Chris Bouton, Ph.D.

Board MEMBER

Chris attended Amherst College for his undergraduate degree in Neuroscience and received his Ph.D. in Molecular Neurobiology from Johns Hopkins University. He is currently the CEO of Vyasa Analytics, a technology startup company applying deep learning A.I. approaches for text and image analytics. Previously, Chris was the CEO of Entagen, a software company that won numerous awards including the "Innovative Technology of the Year Award for Big Data" in 2012 from the Massachusetts Technology Leadership Council. Chris spent many happy summers on Cape Cod as a boy and currently lives in the Boston area. He has been fascinated by and has had a fundamental respect for sharks since a very early age. He has participated in lemon shark tracking research at the Bimini Biological Field Station, has been cage diving with Great White sharks at Guadalupe Island and has been scuba diving with Scalloped Hammerhead sharks in the Galapagos Islands. Chris also serves on the Board of Directors for Newburyport Bank, Code & Circuit, Anna Jaques Hospital and the Beth Israel Lahey Health System IT Committee.