Quiphon, LLC is a privately owned software studio and consulting firm that is committed to excellence.  We are generally not accepting new clients, except through referral.

Leadership

As president and founder, Dr. Kumfert brings over 20 years of technical excellence, innovative research, and leadership to the company. A serial entrepreneur for almost a decade, he has worked in mobile gaming, digital media, advertising, and internet of things where he co-authored a patent on connecting mobile phones to smart TVs.

Prior to becoming an entrepreneur, Dr. Kumfert was a scientist and principal investigator for the US Department of Energy at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. His innovative research in the areas of massively parallel algorithms, programming models for multi-scale physics, and software component technology contributed to advances in accelerator beam dynamics, cell biology, climatology, combustion, fusion, geo-magnetics, material science, and radio astronomy.  

Across his scientific career, Dr. Kumfert has published dozens of academic papers and led or co-led teams winning  research grants in the tens of millions of dollars. In 2005 his team won an R&D 100 award for its advances in high-speed component technology.  Dr. Kumfert holds a B.S. in Applied Mathematics and a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Old Dominion University.