Marc Geitz

Marc Geitz received the degree in physics from the RWTH Aachen and the Ph.D. degree from the University of Hamburg, in 1999. He has worked for several years at CERN and DESY. In 2001, he joined Deutsche Telekom AG and worked in the area of mobile communications, enterprise IT, and cloud and network infrastructure. He has more than 15 years of experience in the telecommunication industry with international background and strong focus on business solutions. Ramping up a QKD demonstrator in 2018 and building a QKD testbed from 2019 to 2022 raised his interest in quantum technology and its appliances on telecommunication’s industry. The application of quantum computers for solving industry optimization and machine learning use cases has added to this interest. He currently participates in the QR.X research program to build a quantum repeater. At Telekom Innovation Laboratories (T-Labs), the passion for innovation and technology drives more than 300 international experts and scientists to work together on, e.g., blockchain technology, smart city concepts, artificial intelligence, and new media experiences. T-Labs is the Research and Development Unit of Deutsche Telekom and is in a close partnership with the Technische Universität Berlin. At its sites in Berlin, Darmstadt, Beer Sheva, Budapest, and Vienna, T-Labs sits among a world-class host of universities, startups, investors, research institutes, and corporate innovation hubs to jointly shape the future of communication services.