Armen Orujyan
Visionary Innovation Architect
Armen Orujyan, PhD, is a visionary innovation architect and leader who has devoted the last 20 years to advancing transformative projects and people around the globe.
He is the Founder and CEO of Athgo International, one of the world’s leading entrepreneurial platforms in consultative status with the UN Economic and Social Council, and the UN Department of Public Information. Under Armen’s leadership, Athgo has established recurring Global Innovation Forums at the UN and at the World Bank headquarters, as well as in Europe and Africa. These rewarding Forums have provided financial, intellectual, and network capacities to nearly 10,000 young innovators, entrepreneurs, and students from over 600 universities in 80 countries.
Armen employs his 20-year experience in innovation and capacity building as well as his popular quantitative behavioral framework, Four-Pillars to Success, when providing strategic guidance and solutions on innovation, entrepreneurial ecosystems, and Smart Cities to governments, the private sector, and other leading global agencies.
In 2006, Armen joined the UN’s Global Alliance for ICT and Development (GAID) as a High-Level Advisor to help extend GAID’s activities to include innovation and tech-entrepreneurship. In 2012, under the auspices of the Chief Information and Technology Officer of the UN, he was appointed by the Secretary General of the UN as co-Chairman of GAID. Armen was named a UN e-Leader for ICT and Youth and twice selected as one of top under-40 young leaders by Asia Society. He also served as a Commissioner on the UN’s venerated Broadband Commission for Digital Development. He is currently part of Hyperloop Transportation Technologies, working on the next generation mode of transportation that will travel as fast as the speed of sound.
Earlier in his career, Armen entered the national political arena serving as an adviser for various US political campaigns, including the Presidential campaign. In 2001, championing opportunities for youth and the disadvantaged, Armen initiated a human rights movement that brought over 40,000 young people and concerned citizens onto the streets of Los Angeles. Leveraging the power of social media and the convening power of youth, the movement has since turned into an annual observance, attracting over 150,000 galvanized people.
Armen earned his Bachelor of Arts degree with Honors in Political Science from UCLA and received his Master of Arts degree as well as PhD from School of Politics and Economics at Claremont Graduate University (CGU). He is a recipient of CGU’s Distinguished Alumni Award.
When Armen is not involved in creating life-changing solutions, he plays chess, swims, meditates, and explores Futurism.
He is the Founder and CEO of Athgo International, one of the world’s leading entrepreneurial platforms in consultative status with the UN Economic and Social Council, and the UN Department of Public Information. Under Armen’s leadership, Athgo has established recurring Global Innovation Forums at the UN and at the World Bank headquarters, as well as in Europe and Africa. These rewarding Forums have provided financial, intellectual, and network capacities to nearly 10,000 young innovators, entrepreneurs, and students from over 600 universities in 80 countries.
Armen employs his 20-year experience in innovation and capacity building as well as his popular quantitative behavioral framework, Four-Pillars to Success, when providing strategic guidance and solutions on innovation, entrepreneurial ecosystems, and Smart Cities to governments, the private sector, and other leading global agencies.
In 2006, Armen joined the UN’s Global Alliance for ICT and Development (GAID) as a High-Level Advisor to help extend GAID’s activities to include innovation and tech-entrepreneurship. In 2012, under the auspices of the Chief Information and Technology Officer of the UN, he was appointed by the Secretary General of the UN as co-Chairman of GAID. Armen was named a UN e-Leader for ICT and Youth and twice selected as one of top under-40 young leaders by Asia Society. He also served as a Commissioner on the UN’s venerated Broadband Commission for Digital Development. He is currently part of Hyperloop Transportation Technologies, working on the next generation mode of transportation that will travel as fast as the speed of sound.
Earlier in his career, Armen entered the national political arena serving as an adviser for various US political campaigns, including the Presidential campaign. In 2001, championing opportunities for youth and the disadvantaged, Armen initiated a human rights movement that brought over 40,000 young people and concerned citizens onto the streets of Los Angeles. Leveraging the power of social media and the convening power of youth, the movement has since turned into an annual observance, attracting over 150,000 galvanized people.
Armen earned his Bachelor of Arts degree with Honors in Political Science from UCLA and received his Master of Arts degree as well as PhD from School of Politics and Economics at Claremont Graduate University (CGU). He is a recipient of CGU’s Distinguished Alumni Award.
When Armen is not involved in creating life-changing solutions, he plays chess, swims, meditates, and explores Futurism.