Dr. Nir Kossovsky is an authority on business process risk, reputation and enterprise value. He is chief executive at Steel City Re, a provider of reputation risk solutions. He is also executive secretary of Intangible Asset Finance Society. A seasoned speaker, he authors IAM magazine's reputation series and last published the book Mission: Intangible. Managing risk and reputation to create enterprise value.

He served on the boards of Patent & License Exchange (sold to Access Integrated Technologies, (NASDAQ:AIXD)), and Littlearth, Inc.; was a consultant to FDA's medical device advisory panels; and is featured in case studies from Harvard and Darden Schools of Business. Previously, Dr. Kossovsky was tenured faculty at the UCLA School of Medicine and a Deputy Coroner in Los Angeles County. Dr. Kossovsky has authored more than 200 articles and several books on topics ranging from reputation, risk finance, and intellectual property licensing to bioengineering, medical devices, and neuroanatomy.

Dr. Kossovsky earned an MBA from University of Southern California, an MD from University of Chicago, a BA in Philosophy from University of Pittsburgh and graduated from the US Navy War College.