# Chris Burry

> From Avanade’s founding team to startup classrooms across borders, Chris Burry has spent his career working on a stubborn problem: helping capable people become capable founders.

- **Role:** Co-founder and Co-CEO at US Market Access Center; Co-founder at Global Innovation Dojo; Global Ambassador at UC Berkeley SCET
- **Organizations:** US Market Access Center, Global Innovation Dojo, UC Berkeley Sutardja Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology, Avanade, Andersen Consulting, Electronic Data Systems, A3 Global Collider
- **Education:** BA in Political Science, with honors, Swarthmore College
- **Known for:** Member of Avanade’s founding team., Global Ambassador at Berkeley SCET, confirmed by its current fellows directory., Co-founded Global Innovation Dojo.

## Career timeline

- **During college** — Started and sold his first company, according to his JETRO biography.
- **Early 1990s** — A company he co-founded was sold to Electronic Data Systems, according to JETRO.
- **2000** — Member of Avanade’s founding team; roles included infrastructure leadership and Technology Fellow.
- **2010** — Began working with startup founders internationally through USMAC in late 2010, according to JETRO.
- **2013** — Joined the entrepreneurship faculty at Berkeley SCET, according to JETRO.
- **2017** — Presented The Increasing Globalization of Asia Startups Outside China at Stanford in April.
- **2018** — Spoke on corporate innovation at Sunway iLabs in Malaysia.
- **2022** — Named among instructors for a September innovation leadership bootcamp in Georgia.
- **2023-2024** — Co-founded Global Innovation Dojo; JETRO dates the launch work to late 2023, while DATERISE lists 2024.
- **2025** — Global Innovation Dojo lists Founder Dojo Imo in Owerri, Nigeria, among its projects.

## Achievements

- Member of Avanade’s founding team.
- Global Ambassador at Berkeley SCET, confirmed by its current fellows directory.
- Co-founded Global Innovation Dojo.
- His April 2017 presentation reported more than $350 million raised for his companies.

## Latest updates

- **2025-10** — Startup Grind Owerri lists a virtual session with Burry and Ken Singer on founder development and the planned Founder Dojo programme in Imo State.
- **2026-12** — Scheduled speaker at the Global Transformation Forum in Tokyo; this is an upcoming event as of the research date.

## Links

- Website: https://usmarketaccess.com/team/chris-burry/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisburry/

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Last updated: 2026-10-08