Orion Executives and Advisory Board
We have a large network of innovative, technical, and legal expertise, both nationally and internationally. We closely work with you to create an environment in which the value of your Intellectual Property can produce optimal returns and growth; prepare and execute the your product, innovation and/or services commercialization plan.
Emma Arakelyan
is a Management Consulting Executive, Angel Investor, Author, Speaker, Entrepreneur, Philanthropist, Coach and Professor. Emma brings more than 20 years of experience in leadership across business strategy, IT Architecture & Transformation, M&A, governance and compliance credentialed by global professional services and technology companies as a Partner at EY (Ernst & Young) and Managing Director at Accenture. Emma has first-hand experience in business transformation and technology solutions implementation for Fortune 500 companies. Emma's Orion Worldwide Innovations LLC has become the Co-Founding Partner of New York Based BAJ Accelerator.
Dr. Diana Arzumanyan
holds PhD degree in Economics. She is an innovative professional with 10+ years of international experience in finance and banking, including her more than four years of experience at Central Bank of Armenia. She received her Masters in Business Administration at Lausanne Business School.
Dr. Armen Kherlopian
is a world class strategy, innovation and business leader as demonstrated by repeatedly driving new venture growth via gaining value from data. Moreover, his industry experience is cross-sector including Global Fortune 100 Companies as well as government organizations such as the FDA and NASA. At Genpact (NYSE: G, 100,000+ Staff) his contributions have included driving transformation in global drug safety. At Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH, 25,000+ Staff) he was key in developing the advanced analytics book of business. As a thought leader, he co-authored the Field Guide to Data Science. Dr. Kherlopian is an awardee of the U.S. National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, U.S. Department of Energy Computational Science Graduate Fellowship, and is a U.S. delegate to the Lindau Nobel Laureates Meetings. He holds a BS and MS in Biomedical Engineering with a focus on Algorithms from Columbia University, a PhD in Biophysics with a focus on Machine Learning from Cornell University, and completed a fellowship in High Performance Computing and Artificial Intelligence at Princeton University.
Armine Udumyan
is a PR person. Before joining Orion WI as the PR and Marketing Executive, she has been working with different IT companies as a PR Officer. She successfully led the Public Relations efforts for the expansive World Congress on Information Technology (WCIT 2019) in Armenia, which all major media companies around the world covered as representing Armenia’s growing technological power.
Armine has 20 years of experience in Journalism and Public Relations. She has commented on the nation’s leading media companies on economic development and ensured the PR efforts of public agencies and private companies, including Aravot, the state commission for the protection of economic competition of the Republic of Armenia, Glendale Hills, 1 TV, Tourism Armenia, Business Armenia, Hexact. During her work with them, many institutions have received awards and appreciation within the PR industry.
Arax Tchertchian
is the Financial and M&A Associate of Orion Worldwide Innovations Armenia. Ms. Tchertchian has pursued her Business Administration (BBA) degree from Haigazian University in Beirut, Lebanon. Prior to joining Armenia’s team, she has worked with Orion’s New York team as the Marketing and Research Analyst. She entered the investment world to explore her passion for Finance and to consistently expand her knowledge and reach heights in her career. In addition to this, she has been an outstanding leader of Antranik Antelias Scouts Movement for many years.
Stephen Haroian
is a sales and business development leader based in New York City and Yerevan, Armenia. He is the Head of Portfolio Business Development for Orion Worldwide Innovations where he draws on his experience across big data and technology sales to advise, guide, and coach the portfolio companies to reach their sales and business development goals. Stephen is also a founding partner of the Association of Sales Professionals of Armenia and a Sales Director for LiveRamp, Inc (NYSE: RAMP). Prior to this, Stephen was a geologist who worked in the petroleum exploration and production industry across the USA, Europe, and West Africa.
Ani Sahakyan
is a founder and CEO of Brainstorm Design Studio based in Yerevan, Armenia. Ani is known in the creative world as an Armenian graphic designer, painter and digital artist. Her artistic journey began at the prestigious Panos Terlemezyan Educational Institution, Yerevan, Armenia, where she honed her drawing skills and laid the foundation for a career in graphic design. Ani has 5+ years of experience designing art and graphics for different industries and businesses from a startup to a large global corporations. Her artistic prowess and strategic acumen merged to a unique professional as a graphic designer, SMM specialist and creative content creator for prestigious establishments.
Armen Hacopian
is a product leader and software engineer with several years of experience in the financial services industry. Armen as software engineer has a global user base footprint at Fortune 500 companies. He has participated in 0-1 enterprise product development initiatives as architect, product manager, software engineer and business analyst. Armen's current passion and focus is AI-enabled AR/VR (XR) application development & immersive world creation working in Meta Quest and Apple Vision Pro platforms. Armen holds BS and MS in Computer Science from University of London.
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About Us
Emma Arakelyan
Dr. Diana Arzumanyan
Dr. Armen Kherlopian
Armine Udumyan
Arax Tchertchian
Stephen Haroian
Ani Sahakyan
Armen Hacopian
