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Michele Mosca
evolutionQ, CEO
Speaker Bio
Michele Mosca is the CEO and co-founder of evolutionQ, a pioneer in cryptographic resilience. evolutionQ enables organizations to safely and pragmatically migrate to post-quantum security, helping them manage cryptography as a mission-critical system rather than a static control. Its software platforms provide scalable, defense-in-depth architectures that integrate post-quantum cryptography (PQC), quantum key distribution (QKD), and cryptographic agility—allowing enterprises, governments, and critical infrastructure operators to remain secure through disruption, technology shifts, and long-lived data risks.
Michele is a globally recognized authority at the intersection of quantum computing and cybersecurity, and a leading voice on why cryptography underpins digital trust in modern economies. He has worked extensively with industry leaders, regulators, and policymakers to elevate cryptography from an implementation detail to a strategic security asset. His contributions include advising global regulators, convening executive-level cybersecurity and quantum forums, and working through World Economic Forum initiatives spanning quantum technologies and cybersecurity.
He is the founder of the ETSI-IQC Conference on Quantum-Safe Cryptography, a flagship international forum bringing together standards bodies, governments, vendors, and researchers to advance globally interoperable quantum-safe security. Michele also drove the creation of OpenQuantumSafe, the open-source platform that has become foundational to the development and deployment of post-quantum cryptography and now forms a core pillar of the Post-Quantum Cryptography Alliance at the Linux Foundation. In addition, he is the co-founder and past Board Chair of Quantum Industry Canada.
Prior to founding evolutionQ, Michele was a founding architect of the Institute for Quantum Computing, a professor in the Faculty of Mathematics at the University of Waterloo, and a founding member of the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics. His research in quantum computing has been widely published in leading journals and textbooks. The Mosca Equation—an internationally referenced framework—defines the minimum timeline organizations must follow to protect data against future cryptographic failure.
Michele began working in cryptography during his BMath at Waterloo and MSc at Oxford, and earned his PhD in quantum algorithms at Oxford. In 2018, he was appointed Knight of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, recognizing his contributions to quantum information science, digital security, education, and public outreach.