Graduate School of Business
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Hao Chen
Affiliate, Graduate School of Business - Executive Education
BioLeo Chen (陈浩) is the Chief Technology Officer of Story Protocol, a Silicon Valley company building blockchain infrastructure for intellectual property with $140M in funding. Since joining in 2022, he has led the launch of Story’s mainnet (Feb 2025) and the $IP token, now listed on major exchanges including Coinbase, OKX, and Upbit, with a circulating market cap of around $3B.
Previously, Leo was the VP engineering and core developer at Harmony, where he helped launch the public L1 blockchain in 2019, which later reached a peak market cap of $5B. With over two decades of experience in distributed systems and blockchain protocols, Leo combines hands-on technical expertise with strategic insight across protocol design, system architecture, macro policy, market direction, and economic modeling. He is not only a technical builder but also a key driver in bringing blockchain into real-world applications and industries. -
Nicola Garelli
Affiliate, Graduate School of Business - Executive Education
BioNicola Garelli is a curious entrepreneur and executive, currently Deputy CEO and Chief Strategy & Product Officer of Rasan, where he leads the portfolio of the first publicly listed Fintech and Insurtech in the Middle East.
Nicola has a deeply rooted engineering background and managerial experience mainly in high-tech industries, developed through years of corporate/management consulting work and leadership roles in multiple entrepreneurial ventures.
Prior to Rasan Nicola was CEO and Director of two businesses of the Emirates National Oil Company (Beema Insurance and Enoc Link), built by BCG Digital Ventures and Enoc to extend Enoc's retail capabilities and leverage data and distribution synergies across its operating entities.
Earlier, Nicola was Partner & Director in The Boston Consulting Group in London, and before that he worked for 18 years with leading corporations, including The Boston Consulting Group in Milan, Booz Allen Hamilton/Booz & Company and EY. He was also the co-founder and Chairman of iStarter, early stage investment company, and of different ventures including Iccom, telecom provider focused on microwave transmitters and Integrated Solutions, software player focused on industrial automation.
Nicola completed almost all his academic education while working full time. He holds a PhD in Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering, a MSc in Financial Engineering and a BSc in Telecommunication Engineering. In his research he has been an active contributor to policy topics.
Nicola is a Chartered Engineer, Member of The Council for the United States and Italy in its Young Leader Program and Junior Fellow at the Aspen Institute. He was also the trustee of BCG's The Future Makers program. -
Terry Holmes
Lecturer
ELD Coach, Graduate School of Business - Executive Education
MSx Coach, Graduate School of Business - MSx Program OfficeCurrent Role at StanfordFacilitator, Interpersonal Dynamics - OB374, Graduate School of Business
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Murat Karakum
Affiliate, Graduate School of Business - Executive Education
BioMurat Karakum is Senior Director of Engineering at Treaty Oak Clean Energy, where he leads the engineering organization and execution systems for a multi gigawatt portfolio of utility scale solar and energy storage projects across the United States. His responsibilities include developing scalable engineering standards, risk assessment frameworks, and cross functional processes that support project delivery from early site evaluation through project execution.
His executive education includes the Stanford Executive Program at Stanford Graduate School of Business. This leadership curriculum shapes his approach to strategy, organizational design, and leading technical teams through complexity and growth.
He previously held engineering and leadership roles at SunPower and Kier and Wright, delivering utility scale projects across North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia Pacific. At Treaty Oak he built the engineering function from the ground up and established the tools and workflows that have enabled portfolio growth to multi gigawatt scale.
Shaped by Stanford GSB, his focus remains on designing engineering systems and organizations that combine technical rigor with disciplined execution to accelerate the clean energy transition. -
Sophia Huidan Liu
Affiliate, Graduate School of Business - Executive Education
BioSophia Liu, CPA, highly motivated and detail-oriented finance leader in Biopharma industry, always passionate about making a meaningful contribution to the world.
