Aris Despo is a highly accomplished and experienced business development executive. With a career spanning across various industries like life sciences, renewable energy, and fintech, Aris has established himself as a successful entrepreneur and a strategic leader for IP commercialization and monetization. He is a PMP certified and a CLP (Certified Licensing Professional) with an Executive MBA in Finance, MSc in Physical Organic Chemistry, BA in Chemistry+Russian, and certification in patent valuation analysis. Aris has held several leadership positions, including Managing Partner at 2SG Advisory Group LLC, Senior Licensing & Business Development Officer at Cornell University, and Partner - M&A, Capital Raise and IP Monetization at Indian River Advisors LLC.

Aris's passion lies in helping middle-market, small-cap, and early-stage startups identify untapped values and gaps in intangible and IP assets to advance their business development initiatives. He has a broad business experience and proven leadership in lean operations with a focus on maximizing corporate growth initiatives both domestically and internationally. Aris also serves as a judge in reviewing competition business plans for M.I.T. Enterprise Forum (Greece + Poland) each year.