You’re not just paying for curriculum. You’re paying for who teaches it.

Christopher J. Velis, NACD.DC

Founded Auris Health and led it to a $5.75 billion exit to Johnson & Johnson, the largest acquisition of a venture-backed medical device company on record.

On stage and in the room

• Judge & speaker (5 times)
  Harvard iLabs: President's Innovation Challenge
• Judge & guest lecturer
  UMass Amherst: Innovation Challenge
• Economic development keynote
  UAE Innovation Week
• Keynote speaker
  Chengdu Global Innovation & Entrepreneurship Fair
• Graduate education
  Harvard–MIT Health Sciences & Technology
• Keynote
  LSI Emerging MedTech Summit
• LSI Summit
  Discussion with Manny Villafaña
• Honoring SEAL Team II
  Talk on quiet leadership

Awards & recognition

• CNBC Disruptor 50
  Most disruptive companies
• MedTech Insight
  Best Technological Innovation
• MedTech Breakthrough Awards
  Best Breakthrough Innovation
• ACG Champion’s Awards
  M&A Transaction of the Year
• ACG Champion’s Awards
  Cross-Border M&A Dealmaker of the Year
• UAE Ministry of Health
  Recognition for advancing innovation

Training & certifications

• NACD
  Certified Director
• Program on Negotiation
  Harvard Law School
• Black Swan Group (Chris Voss)
  High-stakes negotiation
• Cornell University
  Real Estate 360° Program
• MBA
  Boston University

Wall Street Journal coverage

• Impact of Auris Health’s Acquisition Could Be Felt Across Med-Tech Industry
• Defense Department Plans Study of Covid-19 Blood-Purification Treatment
• Auris Surgical Robotics Banks $280 Million
• Arctic Fox Gathers Funds for Non-Surgical Fat Reduction

Dr. Christos Kelepouris

Selected by the UAE Prime Minister’s Office as a Stanford Innovation Fellow. 15+ years developing founders and advising across four continents.

Teaching & leading across continents

• International executive education
  China Executive Masters Class
• National economic growth program
  U.S. Embassy, Tunisia
• Leadership development
  AEIOU Asia
• Global entrepreneurship education
  European campus, Italy
• International speaker
  Athens, Greece
• Global advisor
  Radio Tunis Chaîne Internationale

Global recognition

• Fulbright Specialist
  U.S. Department of State
• UAE–Stanford Innovation Fellow
  Prime Minister’s Office
• Instructor of Excellence
  Michigan State University

Academic degrees

• Doctor of Business Administration
  Temple University
• Juris Doctor
  Florida International University
• LL.M., International Business Law
  Boston University
• LL.M., Transnational Commercial Practice
  Lazarski University
• M.A.S., Urbanism and Real Estate Development
  Ion Mincu University
• M.S., Strategic Management
  Indiana University, Bloomington
• M.S., Higher Education Administration
  Florida International University
• B.B.A., International Business
  Northwood University

Advisory

• Real estate & hospitality
• Governments & nations
• Colleges & universities
• Strategy, franchising & entrepreneurship