Mark Harris is a seasoned executive with over 35 years of experience in the high-tech industry and in entrepreneurship. He retired from Intel to follow his passion in entrepreneurship and in new venture creation. While at Intel, Professor Harris built Intel’s global Technology Entrepreneurship program together with University of California Berkeley and California’s Lester Center for Entrepreneurship. During this period Professor Harris experienced the difficulties, especially in Europe, of building entrepreneurial Eco-Systems. Addressing this area became his passion which resulted in founding Innova Ventures, a globally active management consulting firm offering consultancy, trainings and seminars on many aspects of innovation. He Adjunct Professorships in Technology Entrepreneurship & Innovation Management at the University in Sofia, the Politehnica University in Bucharest and the University of Applied Sciences in Rosenheim Germany.
