Suren Dutia Email & Phone Number

Suren is passionately immersed in fostering entrepreneurship and currently serves as Senior Fellow of the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation (March 2011 to December 2016). He also served as Senior Fellow with the Skandalaris Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Washington University in St. Louis (2010 to 2013). From February 2006 to May 2010, Suren served as the Chief Executive Officer of TiE Global based in Silicon Valley. With 61 chapters in 17 countries, TiE is one of the largest non-profit organizations involved in fostering entrepreneurship globally. With the Kauffman Foundation, Suren has been involved in varied initiatives, including his recently published primers or guides on Startup Boards and Founder-CEO Transition Planning, building and growing entrepreneurial eco-systems and networks, AgTech for Sustainable Growth, and other projects. Suren serves on the board of directors of a number of entrepreneurial ventures and is also on the Advisory Board of the Center for Digital Transformation, University of California, Irvine.An an executive with extensive multi-industry leadership experience, Suren is also an angel investor in a number of business ventures and currently serves on the Board of Directors or Advisors for a number of startups or entrepreneurial ventures. More recently, Suren served as an independent director of LifeProof (acquired by Otterbox) and Anvita Health (acquired by Humana), both highly successful exits. Currently, Suren serves as an independent director on the boards of Flint Rehabilitation Devices, Citius Pharmaceuticals and Vahan, while also advising several other early stage ventures.In addition to serving on board of directors of entrepreneurial companies, Suren is a featured speaker and/or conducts workshops on varied entrepreneurship topics.