our people have been part of the European quantum ecosystem for a long time, and have actively participated in the development of market.

Our people also have extensive cybersecurity consulting experience, and specialize in becoming in control of quantum threats to IT environments.

Why Chimaera?

Firstly, after over 10 years in the business, our founder had seen pretty much every single combination of the letter “Q” in quantum companies he could imagine. And he vowed that his company would never have a Q forced in the name somewhere.

Secondly, the Chimaera has 3 heads; A lion’s head, a goat’s head, and a snake’s tail (here depicted as an additional head). Our group has 3 very different organizations in it; the lion representing the consulting business, the goat representing the sustainable agriculture endeavours, and the snake representing the Artificial Nouveau architectural project. These very different undertakings in completely different markets live, side by side, just like the Chimaera.

The Team

Frederik Kerling, Founder, has been part of the European quantum ecosystem for about 10 years. Starting as a theoretical physicist, Frederik has been commercially active in quantum since he took over the QKD portfolio at Atos in 2014. At Atos he set up the quantum program, and refocused his efforts on the business and market development of the quantum technologies. In his career he has been a CISSP certified cybersecurity consultant for 7 years prior to his permanent transition towards the global sales organization for the Financial Services and Insurance industry. Here he was Head of Fintech, followed by industry CTO.

Frederik has a great deal of experience in applying quantum techologies and bridging the gaps between technology right down to value-adding applications in commercial organizations. He has a broad network within the ecosystem, and teaches the “Quantum in Business” master elective at the University of Amsterdam. 

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