Michelle is an international business leader with over 14 years’ experience launching and scaling business operations for and with global organizations focusing on strategic business development, product management, and marketing. She is currently the Senior Manager of US Commercial Business Development at Riverlane. Riverlane is a software company that aims to make quantum computing useful far sooner than previously imaginable, by building an OS for error corrected quantum computers. Before Riverlane, Michelle was the Director of US Operations at M Squared Lasers, where she built a world-class team and led the launch of their Boston and Austin sites. Prior to her tenure at M Squared, she was the Vice Consul of Technology at the British Consulate-General New England, Product Manager at Wayfair, and worked in VC with a fund of funds leading on their overall operations in both Boston (US HQ) and Silicon Valley (satellite office). She has also held various roles within the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.