Mr. Jake S. Douglass is a Technical Business Development Specialist at Sandia National Labs, where he leads Quantum Business Development efforts for Sandia’s Quantum Information Science (QIS) portfolio. Jake has a B.S. in Chemistry from New Mexico Tech and an MBA from NM Highlands University, the combination of which allows him to both follow his passion for business and pursue his technical curiosity through QIS. Jake works closely with Sandia’s QIS leadership to develop game changing new programs at the Laboratories in support of Sandia’s national security mission. Jake works on a continuum of business development functions at Sandia, including program development, strategic planning, workforce development, and partnerships. Additionally, Jake is engaged in the broader national quantum ecosystem through his role as Workforce Development Lead and Operations Deputy for the Quantum Systems Accelerator, one of five DOE-SC NQISRCs, through his engagement with Elevate Quantum, where he serves as the co-lead for the INCLUDE thrust as part of the DOC Tech Hub, as well as several other local programs and partnerships such as Quantum New Mexico.