Marianna Bonanome is a tech founder and executive operating at the convergence of Quantum & AI. As the Senior Director of Partnerships at Qunnect, she facilitates the strategic alliances and global ecosystems necessary to build the hardware infrastructure for a future quantum internet. Parallel to her leadership at Qunnect, Marianna is the Co-Founder and CEO of Dainamiq, a venture focused on the intersection of Quantum & AI.

With a career spanning doctoral research in quantum algorithms to leading AI strategy at SandboxAQ, she specializes in translating abstract mathematical potential into scalable real-world technologies. A "founder-first" leader, Marianna excels at bridging the gap between industry, government, and academia to accelerate the deployment of deep-tech solutions. She is an active member of the XPRIZE Braintrust, an advisor to LibreTexts, NYU Tandon School of Engineering and Stony Brook University's CEWIT. Marianna holds a B.S. in Mathematics from NYU Tandon. as well as master’s and doctoral degrees in Mathematics from the Graduate Center of the City University of New York.