Christophe Pere is an Applied Quantum Machine Learning Researcher and Lead Scientist originally from Paris, France. He has a Ph.D. in Astrophysics from Université Côte d’Azur. After his Ph.D., he left the academic world for a career in Artificial Intelligence as an Applied Industry Researcher. He learned quantum computing during his Ph.D. in his free time, starting as a passion and becoming his new career. He actively democratizes Quantum Computing to help people and companies enter this new field.