Graduate School of Business
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Stephen Davis
Lecturer
BioSteve Davis currently serves as a Senior Advisor with McKinsey & Company, as an Executive Advisor at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, as a Stanford Graduate School of Business Lecturer and Global Health Faculty Fellow, and as a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Steve has deep experience, including on numerous boards and advisory groups, focused on the intersection of business, innovation, and social impact. He currently serves as co-chair of the G7 Triple I Initiative to increase impact investment in global health and as chair of the Advisory Board of the Brookings/CSIS initiative on Advancing US-China Collaboration. He recently served as most recently served as co-chair of the World Health Organization’s Digital Health Technical Advisory Group, and as a Distinguished Fellow for the World Economic Forum. Steve is the former President & CEO of PATH, a leading global health innovation organization; former Director of Social Innovation at McKinsey; former CEO of Corbis, a digital media pioneer; and as an attorney with K&L Gates. With degrees from Princeton University, University of Washington, and Columbia Law School, Steve is the author of Undercurrents: Channeling Outrage to Spark Practical Activism (Wiley 2020) and speaks and writes frequently on topics related to social innovation and digital health. He lives with his family in Seattle, Washington.
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Joseph M. DeSimone
Sanjiv Sam Gambhir Professor of Translational Medicine, Professor of Chemical Engineering and, by courtesy, of Chemistry, of Materials Science and Engineering, and of Operations, Information and Technology at the Graduate School of Business
BioJoseph M. DeSimone is the Sanjiv Sam Gambhir Professor of Translational Medicine and Chemical Engineering at Stanford University. He holds appointments in the Departments of Radiology and Chemical Engineering with courtesy appointments in the Department of Chemistry and in Stanford’s Graduate School of Business.
The DeSimone laboratory's research efforts are focused on developing innovative, interdisciplinary solutions to complex problems centered around advanced polymer 3D fabrication methods. In Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, the lab is pursuing new capabilities in digital 3D printing, as well as the synthesis of new polymers for use in advanced additive technologies. In Translational Medicine, research is focused on exploiting 3D digital fabrication tools to engineer new vaccine platforms, enhanced drug delivery approaches, and improved medical devices for numerous conditions, with a current major focus in pediatrics. Complementing these research areas, the DeSimone group has a third focus in Entrepreneurship, Digital Transformation, and Manufacturing.
Before joining Stanford in 2020, DeSimone was a professor of chemistry at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and of chemical engineering at North Carolina State University. He is also Co-founder, Board Chair, and former CEO (2014 - 2019) of the additive manufacturing company, Carbon. DeSimone is responsible for numerous breakthroughs in his career in areas including green chemistry, medical devices, nanomedicine, and 3D printing. He has published over 350 scientific articles and is a named inventor on over 200 issued patents. Additionally, he has mentored 80 students through Ph.D. completion in his career, half of whom are women and members of underrepresented groups in STEM.
In 2016 DeSimone was recognized by President Barack Obama with the National Medal of Technology and Innovation, the highest U.S. honor for achievement and leadership in advancing technological progress. He has received numerous other major awards in his career, including the U.S. Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award (1997); the American Chemical Society Award for Creative Invention (2005); the Lemelson-MIT Prize (2008); the NIH Director’s Pioneer Award (2009); the AAAS Mentor Award (2010); the Heinz Award for Technology, the Economy and Employment (2017); the Wilhelm Exner Medal (2019); the EY Entrepreneur of the Year Award (2019 U.S. Overall National Winner); and the Harvey Prize in Science and Technology (2020). He is one of only 25 individuals elected to all three branches of the U.S. National Academies (Sciences, Medicine, Engineering). DeSimone received his B.S. in Chemistry in 1986 from Ursinus College and his Ph.D. in Chemistry in 1990 from Virginia Tech. -
sebastian dori
Affiliate, Graduate School of Business - Executive Education
BioSebastian is a german citizen, married, father of one son and currently serves as Chief Procurement Officer @ PHINIA Inc. He is unlocking the tremendous value of a long term oriented global supply management culture in his company. Sebastian is really passionate to establish a resilient, effective and sustainable supply chain through a strict partnership philosophy. He is enjoying leading global and divers teams for supplier Quality, Procurement, Innovation, Production Control & Logistics and Trade Compliance.
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Kunal Doshi
Lecturer, Graduate School of Business - Academic Administration
BioKunal Doshi is currently a Partner at Accelerate Investment Group. Accelerate focuses on delivering superior risk-adjusted returns by investing in fund managers and entrepreneurs scaling technological innovations combating climate change.
Formerly Kunal worked at Capricorn Investment Group conducting diligence, evaluating investments, and providing assistance to existing portfolio companies. He acted as a Board Observer for select technology-impact venture and growth investments currently valued at ~$3.5 billion. Some of Capricorn's past and current investments include Form Energy, Got It, Joby Aviation (NYSE: JOBY), Pagatech, Planet (NYSE: PL), Saildrone, SpaceX, Tesla Motors (NASDAQ: TSLA) and QuantumScape (NYSE:QS).
Prior to Capricorn, Kunal was an Associate at Greentech Capital Advisors, an Investment Bank acquired by Nomura, where he focused on projects in the energy and sustainability sector. He began his career as an Investment Banking Analyst within Citigroup’s Mergers & Acquisitions team. During his tenure at Greentech and Citigroup, he successfully raised over $1 billion in capital for companies and funds.
Kunal earned his Master's Degree at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and his Bachelor’s Degree from the McIntire School of Commerce at The University of Virginia. -
ashley dudarenok
Affiliate, Graduate School of Business - Executive Education
BioAshley Dudarenok is a Chinese entrepreneur, author, and media personality, recognised by Thinkers50 as a “guru on fast‑evolving trends in China.” She is the founder of ChoZan, an immersive executive education company that helps Fortune 500 leaders learn from China’s digital transformation and innovation ecosystem.
Through China Innovation Tours, executive immersions, and strategic briefings, Ashley and her team provide senior leaders with firsthand access to China’s most innovative companies. ChoZan also delivers proprietary insights, market research, and tailored learning programmes focused on digital transformation, consumer trends, and next‑generation technologies.
Ashley is a sought‑after keynote speaker and the author of several bestselling books on China’s digital economy. She runs a widely read newsletter and engages a B2B community of over 500,000 global China watchers across LinkedIn and YouTube. Her latest venture, The Hidden Switch, spotlights billion‑dollar founders from emerging markets who are reshaping the world. -
Shawn Dunbar
Motion Graphics Designer, Technical Lead, Teaching and Learning Hub
Current Role at StanfordMotion Graphics Designer & Editor
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jeff dusting
Affiliate, Graduate School of Business - Executive Education
BioI am Co-Founder and CTO of WaterRoads, a zero-emission electric ferry company building high-frequency water transit services for Sydney and, ultimately, for congested waterway cities globally. I also run CBS Group, an infrastructure advisory firm I founded in Sydney in 2002.
My career has moved across the Royal Australian Air Force, defence systems engineering, financial services, toll road infrastructure, and clean-tech — a breadth that reflects a consistent interest in systems that underperform and the question of why. I hold engineering, business, and science qualifications across several universities, and have completed executive education at Stanford, Harvard, MIT, and INSEAD — not listed to impress, but because learning has been a practical tool at every stage.
Outside work, I grew up racing sailing boats, which remains my most reliable thinking environment.
