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# André Alves
Quantum firmware engineer at eleQtron mapping QPUs for software developers.

## About

André Alves builds software for quantum computers. As an engineer on the firmware team at eleQtron, he focuses on the low-level systems that make quantum hardware run.

He previously worked on quantum firmware at IBM and spent time as a team lead at freiheit.com technologies. Active in the community, André serves as a Qiskit Advocate and a former Quantum Ambassador for the Unitary Foundation.

His talks help developers map new quantum concepts onto familiar abstraction layers, breaking down how QPUs actually differ from traditional CPUs.



## Past Sessions

### World Congress 2026 Europe · July 8, 2026
Berlin, Germany
- [From CPUs to QPUs: A Software Engineer’s Guide to Quantum Computing](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-europe/sessions/988-from-cpus-to-qpus-a) · 30 min




## Links

- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/andre-a-alves/)