Kevin Roche recently retired after 40+ years at IBM Research Almaden, specializing in materials science for spintronics, and as an IBM Quantum Ambassador. A native of the San Francisco Bay Area, Kevin has been presenting on spintronics to the public since 2002 and Quantum Computing since 2017. He was a featured expert on magnetic levitation for Episode 4 of Science and Star Wars. Kevin's hobbies include bartending robots, costuming, and running sci-fi conventions.