Larisa Leventon

Academic Director, ScM in Technology Leadership

Biography

Larisa Leventon is an entrepreneur, investor, and imaging technology innovator. Having worked in technical, operations, and investment roles, she approaches business problems through a combination of these lenses. She has made scientific and technical contributions in the fields of medical visualization, diagnostic image analysis, and surgical navigation applications. Prior to her more recent consulting and entrepreneurial ventures, Leventon had an extensive career in investment management, managing long/short equity investment portfolios for several NYC-based hedge funds. 

Leventon earned an Sc.B. in Mathematics with Computer Science from MIT, an Sc.M. in Computer Science, a Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics from Brown University, and an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Management.