Ashifi Gogo

Ashifi is an experienced executive and board member who has excelled in growing and scaling from startup into a multinational business. He is the CEO of Sproxil, a global technology company with product authenticity and customer loyalty solutions used by 30 million consumers on over 4.5 billion product units across 6 countries. An engineer, mathematician and physicist by training, Ashifi would be a strong addition to boards of companies seeking to create a culture of innovation, establish resilient remote international teams and drive digital transformation for clients. Ashifi has a passion for solving complex international business problems requiring multi-stakeholder engagement. He is an entrepreneurial leader who builds high-performance teams to deliver solutions to problems facing billions of people. He has led venture-backed high-growth, debt-financed, and turnaround business operations across 8 complex international markets to profitability, outmatching key competitors. Ashifi is an engaging public speaker and inspirational leader who makes impactful contributions in all his engagements. In 2015, Ashifi was named to Fortune’s 40 under 40 list. He was awarded the Social Entrepreneur of the Year award in 2014 by the Schwab Foundation and joined the Fast Company Most Creative People in Business 1000 community. In 2013, Sproxil was named the world’s most innovative company in health care by Fast Company, and #7 most innovative worldwide, beating 99 of the Fortune 100 companies. Previously, Ashifi served on the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on Social Innovation and on the Meta-Council on the Illicit Economy. Ashifi served on the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on Social Innovation and on the Meta-Council on the Illicit Economy. He holds a US Patent and earned a Ph.D. in Engineering from Dartmouth College. Ashifi holds a B.A. in Mathematics and Physics from Whitman College, where he delivered the 2018 commencement address and received an honorary doctorate. He is Dartmouth's first-ever Ph.D. Innovation Fellow and teaches a course in New Business Ventures Technology Management at Columbia University.