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Hi, I'm Christos

Dainamic Brands Founder

Dr. Christos A. Makridis holds academic appointments at Arizona State University, Baylor University, the Complexity Science Hub (Vienna), Stanford University, and University of Nicosia, as well as experience in federal policy roles. He has dual doctorates in economics and engineering from Stanford.

Christos previously served on the White House Council of Economic Advisers managing the cybersecurity, technology, and space activities, as a Non-resident Fellow at the Cyber Security Project in the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, as a Digital Fellow at the Initiative at the Digital Economy in the MIT Sloan School of Management, a a Non-resident Research Scientist at DataCamp, as a Visiting Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, an Adjunct Associate Research Scholar at the Chazen Institute in Columbia Business School, and for years as a Senior Adviser with Gallup. Christos’ primary academic research focuses on labor economics, the digital economy, and personal finance and well-being. He also writes frequently for syndicated outlets in the press and serves on the Council of Advisers for the National Center on Sexual Exploitation. Christos earned a Bachelor’s in Economics and Minor in Mathematics at Arizona State University, as well as dual Masters and PhDs in Economics and Management Science & Engineering at Stanford University.