Jagdeep Singh is co-founder and CEO of QuantumScape(opens in a new tab) (NYSE: QS), a company on a mission to transform energy storage and support the global transition away from legacy energy sources toward a lower carbon future. Prior to founding QuantumScape, Jagdeep was co-founder and CEO of Infinera Corp. (NASDAQ: INFN), a telecommunications equipment company and developer of the first large-scale photonic integrated circuit, where he led the company from startup through volume shipments and an IPO. Prior to founding Infinera, Jagdeep was founder and CEO of Lightera Networks, subsequently acquired by CIENA Corp., and before that, was the founder and CEO of several other companies in the communications space, including OnFiber and AirSoft.

Jagdeep is also founder and CEO of Deep Valley Labs, a venture laboratory and incubator focused on a hypothesis-driven approach to founding, validating, and spinning out high-impact technology companies.

Jagdeep holds a BS in Computer Science from the University of Maryland, an MS in Computer Science from Stanford University, and an MBA from the University of California, Berkeley.