We advise boards, family offices, investors, and entrepreneurs on emerging technology issues with a focus on quantum. Our flagship programs include our Certificate Board Leadership Program, our Heir Readiness Program, and our Emerging Board Leaders Program. We offer the first and the leading certificate program to help boards navigate quantum. Our program alumni come from Google, Johns Hopkins University, University of Oxford, the INSEAD International Directors Network, and many other prestigious organizations. With offices in one of New York's largest movie studios, we prepare the stars of today and tomorrow for a quantum future
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We are pleased to invite a range of domain experts to join our Board Expert Network. Quantum is a rapidly emerging field. While the beginning of every movement can feel messy, now is where you get to shape the rules, the culture, and the legacy. We do not expect a background in quantum to apply to this role. We will offer our Certificate Board Leadership Program on quantum and AI to you, for free, as part of our on-boarding process to support your journey into quantum.
Quantum Oaks Advisory is part of the Unbuilt Labs global think tank ecosystem. As a private sector think tank, we advise boards, family offices, investors, and entrepreneurs with insights that redefine what is possible. Our circle includes the Center for Global Agenda, the Sustainable Innovation Think Tank, Venture Strategy Group, and the Global Consortium for Systems Research which was convened following a symposium at the Royal Society. Recognized for our Future of Global Governance Series, our work has been featured by the Boards Impact Forum, Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences, Academic Council on the United Nations System, and other learned societies.
Preferred qualifications
Senior leadership roles in relevant areas
Board experience, which can include non-profit, private, or corporate boards
Experience with research, training, and leadership development, e.g. professors or adjunct professors
Contract hours are on an as-needed basis with no minimum hours.
Pay: $250.00 per hour
We will reach out within 1-2 weeks if there is a fit. Please reach out to Advisory@UnbuiltLabs.com if you have any questions.
Leadership
Marguerite Van Cook, Ph.D.
From Marguerite's early days at the Treasury department at IBM in the 70s, working alongside colleagues on room-sized computers, she now brings her expertise to Quantum Oaks Advisory at Unbuilt Labs supporting boards on quantum computing vision and strategies. Marguerite Van Cook came to New York with her punk band The Innocents, after touring the UK with The Clash. She has been an Adjunct Professor at Columbia University, Hunter College, and the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) in New York. She serves on the Board of Unbuilt Labs. She is the President of the Board at Visual AIDS, and the President Emeritus of Howl Arts Inc.
Marguerite@UnbuiltLabs.com
Co-Managing Director
Marvin Cheung
Marvin has a background in emerging technologies, having consulted and advised startups in New York. He holds judge, reviewer, and mentor roles at Johns Hopkins, MIT, Kellogg-Morgan Stanley, and Yale University. Recognized for his astute understanding of complex global systems, he chairs the Global Consortium for Systems Research and serves on the Board of Unbuilt Labs as well as various advisory boards. He has also been a Global Diplomacy Fellow and an IPL Expert on Strategic Planning at the United Nations. He regularly briefs boards on pressing issues. He has given talks at the UN, MIT, ChairX, Boards Impact Forum, and other prestigious institutions. He writes a monthly Global Strategy Briefing for Boards at Quantum Insider.
Marvin@UnbuiltLabs.com
Co-Managing Director