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Ellen Kourakos

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Vice President, Product at Atria Institute
📍 Brooklyn, New York, United States

Ellen Kourakos is a product leader in health tech with over a decade of experience, specializing in building startups from seed to Series C. She has a background in medical device engineering from Northwestern University. People who recommend her describe her as goal-oriented, design-driven, intelligent, analytical, motivated, and a team player.

Outside of her primary roles, Ellen has volunteered with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Chicago and co-founded a local chapter of OpenIDEO to guide community teams through social impact challenges. At Northwestern, she was involved in Project Wildcat, Dance Marathon, and the Global Engagement Summit.

Unique fact: Ellen holds a patent for a method involving balloon-assisted augmentation and fusion of adjacent vertebral bodies, reflecting her deep roots in medical device innovation.

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Experience
12 Years
Current Role
Vice President, Product
Job Level
Senior
Location
Brooklyn, New York, United States
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Health Tech Startups
She has extensive experience building health tech companies from seed stage through Series C, focusing on creating products, processes, and teams.
Product Leadership
As a Vice President of Product and consultant, she focuses on leading and coaching teams to build impactful software, hardware, and services in the healthcare space.
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Career

Work history

9-2024
Vice President, Product
Atria Institute
1-2023
Product Consultant, Advisor, and Coach
Various Startups
7-2023
Course Instructor
Out-Of-Pocket
4-2023
Advisor
Redesign Health
5-2023
Expert (Primary Expert Network) - Product + Healthtech
Primary Venture Partners
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Education
Bachelor of Science
Northwestern University
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