Cedric Harris

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About Cedric Harris

Cedric Harris is the Founder & CEO of ElephantSqlDB, Inc, the company behind the world’s first quantum cloud database purpose-built for AI, SQL, and NoSQL workloads. Under his leadership, ElephantSqlDB® has developed a patented, quantum-enhanced architecture that reduces cloud infrastructure costs by 70%+ and energy usage by over 90%. The platform supports 13+ SQL dialects and leverages a modified Grover’s Algorithm to deliver lightning-fast data reads/writes in a cloud-native SaaS model. The company has been selected into NVIDIA’s elite Inception Program, and is strategically positioned for enterprise scale and public-market readiness. Prior to launching ElephantSqlDB, Cedric served as Chief Research Officer at EverythingBlockchain, Inc.(OTC: EBZT), where he invented and filed multiple U.S. patents around real-time blockchain consensus and ransomware-resistant virtual drives. His innovations transformed blockchain from batch-based to near real-time and introduced AI-driven security layers using heuristics and support vector machines. Earlier, Cedric held the role of Chief Cloud Solution Architect at United Airlines (NASDAQ: UAL). He led the cloud modernization of mission-critical services like the airline’s Schedule Engine and FlightShopping platform—delivering scalable microservices on AWS and Azure that processed over transactions per hour. These systems continue to run in production, and Cedric still advises United on high-performance cloud infrastructure. At Schlumberger, Cedric served as Chief Architect, where he re-architected enterprise oilfield telemetry systems and real-time dashboards using a distributed web-native framework. His leadership enabled improved field-level analytics and modernized legacy infrastructure into scalable platforms for global deployment. Throughout his career, Cedric has held key technical roles at American Express, Motorola, Cap Gemini, and Beckman Coulter, building software and systems that have driven operational efficiency, compliance, and enterprise cost savings. He received the Microsoft Excellence Award for his early work in client-server application design. Cedric is the named inventor on multiple U.S. patents in blockchain, quantum data architecture, and cloud security. With a background spanning scalable systems, quantum computing, and enterprise software, he is a recognized industry voice at the intersection of AI, infrastructure, and data resilience.