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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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Ep802: Alon Fliess | Founder & Chief Technology Officer, ZioNet

Alon is a global authority on multiple technologies and platforms – Cloud Computing, Windows internals, C++ Windows programming, .NET with C# or C++/(CLI/CX). He is also the co-author of the Windows 7 Microsoft Training Program and the books Introducing Windows 7 for Developers published by Microsoft Press. For his proven expertise and community leadership, Alon was awarded Microsoft Regional Director (MRD) and Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP VC++) status. Beyond heading up most of Cod...

May 03, 202223 min

Ep801: Jeff Williams | Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer of Contrast

Jeff brings more than 20 years of security leadership experience as Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer of Contrast. Previously, Jeff was Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Aspect Security, a successful and innovative application security consulting company acquired by Ernst & Young. Jeff is also a founder and major contributor to OWASP, where he served as Global Chairman for eight years and created the OWASP Top 10, OWASP Enterprise Security API, OWASP Application Security Verifi...

May 02, 202220 min

Ep800: Rob Volpe | CEO, Ignite 360

Rob Volpe is an astute observer of life and a master storyteller who brings empathy and compassion to the human experience. As CEO of Ignite 360, he leads a team of insights, strategy, and creative professionals serving the world’s leading brands across a range of industries. He is the author of Tell Me More About That: Solving the Empathy Crisis One Conversation at a Time. As a thought leader in the role of empathy in marketing and the workplace, he is a contributor to Entrepreneur’s Leadership...

Apr 30, 202220 min

Ep799: Bentsi Ben-atar | Chief Marketing Officer, Sepio

Bentsi Ben-atar is the Chief Marketing Officer of Sepio, and one of its co-founders. He has a strong intelligence community background and over 25 years of experience, winning multiple professional and innovation awards. Further, Bentsi has a BSC in Electrical Engineering and is a MBA Graduate. He is a hardware security expert, as well as an expert on Rogue Device Detection, supply chain attacks, internal abusers, and is a leader in Zero Trust Hardware Access. Bentsi Benatar leads Sepio’s market...

Apr 29, 202221 min

Ep798: Steve Pockross | CEO, Verblio

Steve Pockross brings more than 20 years of stratup, Fortune 500, and nonprofit experience to his role at Verblio. As CEO, he applies leading marketplace and SaaS principles to create an industry-leading content creatino platform. Steve was part of the early management team at LiveOps, growing the company into the largest virtual contact center in the world and filling roles across marketing, strategy, operations, and partnerships. Steve received his MBA from Kellogg School of Business and his M...

Apr 28, 202221 min

Ep797: Guy Goldman | Founder and CEO, Olive Diagnostics

Guy Goldman is the CEO and Founder of Olive Diagnostics, 100% passive continuous urinalysis sensor that mounts to any toilet, and can be used to early detect thousands of diseases. Prior to establishing Olive, Guy was the CEO of a number of technology and Data Science companies. Most recently Guy was managing a large transportation service provider company in London. Of the data science companies, Guy pioneered the advancement of churn modeling for telecom companies, and software licensing optim...

Apr 27, 202220 min

Ep796: Liron Azrielant | Managing Partner, Meron Capital

Liron is a General Partner at Meron Capital and has over 10 years of experience in the venture capital, private equity and tech industries. Liron also manages the Young Venture Capital Forum in Israel - a professional organization connecting over 250 young partners, principals and associates from all VC firms in Israel. Prior to joining Meron Capital, Liron was a Principal at Blumberg Capital and led Cyber, SaaS, Marketing-tech and Infrastructure IT deals. Prior to that, she was a Strategy and M...

Apr 26, 202219 min

Ep795: Ifat Bechor | CEO, Unistream

Ifat is the CEO of Unistream, an organization that provides entrepreneurship education and innovating thinking for youth in Israel’s geographic and social periphery, in order to reduce socioeconomic disparity and ensure equal opportunities for all. Ifat joined Unistream after serving as the Head of Business Development and Innovation for Birthright Israel. Her career started at Publicis Worldwide, then moving to the marketing team at Loews Cineplex. She discovered the world of philanthropy throu...

Apr 26, 202223 min

Ep794: Mike Watson | President, Ignite Management

Mike Watson is the President at Ignite Management Services and is Co-Author of Rise Up: Leadership Habits for Turbulent Times. He is on a mission to change how business is done by encouraging leaders to adopt the habits of resilient leadership. He has embraced a journey of pursuing the best version of himself—and helps leaders do the same—to be more inclusive, inquisitive, and humble. Mike’s personal goal is to make the world a better place, one interaction at a time. This has guided him in his ...

Apr 25, 202221 min

Ep793: Eyal Niv | Managing General Partner, Pitango First

Eyal Niv is a Managing Partner at Pitango First, having joined in 2015. Prior to joining Pitango, Eyal was Managing Partner at Giza VC, where he led the fund operations and focused mainly on IT infrastructure, Semiconductors & Internet. Eyal serves on the Board of Directors of Graphcore, AI21, Lumigo, Optibus and Iguazio. Eyal's investments have a primary focus on Artificial Intelligence. Eyal is also Co-Founder of The Public Knowledge Workshop – a leading non-profit organization for freedom...

Apr 21, 202223 min

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
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