Avi Kogan

lifelong learner | serial career-switcher | world explorer | seeker of new adventures | choral singer | stepfather figure | ex-perfectionist | storyteller | category-resister | reconciler of contradictions

Current: Using the power of stories to help leaders reflect on how their internal narratives shape their experiences and professional development – and empowering them to lead with greater self-awareness and intention.  Bridging the gap between bench / bedside and boardroom for professionals transitioning from academia & the clinic to industry.

Past: Plasma (nuclear fusion) physicist.  Mouse surgeon (lab researcher).  Harvard biophysicist.  Shanghai-based expat.  Head of New Product Commercialization at a leading Boston-area biotech.  Twenty-year management consulting, biopharmaceutical industry, and commercial strategy veteran.

Future: Start an international travel blog and lead customized small-group tours of art, culture, music, and food across Europe and Asia.  Author a long-gestating novel bringing the spirit of Dostoevsky to contemporary America.