Keith Knutsson is the founder and CEO of Blue Wellington, LLC a life science and medical technology accelerator. Blue Wellington cooperates directly with leading academic institutions commercializing transformative medical innovation. As CEO, Keith is responsible for developing and commercializing proprietary technology bringing the people, capital and vision together.Keith has brought the people and capital together for Blue Wellington, establishing and developing relationships with doctors, researchers, scientists and engineers on the development side as well managing operations, sales/marketing, forecasting commercial opportunities, and relationships with the financial community. To that end, he oversees a team bringing companies from an early stage to an exit - early stage, growth, enhance efficiency that manage multiple key channels e.g. R&D, operations (production, supply chains, etc), go-to-market requirements and regulatory compliance. His partnership approach creates value for all stakeholders.Prior to Blue Wellington, Keith has been a serial entrepreneur with 25 years in operations and financial management experience in family businesses. He assisted the founders of Dollar Rent A Car in the valuation and negotiation of the sale of the company to the Chrysler Corporation. Through Keith Knutsson's strategic advisory role, he advised UK management in the development of the EuroDollar Rent A Car network. (Europe’s largest privately held car rental company) Keith has served at an executive level in the family office, private equity and institutional settings, primarily focused in the service industry and real estate industries in the U.S. and in Europe, competing transactions in excess of $3.2 billion. This experience includes direct consolidation on multi-unit service companies, such as rental cars and self-storage on a global basis.Keith Knutsson has lectured and mentored students at numerous universities including INSEAD, Harvard Business School, Emory University and UCLA Anderson School of Management. He received a Bachelor’s degree in business with honors from Emory University and a MBA from Columbia University and INSEAD with honors.
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