Garry Cooper
STEM & Healthcare
Turning community into commerce
CHICAGO, IL
Garry Cooper is the CEO and Co-founder of Rheaply, which helps large organizations like MIT and Google enter the circular economy. By reducing procurement costs and diverting unnecessary waste from landfills, Rheaply gives surplus industrial equipment a second life and enables an internal marketplace and shared economy. Cooper views Rheaply as the Amazon of scientific research institutions, with plans to expand to large organizations around the world.
Cooper earned a PhD in neuroscience at Northwestern where he is an Adjunct Assistant Professor researching Parkinson’s disease drugs and helping the university connect to the Chicago business community.
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HOW TO ENTER THE CIRCULAR ECONOMY
HOW TO INNOVATE OUTSIDE OF YOUR SPHERE OF EXPERTISE
HOW TO BE A CONNECTOR
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EY
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