Kimberly B. Cummings is a career + leadership expert whose mission is to help women and people of color navigate the workplace, make more money and become industry leaders. Her personal and professional development company, Manifest Yourself, LLC, provides organizations with tailor-made solutions to hire, develop, engage, and retain women and people of color. . Her work has been featured on Forbes, MONEY Magazine, TeenVogue, Glassdoor, CNBC, Fox 5, and more. Kimberly is a graduate of Long Island...
Apr 01, 2021•22 min
Tom Livne is the CEO & Founder of Verbit, the world’s leading AI-powered transcription and captioning platform. Tom has vast leadership experience in technology companies, ranging from early-stage startups to enterprises with tens of millions of dollars in annual revenue. Tom served as a board member and investor in Convexum, a counter-drone platform that was acquired for $60M. He holds an L.L.B & B.A (cum laude) from IDC Herzliya and an MBA from the Technion – Israel Institute of Techno...
Apr 01, 2021•24 min
Aryeh is the author of My Israel Trail: Finding Peace in the Promised Land about his hike on “Shvil Yisrael”, the 700-mile Israel National Trail, and meeting personal challenges, and is chief strategy officer at Gigawatt Global, a renewable energy platform for Africa based in Jerusalem. Aryeh is a former senior advisor to Natan Sharansky in Israel's prime minister's office and was the founder and director of MediaCentral, a Jerusalem project of HonestReporting providing services for the foreign ...
Mar 31, 2021•22 min
Having studied Genetics of Human Disease, Celine is well aware of the impact our environment has on predisposition to conditions. When her mother’s autoimmune condition flared up as a result of a highly stressful lifestyle she made it her mission to help her in any way she could. WholyMe stems from this experience. She wanted to revolutionize people’s approach to everyday stresses aches and pains. At WholyMe they offer the healthiest most effective solutions without any compromise on long-term h...
Mar 31, 2021•23 min
As Deputy General Manager of E.ON Romania, Andreea coordinates areas of strategy, product innovation and development, market research and customer analysis, as well as digital transformation & development and IT. She has an international experience of over 14 years in the telecom industry, in Romania, Great Britain, Sweden and in several countries in Africa as well, working in different management positions for companies such as Orange, Ericsson and Vodafone.
Mar 30, 2021•21 min
An entrepreneur and CEO, with a Ph.D. in computational cognitive neuroscience and a Ph.D. in history and philosophy of science. My passion is enabling businesses to drive tangible value with AI. My expertise includes Analytics, AI, Deep Learning and Computational Psychology, as well as a strong background in Data Science, Statistical Data Analysis and Business Analytics.
Mar 30, 2021•22 min
Kobi is a serial entrepreneur at heart with over twenty-five years of experience in various technology and investment fields, co-founded Glilot Capital Partners in 2011. Kobi’s vision for Glilot was to provide an environment for a solid partnership and investment model between entrepreneurs and investors. Kobi brings his previous experience in building businesses and effective execution to his role in Glilot’s portfolio. His contributions have resulted in ten exits and a strong portfolio.
Mar 29, 2021•25 min
Asaf is CEO & co-founder of Pico - Get personal, a data-driven fan marketing platform helping sports organizations across the globe identify their digital fans. Nevo and his team of founders are revolutionizing fan-marketing and in turn, the fan experience, through Pico's AI and data-capture technology. With more than 50+ international teams, Pico is leading the paradigm shift on fan marketing and data management, creating opportunities for personalized fan experiences that entice greater le...
Mar 29, 2021•24 min
"Ido is a Product Marketing and Corporate Development executive, and former VC. He was the GM of the Internet of Things Group at Wind River and the VP of Product Marketing for its Testing Business unit. Earlier, he was the CMO of BDNA, and before that, a partner with Thomas Weisel Venture Partners, where he focused on enterprise software. He began his career with Mercury Interactive as a VP of Product Marketing and the VP of Technology Strategy."
Mar 28, 2021•23 min
Arnon is a business and operations executive with over 20 years of General Manager & Vice President level experience from Fortune 500 companies (Microsoft, SanDisk) and startups. Until 2018 he was with Microsoft, managing a business scope of multi-billion USD’s and building strategic partnerships with the leading tech companies. In 2018 Arnon moved back to Israel where he currently represents two leading technology MNC's from Asia as their Strategic Advisor and Technology Scout. In addition,...
Mar 28, 2021•24 min
Nathan is a managing partner with Hyperwise Ventures, an Israeli venture capital that leads seed investments in the cybersecurity and enterprise software domains. He co-founded and led as a CEO Sentrigo Inc., acquired by McAfee, where he became VP Database Security. Nathan later co-founded Hyperwise Security, acquired by Check Point Software Technologies, where he became VP of Emerging Products.
Mar 27, 2021•22 min
In 2018 Romi joined the Israel Innovation Institute with a clear vision of forming a professional, first of its kind community in the field of innovation management in organizations, corporates, and on a geographical level. Following this passion, Romi co-founded and today the Director of CatalystIL community, with more than 2300 community members, 200 innovation managers, and 100+ professionals- all part of the ecosystem.
Mar 27, 2021•22 min
Badri is the founder and CEO of Jamm, a lightweight voice and video collaboration tool for remote and distributed teams. Prior to Jamm, he was CTO and SVP of Engineering at TokBox, now part of Nexmo (Vonage’s API platform), where he led the core engineering and operations teams. Before joining TokBox, Badri worked at Microsoft in the Core Operating Systems Division (COSD). Badri has an MS in Computer Science from Stanford University.
Mar 26, 2021•21 min
Seema is Co-Founder & COO at Nuggets, an award-winning, decentralized, self-sovereign identity and payment platform that offers exceptional protection for customer data, as well as a frictionless customer experience. In 2020, Seema won Deutsche Bank’s Female Fintech Competition and Women in Payments’ Unicorn Challenge. She was awarded the Booking.com Technology Playmaker Entrepreneur of the Year, and listed as one of the Most Influential Women in Payments, by PaymentsSource.
Mar 26, 2021•21 min
Boaz is the CEO and Founder of Wisdo, an award-winning platform going beyond the Social Graph by connecting people to others who've "been there", are helpful, and are available to chat within 10 seconds and less. Wisdo reduces feelings of isolation by 70% within the first 2 weeks of using the app. Boaz founded Wisdo after losing his father to cancer and witnessing up close - how unnecessarily impossible it is in times of need, to find someone who ticks all three boxes: someone who's helpful, rel...
Mar 25, 2021•23 min
Sevda Memet, from Constanta, Romania, is pursuing a master’s degree in Business Administration at Stanford Graduate School of Business, and a master’s degree in Public Policy at Stanford School of Humanities and Sciences as a Knight-Hennessy Scholar in the inaugural cohort of the scholarship program. She graduated summa cum laude with a medical degree from Ovidius University Constanta and worked as a Chief Resident in Hematology-Oncology and Rare Diseases in the Romanian public healthcare system...
Mar 25, 2021•22 min
Polly joined Nivo in 2019 from Bureau van Dijk, a Moody’s Analytics Company, where she consulted large corporates and financial services organizations on how to modernize and implement risk (AML/KYC/credit) assessment software. In less than five years, she was promoted from a Business Development Executive role to Account Director, where she managed global FTSE 250 clients. She was listed in Tech Nation’s ’10 inspiring women powering tech in the North West’ and is a regular panelist at fin-tech ...
Mar 24, 2021•22 min
Talpiot program alum, Asaf continued his IDF service as a commander in the elite 8200 intelligence unit. He previously held positions as R&D Team Leader and Project Manager where he led 30+ researchers, engineers and analysts in large-scale projects. Co-founding Granulate, he hopes to democratize performance and build a world without performance loss.
Mar 24, 2021•21 min
Raziel Tabib is the founder and CEO of Codefresh, a CI/CD platform designed to help teams confidently ship cloud-native applications faster. Prior to Codefresh Raziel has over 15 years of experience building software and running products in HP, Mercury and more. An entrepreneur, technology enthusiast and a software builder at heart, Raziel holds an MBA from Bar Ilan University in Israel and a BA in Math and Computer Science (cum laude)”
Mar 23, 2021•21 min
Rina Vernovskaya is the CEO of 280 Group, the world’s leading product management training and consulting company. Her team provides custom solutions to help product management teams deliver customer-focused products that matter. Prior to 280 Group, Rina was an analyst in McKinsey & Co’s investment office and in the Leadership Program at MetLife. She holds a BA in Economics and European Studies from Amherst College and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Mar 23, 2021•24 min
Robert is a Lecturer in Management at the Stanford Graduate School of Business where he teaches five different courses on strategy, innovation finance and product management. He is also a General Partner at XSeed Capital and a Venture Partner at Piva. Along with holding executive positions in various startups and enterprises, he is the co-inventor of four patents and served as lead researcher for Andy Grove’s best-selling book, Only the Paranoid Survive. He has a new book coming out later this y...
Mar 22, 2021•21 min
Anna Juusela is an entrepreneur with 10+ years of experience in the retail sector, as a teacher and a consultant in the field of trends, profitability, and marketing. Her ambition and interest in future trends and new technologies, as well as her vision and determination to prevent forced marriages and empower women, led her to build an impact startup: We Encourage. They build a conversational AI tool for the victims of domestic violence and a fundraising platform for causes empowering women and...
Mar 22, 2021•23 min
Nimrod is a serial entrepreneur and investor. He is the Managing Partner at TAU Ventures, the Tel Aviv University Investments vehicle. Previously he was a partner at Plus Ventures. Nimrod has participated in more than 60 investments in portfolio companies over the past eight years, in companies such as Bringg, YOTPO, WSC Sports, Cimagine, HouseParty, Coralogix and more.
Mar 21, 2021•24 min
Batsheva is the Manager of Poalim HiTech Activity, the banking arm of Bank Hapoalim for startups and high-tech companies. Prior, she served as the Strategic Consultant to the Chairman of Bank Hapoalim. Beforehand, Batsheva was the CEO of Unistream, one of Israel's most influential and impactful NGOs that narrows the socio-economic gaps by empowering youth and young adults from underprivileged communities to establish startups and integrate into the Hitech industry.
Mar 21, 2021•26 min
Yair started attending the Technion during high school, then dropped out of both. He became the youngest Principal Engineer at Intel Israel, and later led the design and development of Cisco's Silicon One SDK from inception to production. Yair is now partially retired, dividing his time between family, mentoring, and writing at beyondgoodandevil.org.
Mar 20, 2021•27 min
Margarette is a Program Manager and Entrepreneur with over 15 years of project management, sales, marketing, and consulting experience. She led program development initiatives and delivered multiple large-scale programs transforming businesses and operations, and founded a VR device start-up. She holds a Master's in Sociology helping to understand people’s and organizations’ needs. Margarette is leading a large Russian-Speaking Women in the Tech community where she championing their growth and s...
Mar 20, 2021•23 min
Yon is an entrepreneur and company builder. He's the CEO & Founder of Supersocial, with a mission to inspire people to socialize, play and create in the Metaverse, starting with Roblox. Backed by industry-leading investors, Supersocial's ambition is to play an instrumental role in shaping the next era of interactive entertainment. Prior to Supersocial, he co-founded Kano, a computer company recognized by FastCo magazine as one of the world’s most innovative consumer electronics companies. Is...
Mar 19, 2021•23 min
Following a degree in Law and Japanese, Emma joined international accounting firm Arthur Andersen, where she set up the Inward Investment practice that attracted overseas companies to locate in the UK. In 2000, bitten by the dot.com bug, Emma left the firm to start her first business, Techlocate, which was acquired after 15 months. Her current company, Enterprise Nation, has expanded to become a small business membership community of over 75,000 people.
Mar 19, 2021•21 min
Alon is co-founder and CEO of Roundforest, a global leader in the shopping recommendation space, and an angel investor. Roundforest’s mission is to simplify shopping by helping consumers make better & quicker purchases and ultimately buy with confidence. Over 40 million shoppers rely on Roundforest tools for buying advice every month. Alon founded Roundforest after working at Google, and before that at Intel’s machine learning team. He holds a BSc in Engineering from Ben-Gurion University....
Mar 18, 2021•23 min
Jasmine is the co-founder of the Zensory, combining the latest neuroscience and cutting-edge sensory experiences to help people tap into chosen mood states and increase performance. Jasmine is also co-founder of Health Tech Hive, a global community of change-makers in health tech and conducting award-winning women’s health research. Prior to this, Jasmine worked as a consultant on projects with NHSx on their latest AI Initiative and with Longevity International to facilitate the All-Party Parlia...
Mar 18, 2021•22 min
