About
Karén Gyulbudaghyan is the Founding Partner of Strategic Value Ventures, a San Francisco-based strategic advisory firm serving global partners and startups. His career spans over 25 years across government, Big Four consulting, multinational technology companies, and World Bank and EU projects, including a role at Yahoo! where he led data center strategy and structured business incentive deals. He serves as an Ambassador, advisor, and selection committee member at UC Berkeley SkyDeck, and holds degrees in economics, mathematics, and accounting, along with a California CPA license.
Experience
- Strategic Value VenturesFounding Partnercurrent2017 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- SkyDeck BerkeleyAmbassador & Key Advisorcurrent2017 — presentBerkeley, California
- Science and Technology Development Council under the Prime Minister of ArmeniaExecutive Board Member of the National Council for Science and Technology Developmentcurrent2023 — present
- Ground Zero Venture CaféFoundercurrent2022 — presentYerevan, Armenia
- BIGcontrolsStrategic Advisor, Board Membercurrent2016 — presentSan Francisco, California
- Yahoo! Inc.Director of Strategic Partnerships and Business Incentives2011 — 2016San Francisco Bay Area
- PricewaterhouseCoopersIndirect Tax Practice Manager2007 — 2011
- California State Board of EqualizationTop-ranking Tax Auditor2003 — 2007
- The World Bank - Municipal Development ProjectLead Financial Officer1999
- Ministry of Economy and Finance of the Republic of ArmeniaLead Investigator - Special Unit1995 — 1998
Education
- Stanford UniversityStrategic Decision and Risk Management2013 — 2015
- Yerevan State UniversityB.S., Economics and Cybernetics (Math Modeling1992 — 1997
- Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU)Masters, Accounting1997 — 2000
- Physics-Math Specialized School after A.ShahinyanMath, Computer Science1989 — 1992
Skills & more
High-Tech Industry11Science8Public Policy6Angel InvestingStrategy65Due Diligence57Business Development32Tax51Negotiation18Agent of change4Strategic Thinking11Data Analysis7
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Government IncentivesBusiness Process ImprovementStart-upsERPInternal AuditStrategic PartnershipsBusiness StrategyLeadershipManagementRisk ManagementAccountingAuditingLanguages Armenian · English · German · Russian
- California Certified Public Accountant (CPA) license
From Karén's professional profile.
Colleagues at UC Berkeley Skydeck
Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli
EECS Professor (Strategy Council) at UC Berkeley Skydeck
Alec Opdyke
Business Development Manager at UC Berkeley Skydeck
Aleksander Kuczek
Ambassador, EMEA at UC Berkeley Skydeck
Allen Yang
Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences; Executive Director, FHL Vive Center for Enhanced Reality (Faculty Advisor) at UC Berkeley Skydeck
Amy E. Herr, Ph.D.
Professor of Bioengineering; Faculty Director, Bakar BioEnginuity Hub (Faculty Advisor) at UC Berkeley Skydeck
Anca Dragan
Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences; Director, Interact Lab (Faculty Advisor) at UC Berkeley Skydeck
Armando Fox
Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences (Faculty Advisor) at UC Berkeley Skydeck
Balu Masti
Ambassador, India at UC Berkeley Skydeck
Frequently asked questions
- Where does Karén Gyulbudaghyan work?
- Karén Gyulbudaghyan is Ambassador at UC Berkeley Skydeck.
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Shared employers
Also worked at Yahoo! Inc.278
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Also worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers1,073
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