Denis Mandich

CTO and Co-Founder Qrypt

Qrypt CTO and co-founder, Denis Mandich, focuses on quantum security, R&D, post-quantum encryption (PQC) algorithms, and standards bodies. He holds several patents in cryptography, cyber technologies, and information processing. Denis is a founding member of the Quantum Economic Development Consortium (QED-C), a founding member of the NSF-funded Mid-Atlantic Quantum Alliance (MQA), an industry advisor to the first NSF-IUCRC-funded Center for Quantum Technologies (CQT), advisor to the Quantum Startup Foundry, Advisory Board of the AI Lab at Georgia College & State University, and former board member of quantum chip manufacturer Quside.

Before joining Qrypt, Denis served 20 years in the US Intelligence Community working on national security projects, cyberinfrastructure, and advanced technology development. He has degrees in Physics from Rutgers University and speaks native-level Croatian and Russian. He publishes extensively on the quantum threat to national economic security.