Vartan Sarkissian is a Principal at the Sarkissian Family Office and is the Co-Founder and CEO of The Advanced Tomorrow (ATOM) Institute, a non profit organization assembling a “Healthcare Ecosystem” composed of leaders and decision makers from politics, business, finance, academia and the arts. ATOM and its invitation-only forums, in partnership with the National University of Singapore, unearth and resolve inefficiencies in healthcare through innovation in technology, policy, funding, media and research.
Vartan has been the Founder of two cybersecurity software companies, both with successful exits. He was the Founding Director of the first International Cybersecurity Policy Initiative with the EastWest Institute of New York. Launched in 2009, the initiative brought together 41 countries and 300 organizations (such as Dell, Microsoft, Vodafone, CISCO, Huawei, Reliance and others) to establish an international cybersecurity policy framework and diplomatic relations for the first time. The program culminated into three Worldwide Cybersecurity Summits in Dallas, London, and New Delhi.
Vartan is an investor in early-stage software start-ups, a former Senior Advisor to EY on Digital Transformation and a former Corporate Finance Executive at MGM Studios. He has a Double Masters (MSc) in Communication from the London School of Economies (LSE) and Annenberg School of University of Southern California (USC); and a Bachelor of Sciences (BSc) in Management Science from LSE.