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Christopher F. Dippel – Affiliate Consultant linked-in profile

cdippel@firstfounders.org

     Chris is a self-employed consultant in strategy and business development for technology-based companies and not-for-profit organizations developing innovative products for theUS and global healthcare markets. 

     Chris participates in Boston’s entrepreneurial community as a principal of First Founders, Ltd., a non-profit venture that connects start-up companies with experienced entrepreneurs, as a mentor in MIT’s Venture Mentoring Service, and as an adviser to start-ups in international development. Chris is an advocate for sustainable solutions in global health through his blog, Retronyma, and as an adviser to global health courses at Harvard.

     Chris’s eight years in the biotech/pharma industry includes positions in business development and alliance management for Modular Genetics, Inc. (Cambridge, MA), GlycoFi, Inc. (Lebanon, NH), and Wyeth Pharmaceuticals (Cambridge,MA).  Chris has also worked for more than ten years in licensing and program management in academia as Director, Technology Transfer, New England Medical Center; Senior Technology Transfer Officer, Boston Children’s Hospital; Project Manager, Office of Technology Licensing and Industry-Sponsored Research, Harvard Medical School; and Senior Officer, Industrial Liaison Program, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.  He holds an undergraduate degree in biology from MIT and graduate degrees in physiology from the Universities of Kansas and Idaho.

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