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Jack Hidary

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Jack Hidary

Head of Sandbox AQ
Jack Hidary

Jack leads Sandbox (formerly Sandbox@Alphabet but currently undergoing a branding change), developing quantum and A.I.-based tools and applications that run on today's classical computing platforms. Sandbox focuses on enterprise SaaS solutions at the intersection of machine learning and physics. He is the author of Quantum Computing: An Applied Approach, published by Springer. This work, now in its Second Edition, is one of the leading textbooks in the field and is used both in Ph.D. programs and corporate training sessions. Jack is a serial entrepreneur and founder of several tech companies, including EarthWeb/Dice (NYSE: DHX), which he led through a record-breaking IPO. He also co-founded Vista Research which he then sold to Standard and Poors/McGraw-Hill. He is a trustee of the X Prize Foundation and has been a board member of Trickle Up, which helps thousands of entrepreneurs start small businesses each year. His foundation, The Hidary Foundation, is dedicated to medical oncology research and has supported work at Sloan Kettering and UCSF. Jack has been recognized for his leadership by organizations such as the World Economic Forum, HealthCorps, and Young Presidents' Organization. Jack studied neuroscience at Columbia and subsequently received the Stanley Fellowship in Clinical Neuroscience at NIH, where he worked on functional brain imaging and neural networks.