Dr. Oren Fuerst

Current

co-Founder at Tevel Angel Club
Founder and Managing Director at Strategic Models LLC

Past

Faculty Member at Columbia Business School and Yale School of Management
Capital Markets/ Professional Department at KPMG

Education

Columbia University - Columbia Business School
Columbia University - Columbia Business School
Tel Aviv University

Tel Aviv University
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Dr. Oren Fuerst’s Summary

Dr. Fuerst brings over 20 years of experience in valuation and technology-driven projects. He combines a career as a senior strategy and valuation advisor to several Fortune 500 and other companies and investors, an academic lecturer and researcher, an investor and entrepreneur.

Dr. Fuerst is the managing director of Strategic Models, a advisory and investment boutique. He was the initiator and the co-director of the Technology Valuation Executive Program at Columbia Business School, and lectured there on technology and global strategy and valuation. Previously he was a faculty member at Yale University’s School of Management and Yale's International Center for Finance at Yale, lecturing and researching International Valuation and Management Systems.

Oren is also the inventor of numerous software and medical devices innovations which were commercialized by leading companies, including technologies acquired by Becton Dickinson (NYSE:BDX).

He is an investor in numerous technology companies, and is also the co-founder of Tevel Angel club, a NY based angel club focused on Israeli technology companies.

He was also with the advisory group of KPMG Israel and was a feature columnist for leading financial newspapers (including the Financial Times, and the Israeli newspapers Globes and Haaretz). He was a commander in the elite Technology unit of the Israeli Defense Forces.

Dr. Fuerst is the author and co-author of numerous publications, including the books "From Concept to Wall Street" (Financial Times- Prentice Hall, 2003) , “Startup Companies and Venture Capital” (Tel Aviv University Press, 2001), "Mastering Investments" (FT,2003) and the online course "e-Valuation"(Columbia University Digital Ventures, 2003).
He holds B.A. degrees in Economics and Accounting (Tel-Aviv University, dual Magna Cum Laude), and a Masters and Ph.D. from Columbia Business School, on the topics and linkages of game theory, valuation, public offerings and global equity markets.

Dr. Oren Fuerst’s Specialties:

Valuation, Private equity investments, Strategic analysis, Business Development
data management systems, bio informatics,medical devices and diagnostics
drug development, nutraceuticals

Dr. Oren Fuerst’s Experience

co-Founder

Tevel Angel Club

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)

January 2007 — Present (2 years 7 months)

A New York based Angel Investor club exclusively focused on Israeli technology companies
Founder and Managing Director

Strategic Models LLC

(Hospital & Health Care industry)

January 1999 — Present (10 years 7 months)

Strategic Models provides valuation advise to investors and companies in a broad range of area, focusing on financial services, real estate, Medical devices, biotech and health services. The company also partners with other investors to establish or invest in opportunities in the above sectors.
Faculty Member

Columbia Business School and Yale School of Management

(Financial Services industry)

September 1997 — December 2002 (5 years 4 months)
Capital Markets/ Professional Department

KPMG

(Accounting industry)

1991 — 1993 (2 years)

Dr. Oren Fuerst’s Education

Columbia University - Columbia Business School

Ph.D. , 1993 — 1996
Columbia University - Columbia Business School

MBA , 1993 — 1994
Tel Aviv University

Ba , Accounting , 1989 — 1992
Tel Aviv University

BA , Economics and Accounting , 1989 — 1992

Activities and Societies:

Dual Magna Cum Laude
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