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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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Ep792: Sandy Saper | ASIC Design Manager, Ready Group

Sandy Saper joined Ready in 2020 as ASIC & FPGA Design Manager. Sandy brings over 20 years of experience in managing complex SOC’s for wireless, communications & automotive applications. His experience encompasses all aspects of the SOC development cycle from requirements, specifications, architecture, design, verification, circuit, backend and silicon validation. Sandy has a proven record of managing multidisciplinary development teams and execution of projects efficiently and effective...

Apr 20, 202222 min

Ep790: Rani Shifron | CEO, Healthier Globe

Rani is the CEO of Healthier Globe, a consulting firm and the Israeli representative of Taiwanese Based Innovation To Industry, running launchpad programs for Israeli companies into Taiwan.

Apr 17, 202221 min

Ep789: Matt Auron | Co-founder, Evolution

Matt Auron is a master coach who supports leaders in fast-growing companies scale into their potential with long-term, sustainable success. As co-founder of Evolution, Matt’s deep intuition, organizational experience and behavioral science expertise allow him to design powerful and customized development solutions for clients. He has worked with organizations like Slack, Snapchat, change.org, Coursera, Tile, Eero, Collective Health, Dropbox and Radiology Partners. Prior to co-founding Evolution,...

Apr 16, 202221 min

Ep788: Daniel Avital | Chief Strategy Officer, CHEQ

Daniel is the Chief Strategy Officer, and Global Head of Marketing at CHEQ, the leader in Go-to-Market Security. His role spans across company positioning, market and category building, brand and product marketing, comms and demand-generation. Prior to CHEQ, Daniel served as a Senior Director of Strategy at Grey, where he led brand and marketing strategy for leading global brands, including P&G, Fiat Group, GSK and others.

Apr 15, 202221 min

Ep787: Gary Hagmueller | CEO, Arcion

Gary Hagmueller is the CEO of Arcion, the world’s first true data mobility platform. Gary is a proven CEO who has created over $7.5B in enterprise value through two IPOs and four M&A exits over his 20+ years in the tech industry. Gary holds an MBA from the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California, where he was named Sheth Fellow, as well as a bachelor’s in Business Administration from Arizona State University. As the father to twin teenage boys, he is clearly expe...

Apr 13, 202221 min

Ep786: Leonardo Marcovitz | Founder, More Foods

After finishing high school in Venezuela, Leandro moved to the USA to study Biomedical Engineering; a degree he pursued as it delivered on his ambitions/cravings for multidisciplinary fields. This interest in varied topics would then become evident by my founding of startups in different fields which include medical devices and management software for groups of farmers. His underlying driver has always been a desire to somehow do good. Then he founded More Foods over 2 years ago when he became o...

Apr 12, 202222 min

Ep785: Mike Hollenstein | CEO, eyebobs

Mike Hollenstein is CEO at eyebobs, leading the company in direct, retail and wholesale growth. He was appointed to the CEO role in December 2017 after joining the organization in July 2016 as VP of Direct & Operations. Prior to joining eyebobs, Hollenstein was Vice President, Merchandising for Sportsman's Guide. As leader of the product management team, he helped Sportsman's Guide deliver over $300M in annual volume. Previously, Hollenstein led the direct purchase division at G&K Servic...

Apr 11, 202222 min

Ep784: Michal Gutman | CTO & CISO, Hello Heart

Michal Gutman is the CTO & CISO at Hello Heart, a healthcare startup that helps patients track, understand, and improve their chronic conditions. Before joining Hello Heart, Michal worked as R&D manager at Trusteer, an Israeli cyber security company acquired by IBM for nearly 1 billion dollars. Michal has over 15 years of software development and research experience, which enabled her to lead (along with her colleagues) the largest Peer-reviewed research on digital health that was conduc...

Apr 10, 202221 min

Ep783: Pete Sickle | Co-Founder & CEO, Tel Aviv Heat Rugby

Pete Sickle is a co-founder and the CEO of the Tel Aviv Heat, Israel’s first professional rugby team that was formed in 2021 upon winning an invitation to join the newly formed Rugby Europe Super Cup. Pete draws upon experience in business development in Israeli tech startups along with coaching positions with the Israeli national team, Dartmouth College, and Harvard Business School. A graduate of Harvard Kennedy School, Pete previously served in the U.S. State Department in Bosnia Dan Washingto...

Apr 09, 202234 min

Ep782: Cynthia Owyoung | Vice President of Inclusion, Equity, and Belonging, Robinhood

Cynthia Owyoung, Vice President of Inclusion, Equity, and Belonging for Robinhood, drives the company’s approach to enhancing its culture of diversity and inclusion. She’s also the founder of Breaking Glass Forums, where she develops strategies to accelerate more diverse leaders and inclusive organizations. A recognized diversity leader, Cynthia was named to Entrepreneur Magazine's 100 Women of Impact in 2021. Cynthia serves on the Board of Directors for AbilityPath, a nonprofit dedicated to emp...

Apr 08, 202220 min

Ep781: Ziv Shor | Country Manager, JLL Israel

Ziv is responsible for JLL’s activities in Israel expanding its business and client base. He develops and manages strong working relationships with clients and executive management teams throughout the world. Ziv is a commercial real estate, proptech and tech expert with over 15 years of international experience having worked in the US, EMEA and APAC, successfully delivering projects and sales of critical initiatives for global clients through operational excellence and client management...

Apr 07, 202221 min

Ep780: Roee Raz | Co-founder & CEO, OVIVO Games

Roee is an entrepreneur, a veteran within the mobile gaming industry with over 8 years of experience, a founder & CEO of OVIVO Games, and holds a B.Sc in Industrial Engineering.

Apr 06, 202221 min

Ep779: Tal Wilk-Glazer | CEO, Saffron Tech

Tal has over 20 years of experience in leading international technology and communications companies. Tal Served as Salesforce Industries Regional Director of Eastern Europe, Africa, and Israel, and accompanied large companies in the process of digital transformation. Prior to Salesforce she served in executive positions in Vlocity and is one of the founders of Vibo. Tal holds a bachelor’s degree in medical sciences from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and a master’s degree in business admin...

Apr 05, 202221 min

Ep778: Vivian James Rigney | President, Inside Us LLC

Vivian James Rigney is President and CEO of Inside Us LLC, a global executive coaching consultancy operating throughout five continents, where he has helped implement leadership development initiatives for some of the world’s leading companies and their executive teams. He has also climbed the Seven Summits – the highest peak on all seven continents. On March 8th, his book ‘Naked At The Knife Edge’, was published – a book about his climbing of Everest and an epic story of fear, resilience and th...

Apr 04, 202222 min

Ep777: Zohar Halachmi | Chairman, CEO & Co-founder, D-Fend Solutions

Zohar Halachmi is the Chairman and CEO at D-Fend Solutions. Before co-founding D-Fend Solutions, he was the founder and CEO of two mobile and enterprise application start-up companies. He also held VP and C-level positions at Amdocs and ECI Telecom (global and public telecommunication enterprises). While managing multi-disciplinary large- and small-scale organizations, Zohar created fast-growth and profitable businesses, bringing innovative solutions and services to the market. He graduated cum ...

Apr 03, 202221 min

Ep776: Latonya Wilkins | Founder, Change Coaches Author, Leading Below the Surface

Founder of Change Coaches and Author of Leading Below the Surface, LaTonya Wilkins partners with executives, upwardly-mobile professionals, and teams to build cultures of belonging through highly customized coaching and learning experiences. She is a sought-after keynote speaker and has inspired audiences around the world. She built her career working in HR, talent management and learning & development at Fortune 500 companies before teaching and taking on progressive leadership roles at the...

Apr 03, 202216 min

Ep773: Maxim Melamedov | CEO, Zesty

Maxim is a husband and father of two sons. He aims to surround himself with people who are passionate about shaping the future, love to learn about work and life, and see the joy of being part of a great team. Today he is the CEO of Zesty, and started it with a clear mission to help engineers automatically keep their cloud infrastructure up and running while staying within budget. On a personal note, Maxim definitely curses too much and waffle between believing that it’s a gross deficiency or a ...

Mar 31, 202220 min

Ep772: Carolina Cruz-Letelier | Partner & Managing Director, MUH-TAY-ZIK / HOF-FER

She’s been with the agency for nearly nine years, starting out in 2011 as an Account Manager, and now serving as Managing Director and Partner. Prior to joining M/H, Carolina had a two-year stint at Goodby Silverstein & Partners working on Chevrolet and Denny’s. Before her time at GS&P, she worked at Fuse TV in Ad Sales helping to create and build integrated programs for clients such as Burger King, Kia Motors, and Mars. Carolina is passionate about leading her teams and being an empathe...

Mar 30, 202221 min

Ep771: Tanvir Banghoo | Bestselling author, Acclaimed speaker, Team coach

Tanvir Bhangoo is a #1 bestselling author, acclaimed speaker, and team coach. He is a former Digital Executive and college football national champion. Today, Tanvir helps leaders worldwide build championship teams in disruptive and uncertain environments. Tanvir's latest book, The P.R.O. Business Mindset: How to Lead Amid Disruption and Chaos, breaks down his unique leadership framework. This framework helped Tanvir win championships in the boardroom - based on what he had learned on the footbal...

Mar 24, 202221 min

Ep770: Gil Horsky | Senior Director of Venture Investments, Mondelēz

Gil Horsky's passion is investing-in and building new snacking & foodtech ventures that are good for people, kind to the planet and deliciously fun! Gil is part of the SnackFutures founding team, the ventures & innovation hub from Mondelēz International, the largest snacking company in the world. Gil is the Senior Director of Venture Investments at Mondelēz , leading the company’s global venture investments in foodtech, supply chain and digital capabilities. Prior to joining Mondelēz Gil...

Mar 22, 202220 min

Ep769: Peter Docker | Co-Founder, Why Not Un Limited

Peter Docker teaches people how to navigate the challenge of leadership. His latest book, Leading from the Jumpseat, delivers the message that leadership is about lifting people up and giving them the space they need so that, when the time is right, they can take the lead. Co-author of Find Your Why and formerly a founding Igniter at Simon Sinek Inc., Peter draws on his 25-year career in the Royal Air Force, and over 14 years spent partnering with businesses around the world, to inspire others t...

Mar 21, 202220 min

Ep768: Andrew Chan | Co-Founder and CPO, AfterShip

Andrew Chan is the Co-Founder and CPO of AfterShip, a leading post-purchase and tracking platform for e-commerce businesses. Andrew has more than 10 years of experience in SaaS product development and sales. He manages the company’s product managers, sales teams, and marketing teams. Before launching AfterShip, Andrew worked for Accenture as a business analyst.

Mar 20, 202219 min

Ep767: Avi Gabay | Chief Architect, Placer.ai

Avi Gabay joined Placer.ai in August 2020, as Chief Architect in order to help build a world-class Physical Market Intelligence Platform which helps businesses make data-based decisions. Avi was born and raised on a Moshav in the center of Israel, then moved with his family to Shanghai China where he spent his teenage years. In high school Avi became fascinated by computers, programming and technology. He later returned to Israel as a lone soldier and served in 8200 as a Group Leader of Intellig...

Mar 17, 202222 min

Ep766: Liav Rafael Chen | Co-Founder & CEO, Humanz AI

Liav Chen is the Co-Founder and CEO of Humanz, an AI-powered platform that makes influencer marketing accessible, reliable and trustworthy for marketers and influencers. He has extensive experience in devops, big data and machine-learning—all of which was acquired through his five-year military experience with the esteemed intelligence Unit 8200 of the Israeli army.

Mar 16, 202219 min

Ep765: Omri Hurwitz | CEO, Omri Hurwitz Media

Omri Hurwitz is a Tech Marketer and Media Strategist. His client portfolio consists of some of the leading companies and start-ups in Tech. He writes for several media channels including Forbes, The Times Of Israel, New York Tech, Newsbreak, The VentureCation, Hackernoon, Vocal Media, Benzinga, and more.

Mar 15, 202220 min

Ep764: Gal Aviv | CTO, App Growth, Digital Turbine

Gal Aviv is the CTO of Digital Turbine’s (NASDAQ:APPS) App Growth platform, and the General Manager of the company’s Israeli site. In his role, Aviv leads the global R&D teams developing Digital Turbine’s mobile monetization and UA solutions, a key part of the company’s independent mobile growth platform. Gal joined start up company Inneractive in 2013, and has led the building and scaling of the company’s technology through two exits and acquisitions. Innearctive became Fyber in 2018. He ki...

Mar 13, 202223 min

Ep763: Keren Tsuk | CEO & Founder, Wisdom to lead

Keren Tsuk, Ph.D. is a sought-after speaker, consultant, and thought leader in 21st-century leadership. As founder of the consulting firm Wisdom To Lead, she specializes in the development of senior management teams and corporate leadership. Tsuk guides companies and senior management teams to reach their full potential using various techniques in the field of mindfulness. She is also the author of Mindfully Wise Leadership: The Secret of Today’s Leaders.

Mar 12, 202221 min
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