Dr. Bruce W. Watson
President, Qorsa Labs
Bruce Watson leads frontier research in post-quantum cryptography, AI, and cybersecurity. A dual PhD and globally recognized expert, Bruce has held leadership roles across government, industry, and academia — including with NATO, ASML, Microsoft, Cisco, Canada’s National Security sector, and high-impact startups. He is one of only a few Global Commissioners for Responsible AI in the Military Domain and serves as a Subject Matter Expert to the UN’s AI Advisory Body as well as Canada’s National Security Centre of Excellence (NSCOE).
Bruce holds two PhDs — in Computing Science & Engineering (Eindhoven University) and Computer Science (University of Pretoria) — and a Combinatorics & Optimization/CS degree from the University of Waterloo. He has held full professorships across Europe, Canada, and Africa, founded AI for Computational Thinking at South Africa’s Centre for AI Research, and supervised dozens of graduate students and postdocs.
With deep roots in algorithmics, silicon design, AI and correctness-by-construction, Bruce advances Qorsa’s mission to build secure, intelligent systems with global impact.
