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Andre Marquis
Scaling Agile Business Model Innovation, Customer Success, and Validation-Driven Strategy at large companies and for startups. UC Berkeley Lecturer and Senior Fellow in Entrepreneurship
Andre Marquis is a seasoned entrepreneur, lecturer, and Senior Fellow at UC Berkeley Haas School of Business, with a rich background in IT and life sciences startups.
With a proven track record, Mr. Marquis has initiated multiple successful ventures, including companies with valuations exceeding $1 billion, and acquisitions by major players like Amazon and Pfizer.
His co-founding of The Chorus Group at Eli Lilly, known for pioneering Lean and Ambidextrous business processes, has revolutionized drug development programs, making them more cost-efficient, faster, and with higher success rates in the market.
Andre Marquis established Hypershift Systems, a consulting firm aimed at assisting businesses in implementing innovative strategies based on his past successes.
He has developed enterprise-scale digital businesses such as Validation-Driven Strategy and Agile Business Model Innovation, utilized by prominent organizations like VW and Bosch to stay ahead of industry disruptions and drive new business lines with internal resources.
An esteemed educator, Mr. Marquis teaches courses on entrepreneurship, innovation strategy, customer success, and digital transformation at prestigious business schools globally, while also overseeing successful startup accelerators.
His education background includes an MBA in Entrepreneurship and Marketing from UC Berkeley, Graduate work in AI and Statistics from MIT, an MA in Cognitive Science from University of Rochester, and studies in Biomedical Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
Andre Marquis has held key roles in various organizations, including serving as the CEO of Hypershift Systems, Founder of the Innovation Acceleration Group at UC Berkeley, and Executive Director of the Lester Center for Entrepreneurship at UC Berkeley Haas School of Business.
His professional journey includes positions such as Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Innerscope Research, LLC, Chief Marketing Officer at Log Savvy, and COO at Amplyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc, among others.
Before venturing into entrepreneurship and academia, Mr. Marquis gained valuable experience as a Senior Software Engineer at MIT and Harvard Medical School, Chief Designer at Eidetic Knowledge Systems, and in research at the University of Rochester.
