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Chris Dunphy
Program Director
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cedunphy@mit.edu
Assistant
Jing Xu
jingxu@mit.edu
Bio
Chris Dunphy joined Corporate Relations in July 2023 as Program Director. He will focus on ILP members and prospects in Japan, the Middle East and the government.
Chris has more than 20 years of experience in business development, operations, and strategy roles with both private and public organizations. Most recently, he established the Director of Business Development position at Boston MedFlight. Prior to joining MedFlight, he worked for the US Department of Commerce and provided consulting services on federal acquisition procedures, defense aerospace and naval research, and foreign military sales.
Prior to this, he spent a decade with Raytheon, holding multiple roles, including Chief of Staff for Business Development & Strategy and Business Development Lead for Seapower Undersea Systems. Chris served for 20 years as a United States Naval Aviator in Southeast Asia and on multiple Middle East battle group deployments. Additional tours of duty included advanced pipeline flight instructor, Naval Recruiting District New England, and Aircraft Operations with the Defense Contract Management Agency.
Chris received his B.S. in Economics from the United States Naval Academy, and he earned his M.B.A. at the FW Olin Graduate School of Business at Babson College.