President, Armen Orujyan PhD
Founder and Chairman

Armen Orujyan, PhD is Founder and Chairman of the Board of Athgo Corporation, a US nonprofit organization since 1999. For over a decade, Armen has been developing and providing entrepreneurial platforms for young people around the world and powering all individuals by creating opportunities to self-organize and succeed with minimal resources and options. Many of these efforts have included coordination with leading global institutions including the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs; UN NGO Section; UN University; UN Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries, and Small Island Developing States;
UN Global Alliance for Information and Communication Technologies and Development (UN GAID); World Intellectual Property Organization; the World Bank’s External Affairs Department; and dozens of
Governments both in developed and emerging countries.

Focusing on his expertise in entrepreneurship and his proprietary enterprise development methodology, Armen has built on his international and governmental networks to establish support among the Fortune 100 firms such as Boeing, Dell, Intel, and Northrop Grumman; and cultivate partnerships with leading academic institutions and broader public sectors to advance entrepreneurial opportunity for young people around the world. Under his leadership, Athgo has developed and is managing a strong network of over 100,000 young people from over 100 countries and Athgo’s programs have directly enriched over 4,000 students and young entrepreneurs. The United Nations acknowledges Armen’s dedication and Athgo’s unique position in offering young people opportunities to develop innovative business approaches that advance UN Millennium Development Goals; accordingly, in April 2008 the body appointed him an e-Leader for Youth and ICT.

Armen has served as a consultant for various US political campaigns, including Presidential. He remains involved in many national and international contests, and currently serves as a member of the Board
of Directors of the UN GAID. Armen is also a certified presenter of Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, former US Vice President Al Gore's Climate Project. Armen is invited and frequently speaks at international
conferences about young people and entrepreneurship, gender equality and socio-economic development, UN MDGs and ICT, and Climate Change.

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 in California.