Karén Gyulbudaghyan is a strategic advisor, investor, architect of cross-border innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystems, and board member. He founded Strategic Value Ventures LLC (SVV), a San Francisco-based strategic advisory firm supporting global ecosystem partners and startups.

With 30 years of diverse and uncommon experience in government (e.g., State of California), Big4 consulting (e.g.,PwC), multinational tech corporations (e.g., Yahoo!), and small businesses, Mr. Gyulbudaghyan excels in aligning strategic interests and designing and allocating incentives for multiple stakeholders—companies, governments, universities, and communities—to forge high-impact partnerships.

Mr. Gyulbudaghyan serves on the executive board of the National Council for Science and Technology Development, an advisory board of distinguished Armenian luminaries from around the world, under the Prime Minister of Armenia.

Mr. Gyulbudaghyan has a B.S. in Economics and Math from Yerevan State University, an M.S. in Accounting, Audit, and Financial Analysis from Moscow State University, Strategic Decision and Risk Management professional program from Stanford University. He is a California-licensed Certified Public Accountant (CPA).