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20MinuteLeaders

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20MinuteLeaders features the world's prominent leaders for short conversations about their journeys and insights.
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Ep376: Yam Regev | VP of Marketing, Elementor

Yam has 15 years of experience In driving breakthrough marketing that grows companies' profile, profit, and pride at scale. His company Zest was recently acquired by WalkMe and he is now the VP of Marketing at Elementor.

Apr 23, 202124 min

Ep377: Limor Sinay | Director Virtual Sales Engineering, Akamai Technologies

Limor Sinay is an enthusiastic technology leader with extensive experience in Enterprise Software delivery, operations, and product management, currently a pre-sales Director at Akamai Technologies. A graduate of MIT Sloan School of Business, she spent her career building customer technical teams in start-ups. She also served in the IDF and developed drones for the defense industry.

Apr 23, 202120 min

Ep373: Connie Nam | Founder, Astrid & Miyu

Connie Nam started Astrid & Miyu 9 years ago wanting to create a jewellery brand that brings out the sentiment she felt when travelling around the world visiting local boutiques and markets. We are aiming to change the jewellery experience through a unique physical experience, strong community and innovative products. Prior to this Connie was trained as an investment banker in Asia working mainly on tech IPOs. She has an MBA from London Business School.

Apr 21, 202118 min

Ep388: Gilad Shamri | Founder and CEO, Growth Artists

Gilad is a serial entrepreneur and the CEO of Growth Artists consulting agency based in San Francisco By the time Gilad was 13 he already established 2 businesses and at the age of 25, he managed to sell his first company. Now with over 12 years of experience in helping startups in SV find PMF he is writing a book about how to adapt his methodology to any type of business and every aspect of life.

Apr 21, 202122 min

Ep371: Yaron Lipshitz | CEO, AllSeated

Yaron Lipshitz, CEO, has led the rapid growth in Allseated for the past six years. Prior to that, he was an Investment Banker at Morgan Stanley, Lehman Brothers and Ridgecrest Capital Partners where he led scores of strategic transactions in the high-tech industry. Yaron served in the 8200 unit and holds a BA in Economics and Computer Science from Tel Aviv University, and an MBA from Carnegie Mellon. In his spare time, Yaron enjoys skiing, sailing and spending time with his wife and four kids....

Apr 20, 202122 min

Ep384: Ben Kovalis | Co-Founder and CMO, ART AI

Ben is a Co-Founder and CMO at ART AI, a start-up that develops unique technology for producing AI-generated artworks, and serves as the world's largest AI-generated art gallery. A tech startup that is also an eCommerce and an art gallery, with the goal of democratizing art by developing and utilizing the technology underlying machine creativity. Ben’s experience as a VP, managing large international operations that deal with eCommerce in the financial education sector, and his fascination with ...

Apr 20, 202122 min

Ep369: Modi Rosen | Managing Partner, Amiti

Modi Rosen has over 20 years of experience as a professional venture investor. He founded Magma Venture Partners in 1999 and led its investment practice. Currently, he invests out of Amiti Ventures where he is a managing partner. Modi was a seed investor in Waze, Appsflyer, Cloudendure, Argus, Innoviz and many more great Israeli companies.

Apr 19, 202123 min

Ep382: Bryan Seely | Senior Security Architect & Evangelist, Cyemptive Technologies Inc

Bryan is an international keynote speaker, world-famous hacker, Cybersecurity expert, author and former U.S. Marine. Seely became one of the most famous hackers in 2014 when he became the only person to ever wiretap the United States Secret Service and FBI. Shockingly he told the 2 agencies before he was caught, and instead of being sent to a maximum-security prison, the Secret Service called him a hero and praised his courage and integrity.

Apr 19, 202124 min

Ep367: Denise Bar-Aharon | CEO & Co-Founder, Make-A-Wish Israel

Denise is an entrepreneur who co-founded Make-A-Wish Israel together with her husband in 1996 in her brother David Spero's name. From Make-A-Wish's inception 23 years ago, over 4000 magical wishes have been granted. Denise was also the owner and President of B.T.C International, a buying agency in Israel that represented top firms such as Macy's, Calvin Klein, The Gap and more.

Apr 18, 202121 min

Ep366: Dov Moran | Managing Partner, Grove Ventures

Dov Moran is the Managing Partner of Grove Ventures and one of the most prominent Israeli hi-tech leaders in the world: An investor, inventor and entrepreneur best known as the inventor of the USB flash drive. Moran founded M-Systems, acquired by SanDisk for $US 1.6 billion in 2006. Today, he is the Managing Partner of Grove Ventures, a leading early-stage venture capital investment firm that places significant emphasis on deep technology and partners with exceptional Israeli entrepreneurs....

Apr 17, 202131 min

Ep364: Chedva Kleinhandler | CEO & Founder, Rooms & Words

Chedva Kleinhandler is the CEO of Rooms and Words, a marketing and strategy consulting agency, and a Future of Work expert. Previously, Chedva was the Co-founder and CEO of Emerj, an award-winning startup that brought micro-mentoring to Fortune 500 companies like Facebook, Siemens and more. She is passionate about the future of learning, diversity and career growth and has given keynote speeches on those subjects and more at Facebook, Microsoft, AllCloud and other leading companies as well as NG...

Apr 15, 202124 min

Ep375: Alon Brener | CRO & GM of US operations, Sensi A.i

Alon is the CRO & GM of US operations at Sensi A.i, an award-winning, 1st of its kind AI solution that is designed to resolve challenges in the eldercare industry and give your loved ones the opportunity to age with dignity, confidence, happiness, and safety. He is also the founder of Legion Inc. where he was also the CEO from 2008-2020, a company focused on specialized marketing services, from the ground-up to today overseeing an organization with over 600 employees in 30 offices.

Apr 15, 202122 min

Ep374: Roy Hermann | Founder & Chief Engineering Officer, KRE8.TV

Roy Hermann is the Founder & Chief Engineering Officer of KRE8.TV, a digital marketplace that helps turn people into digital empires. He's previously built over 50 apps/products himself (1m downloads) in the last 10 years, and in the last year has been focusing solely on the KRE8.TV mission of building a better world through content (digital information).

Apr 15, 202122 min

Ep363: Aly Madhavji 穆亚霖 | Managing Partner, Blockchain Founders Fund

Aly Madhavji 穆亚霖 is the Managing Partner at Blockchain Founders Fund which invests in and venture builds top-tier startups. He is a Limited Partner on Loyal VC and Draper Goren Holm. Aly consults organizations on emerging technologies such as INSEAD and the UN on solutions to help alleviate poverty. He is a Senior Blockchain Fellow at INSEAD and was recognized as a “Blockchain 100” Global Leader by Lattice80.

Apr 14, 202121 min

Ep372: Sagi Bakshi | CEO, Coinmama

Sagi Bakshi is a computer science engineer with over 20 years of experience in the tech industry and an extensive background in telecommunications, ad-tech, and blockchain technologies. He joins Coinmama from tech unicorn IronSource, which recently announced their IPO intention with an estimated valuation of $6-8B, where he was a member of the founding team and, from 2011-2018, served as General Manager of the company’s biggest division.

Apr 14, 202124 min

Ep370: Eytan Peled | American born and raised Israeli singer and songwriter

Eytan is an American born and raised Israeli singer/songwriter who composes and sings in Arabic, Hebrew and English together. After being accepted to the prominent “Galgalatz Playlist”, his first song out, “Where Are The Days”, went viral and has passed 1 million views on YouTube and currently has over 1 million streams across digital streaming platforms (Apple Music & Spotify). He believes that learning each other’s language is the key to emotional connection and mutual understanding of per...

Apr 13, 202121 min

Ep368: Alex Oppenheimer | Investor and Advisor

Alex's background is in mechanical engineering at Stanford, investment banking at Morgan Stanley, and then at NEA working on early-stage software investments. While at NEA he became an expert in the SaaS business model and spent significant time with the portfolio companies on key strategic operational initiatives in addition to making investments. He has been able to leverage his network and skillset to get access to great early-stage companies as well, so decided to also raise a small venture ...

Apr 12, 202123 min

Ep360: Tara Robertson | CMO, Teamwork

Tara joined Teamwork in February 2021 as Chief Marketing Officer and has over 20 years of global experience leading award-winning marketing and sales teams. With a passion for growth and results-driven marketing, Tara is experienced in managing full-funnel marketing strategies that drive both customer acquisition and retention. Before Teamwork, Tara was the Head of Customer Marketing at Sprout Social and helped bring the company public in 2019.

Apr 11, 202122 min

Ep365: Michelle Taylor Willis | Founder, Gagnant Media

Michelle Taylor Willis is the founder of Gagnant Media. A Florida native, she is married with four sons and resides in Atlanta, Georgia. She is a proud graduate of the University of Florida, and an award-winning entrepreneur, author, speaker, and ​master strategist​. Michelle recently launched her first book, “Raising Significance: A Guide to Well-Rounded, Independent, and Confident Kids.” She has appeared on the nationally syndicated Tamron Hall Show on ABC to discuss the book and on the Fox af...

Apr 10, 202126 min

Ep362: Linda Cruse | Frontline Humanitarian, Leadership Expert, Author, Inspirational Speaker

After suffering temporary blindness through stress, Linda sold everything she owned and changed her life completely. For over two decades, she has been on the humanitarian frontline, working tirelessly to forge creative and sustainable economic solutions that empower and uplift vulnerable communities around the world. To this day, Linda still only owns the contents of one suitcase. She has also created an innovative platform Race4Good where the best and brightest minds - students and business le...

Apr 08, 202123 min

Ep361: Elie Wurtman | Managing Partner, PICO Venture Partners

Elie is co-founder and partner at PICO Venture Partners, an early-stage venture capital fund headquartered in Jerusalem. His investments include Vroom (Nasdaq VRM), Spot.io (acquired by NetApp), Gloat, ChargeAfter, and AutoLeadStar. Prior to PICO, Wurtman was a general partner at Benchmark Capital from 2006 to 2012. Prior to that, he worked for three years with JVP, where he led early-stage media technology and enterprise software investments.

Apr 08, 202121 min

Ep358: Carina Bauer | CEO, IMEX Group

Carina Bauer is CEO of UK-based IMEX Group which organizes the two leading global shows for the international business events industry - IMEX in Frankfurt held in Germany each Spring and IMEX America taking place in Las Vegas each Fall. Each show typically attracts 14,000 business event professionals for the opportunity to do business with 3,400-plus destinations, venues and suppliers from 150-plus countries.

Apr 06, 202121 min

Ep357: Ira Belsky | Co-Founder & Co-CEO, Artlist Ltd

Ira is a self-taught filmmaker who in 2016 co-founded the music licensing platform, Artlist, together with 3 friends. As the company’s Co-CEO, Ira helped develop Artlist into a leader in the creative stock licensing industry. In 2019, The company launched the stock footage site Artgrid, and in 2020 they released a new sound effects library and purchased the creative asset marketplace Motion Array for $65 million. Today, Artlist is the go-to licensing provider for content creators in over 160 cou...

Apr 06, 202123 min

Ep356: Ari Applbaum | VP Marketing, Audioburst

Ari scales Israeli startups globally through brand building. He has successfully positioned countless companies to succeed in crowded markets, land Fortune 500 customers, attract significant funding, and exit. He currently serves as VP Marketing at Audioburst, the Audio Search & Discovery Platform. Before that, he was Head of Communications at marketing analytics leader AppsFlyer, VP Marketing at video platform AnyClip, and VP at leading tech PR firm Finn Partners.

Apr 05, 202122 min

Ep355: Quinn Fitzgerald | Co-Founder, Flare

Quinn Fitzgerald is an entrepreneur, advocate, and co-founder of Flare. Founded in 2016, the company was created from a passion for innovation, breaking down stereotypes and her personal experience with assault. She attended the College of the Holy Cross, where her passions led her to be the first person to design her own major in Conflict Resolution. Quinn later attended Harvard Business School, where she met co-founder, Sara Dickhaus de Zarraga. She previously served as the Assistant Director ...

Apr 04, 202126 min

Ep354: Noam Gabison | Vertical Manager, Digital Health, Facebook

Noam Gabison is the Vertical Manager for Digital Health at Facebook, an Ex-Microsoft, Venture Capital Fund (Singulariteam), and startups executive. Passionate about marketing, growth, business development, and purpose-driven companies.

Apr 04, 202122 min

Ep353: Merav Weinryb | Managing Director, Qualcomm Ventures Europe & Israel

Merav is the Managing Director of Qualcomm Ventures in Europe and Israel, she has more than 20 years of venture capital and high tech experience. Prior to joining Qualcomm Ventures, she was a Director at Intel Capital, and before that a principal at Pitango Venture Capital. Merav holds a B.Sc. in Information Systems Engineering (cum laude) from the Technion, and an MBA from INSEAD, France. Merav is also the founder and is on the steering committee of the Women Founder Forum; an organization that...

Apr 03, 202121 min

Ep352: Uri Lavi | CEO & Co-founder, Ride Vision

Uri is a passionate visionary and an experienced motorcyclist. Before Ride Vision, Uri was the CEO at PicScout, which he led the company through multiple pivotal changes leading to industry leadership recognition. Prior to joining PicScout, Uri held leadership positions at a variety of other companies, ranging from startups to multinational corporations. He has also managed teams in the insurance and homeland security sectors. He holds a B.Sc. in Software Engineering from the Technion Israel Ins...

Apr 03, 202121 min

Ep351: Rajdeep Gahir | Founder, CoCreations

Rajdeep is the founder of CoCreations a venture builder that consults with corporates & funds to build and grow internal ventures, clients have included PE funds, eBay and Bank of America Merrill Lynch. CoCreations also incubates disruptive live, work and e-commerce concepts. These include Vivahouse – an innovative co-living venture and Wing it Cosmetics – a beauty brand. Previous to this, Rajdeep joined WeWork as an early employee and led the European rollout from 2014 launching the market ...

Apr 02, 202121 min

Ep350: Moshe Lipsker | SVP Global Product Development, Imperva

Moshe Lipsker is the SVP Global Product Development & Israel GM at Imperva. Imperva is recognized by industry analysts as a cybersecurity leader. Moshe joined Imperva in 2018 as Data Security Vice President Engineering and has held a variety of leadership roles. Prior to joining Imperva, Moshe was Vice President Engineering at Cellebrite and held executive positions at Polycom. Moshe earned Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Sciences from Bar-Ilan University and Executive MBA from The Hebrew Univ...

Apr 02, 202124 min
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