 | Oded Golan Oded Golan is the Co-Founder of Start A Fire. A Tel Aviv based startup leading the field of content sharing. Oded founded Start A Fire in 2013, led it through two investment rounds from VCs and private investors, and got it to where it is today, serving thousands of brands worldwide. Since his army service in 8200, Oded lead R&D teams in various startups. in 2010, Oded produced TEDxHolyLand, the first TEDx conference to be held in Jerusalem. Oded holds a Bachelor in Computer Science with honors from IDC Herzliya and University of Pennsylvania exchange program. Oded also holds an MBA from IDC Herzliya International School.
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 | Yair Finzi Yair Finzi is the CEO of SecuredTouch, a startup that connects Cyber Security, FinTech and Data Science in order to research and analyze how people interact with mobile devices. For the past 12 years, Yair has been leading hardware, software and system engineering groups, with a strong focus on Cyber Security & Fraud Prevention products. Prior to founding SecuredTouch, Yair served as Head of Cyber Security Department at the Israeli Ministry of Defense.Yair holds B.Sc. in Electronics Engineering and MBA major in Strategy and Entrepreneurship (magna cum laude), both from Tel-Aviv University.
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 | Omri Shabi Omri Shabi is the CMO at Viewly. He is an enthusiastic entrepreneur and a visionary at heart - I like to connect the dots and see how a long term dream is can become a daily reality due to a person's perseverance, determination and creativity. I love to work with intelligent people, but more than that - I love to work closely with the brave ones. I thrive on the excitement of finding creative solutions to complicated challenges, this is why I'm so excited about the Growth Hacking niche and developing new markets. Most importantly, I love to help people anywhere, anytime, especially young entrepreneurs! Practically, I bring multidisciplinary values with lots of experience and professionalism in fundraising, negotiation, strategy, business development, collaboration and partnerships, market research, complex project management, financial acumen, cost-cutting, managing budgets of millions of dollars, marketing, growth hacking and community building. I am strong in developing company activities, implementing strategies that significantly improve R&D, marketing, sales and growth. I acted in management roles as CEO of a 15 person team, and managed relationships with key leaders in the industry.
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 | Danny Djanogly Founder at DOGIZI was born and raised in London before joining the IDF and making Aliyah. After my service, I studied Government & Politics in the IDC and (most importantly) adopted my dog Mufasa from a local shelter in Herzliya. During my studies I gained experience in biz dev and marketing at 90mins as well as being the IDC international ambassador in London. Since graduating in 2014, Mufasa & I founded DOGIZ to help urban dog owners connect with the best service providers in their neighbourhood. I currently split my time between London & Tel Aviv and am looking to give back to the next generation of IDC entrepreneurs.
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 | Ms. Anat Ben Barouch Ms. Anat Ben Barouch is the Head of Business Development and lnnovation at Amit, Pollak, Matalon and Co., one of Israel's top law firms. Anat holds a B.A. in Educational Consulting and Economy from Ben Gurion University (Cum Laude), an MBA in Organizational Behavior from Tel –Aviv University, and a MSc. in Marketing from City University of New York (Cum Laude). Anat is an entrepreneur and a consultant who specializes in business strategy combined with deep organizational knowledge and years of experience as VP Marketing & Business Development. She combines a passion for innovation with a deep understanding of the challenges facing organizations wanting to adapt their innovation culture. As an entrepreneur she is the Co-Founder of SIGO, an early stage start up with a messaging app for making choices together. She was also the Co-Founder, Vice President of Marketing and Business Development at MicroSteps Technologies. After much success the company was sold. As a consultant, she provided executive level strategic marketing and organizational consulting services. Among her clients were Brands Force -a startup, Leumi Bank, Tel Hashomer Hospital, Plasan Sasa, Amtel, Algorithmic research, I-wood – a startup, Ben Gurion University, JWRP New York and many more. Anat was also the Vice President of Marketing of the College of Management.
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 | Mr. Oren Steinberg Co-Founder and CEO at SensoryTreatOren is a visionary entrepreneur who fuses his background in business & product management with his passion for making a meaningful impact in the world. He is the founder of Treat, a digital health company that helps therapists and families of children with special needs. Prior, he was CEO of a fin-tech startup (serving US, UK and Brazil) which he led to M&A; and an engagement leader at the consulting firm Shaldor. Oren gives back to the startup community as a mentor at the 8200 Social Program, MindCET and EISP accelerators and the IDC School of Entrepreneurship. He has an LLB and MBA from Hebrew University; he is married, father of 2 and used to be a professional swimmer.
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 | Mr. Baruch Deutsch Independent Consultant, Mentor, Writer, SpeakerBaruch Deutsch is a hi-tech industry veteran, with over 25yrs of hands-on marketing experience. He worked 20yrs in Silicon Valley, California, where he held senior management positions at major corporations (e.g. Cisco Systems and Cadence Design Systems) as well as at start-ups (3 of which were acquired). Currently Mr. Deutsch consults with hi-tech companies, serves as mentor at hi-tech accelerators, authors blogs and appears as a guest speaker. Mr. Deutsch has a BSEE and MSEE degrees in computer engineering, and an MBA degree in Marketing and Finance. He is completely fluent in both English and Hebrew.
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 | Dr. Gavin Suss Gavin Suss was born in South Africa, and immigrated to Israel with his family at the age of 9. He has a Ph.D. in Education and Management from Tel Aviv University and he graduated the executive managers program at Harvard Business School. He is an expert in innovation and creativity and lectures al around the globe. For years he served as the academic director at the acclaimed Design and Engineering College Shenkar. He was elected as executive director of the High Committee of Public Colleges in 2006, and served as a Director of the Central Archive for the History of the Jewish People. For the past decade he is VP Corporate at Keter Plastic and a board member at the Infinity investment group.
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 | Mr. Nimrod Bar-Levin Co-Founder and Head of Business Development at OnO AppsNimrod Bar-Levin was in the 4th Zell class in 2005. He completed a joint degree in Law and Business Administration. Nimrod currently serves as the Co-Founder and Head of BusDev at OnO Apps, which offers high added value iOS-, Android- and HTML5-based solutions for corporates and startups around the globe. OnO Apps was acquired by Matrix in 2015.Nimrod wrote the very first children business book - Buzz's Business which was sold in Israel and on its way to be published in the US as well.
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 | Ms. Nilli Donner Co-Founder and CEO at VCforU.comShe worked as a risk management consultant contracted by companies such as Novantas. Prior to which she worked as a programmer at SAP. Nilli revamped marketing strategy at Fundacion IRES helping women and children in domestic violence situations. Nilli is also part of the leading team at Elevation W, a women entrepreneurship program. She studied math and computer science at Tel Aviv University, and did an MBA in IESE Barcelona. Born and raised in Tel Aviv, Nilli recently moved back to Israel with her two shining kids and husband, after spending 5.5 years in Barcelona. She is extremely passionate about empowering women, and in general wants all creatures to be happy and free.
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 | Ms. Anat Tsour Segal Ms. Tsour Segal, business woman and entrepreneur, has over 20 years of experience in venture capital, seed stage investing, portfolio management, public companies and capital markets. Anat brings expertise in corporate finance and in various business and managerial areas, with strong focus on high-tech and med-tech sectors. Anat serves as a mentor in the entrepreneurship program in the graduate business school and in the design school of Colman College of Management. Anat also volunteers as a mentor in Tech for Good Rally, a social accelerator, as well as in other organizations that promote high tech entrepreneurship with emphasis on empowerment of women entrepreneurs.
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 | Dr. Nadav Klein CTO at VLX VenturesDr. Nadav Klein Is an entrepreneur and serves as CTO at VLX Ventures, a technological incubator and early stage investor specializing in the high-tech and life science fields. Nadav holds vast and diversified experience as a technology expert and researcher in both industry and academia. He brings years of experience in building, managing, and nurturing technology driven companies, startups, and R&D teams in the information technology and life science industries. Nadav’s keen interest in Bioinformatics, Machine Learning, and Deep Learning applications allowed for a rich academic background, spanning a wide range of multifaceted research fields, most notably Computational Biology, Genomics, Bioinformatics, Agriculture, and Medicine. He holds both a PhD and a BSc magna cum laude in Bioinformatics.
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 | Mr. Nadav Eyal Nadav Eyal is the Co-founder & CEO at Eybna Technologies. Eybna is a global leader in the research and development of Cannabis terpene based solutions, with the mission of bringing the benefits of Cannabis to more patients, by isolating the medicinal properties found in different strains and providing cannabis medicine that is tailored to treat specific medical conditions.
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 | Mr. Kyle Giddens Founder at TrendiGuruKyle Giddens is a native of Toronto, Canada, and completed a B.A. in Psychology, MA Cum Laude in Government along with an MBA from the Tel Aviv University. After working in management consulting and various start-ups Kyle launched Trendi, a company bent on making shopping discovery more magical online. Our first product allows allows you to buy clothing, accessories and more from images.
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| Mr. Gil Dotan Gil Dotan is the CEO and Co-founder of "Guardian Optical Technologies", a disruptive Automotive sensing technology company. He previously co-founded Passion-Ant - a P2P service platform that monetized content websites. In the past, he served in various business and entrepreneurial rolls in different companies doing marketing, sales, channel management and product management. Gil hold a BSc in mechanical engineering from Tel-Aviv University.
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.jpg) | Mr. Itay Erel Co-founder & CMO of Zeek.meItay is the co-founder & CMO of Zeek.me, launched in 2014 it quickly became UK's leading gift voucher marketplace. Itay was the Brand Manager in the Marketing department of Bank Hapoalim and has extensive experience in Marketing and Strategic Management as well as in advertising and new media. He holds an MBA, specializing in marketing and a B. A in Economics and management.
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 | Ms. Natasha Shine - Zirkel CMO at RoundsNatasha Shine-Zirkel was born in London, raised in California and made Aliyah at the age of 19. She has an Associate’s Degree in Business Administration with an emphasis in Business Management from Irvine Valley College and a Bachelor’s Degree with a major in Marketing and a minor in Finance from The IDC Herzliya. Natasha worked as the Program Coordinator of the Zell Entrepreneurship Program at The IDC Herzliya and then took the role of Compliance Coordinator at SafeCharge, prior to her joining the Rounds team in 2009 as the 9th employee. As part of her current role as Rounds’ CMO, Natasha is responsible for all of the marketing and business development efforts of the company as well as working with Rounds CEO on all the business on-goings. In her free time, Natasha likes to help start-ups and does so by mentoring at Google Campus Launch Pad, Campus for Moms, Up West Labs, The Junction, Siftach, IDC and The Zell Entrepreneurship Program. Natasha also guest lectures on Mobile Marketing at many academic venues.
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 | Mr. Udi Liberman Co-Founder and CMO of PayBoxUdi Liberman is the co founder and Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) of PayBox app - Whatsapp for payments. Lead the company from launch (Israel & The UK) to 50M volume annually, tens of thousands users. Udi has vast experience in crafting the core value of products and leveraging it into a "go to market" strategy over different channels: Online, Offline, PR, Product & more.
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 | Mr. Roy Yanai Co-Founder and CEO at MegoAfter 4 years as a soldier and commander at Shaldag - IDF's airforce commando unit, Roy started studying at IDC and now holds a BA in Computer Science. While studying, he founded the first nation-wide student Hackathon at IDC. On his third year of studying he joined the Zell Entrepreneurship program. On the the Zell program he founded Mego and now acts as company's CEO. Mego raised seed round from Uri Levine and the Zell fund.
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 | Ms. Iris Bar Hava CEO of IM-GLOBALIris Bar Hava is the CEO of IM-GLOBAL an international consulting firm specializing in growing organizations around multicultural environments. She was born in Israel, but lived in different parts of the world. She holds a BA degree in Psychology and Sociology from Tel Aviv University and an MBA from NY. She has worked in the high tech industry for 15 years at different managerial roles. The last company she worked for SuperDerivatives was acquired by Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (ICE) for over 350M$. She has helped companies grow worldwide and deal with the challenges entrepreneurship throws at you. She assisted managers and business leaders to implement organizational and role related changes, she is always curious about new startups and their path. Iris Bar Hava loves working with entrepreneurs as she has learned each holds a secret to a new and enchanting world. She especially likes working with women who dare to dream big.
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 | Mr. Daniel Better CEO of ScholarshipOwlAfter immigrating from Germany to Israel, Daniel studied Computer Science and Entrepreneurship at the IDC's Zell program, shaped a gaming startup from its early days to successful exit and beyond, married his dream girl, is father to four children, enjoys reading books, mountain biking, surfing and now has his hands full raising a new venture. Daniel is the CEO of ScholarshipOwl.com, a unique venture helping US based students discover scholarships and apply to thousands of scholarships, automatically. Before ScholarshipOwl, Daniel navigated the entire company development cycle from establishing a start-up, selling it to the market leader, integrating it and subsequently delivering strong financial results within an international publicly traded enterprise. Daniel gathered hands on leadership experience creating a hyper-growth start-up, M&A, leading through a merger, managing small teams of 2 and leading international organizations of 250 employees across diverse cultural and professional backgrounds.
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 | Mr. Assaf Mendelson CEO of noviQr annd a serial EntrepreneurAssaf Mendelson is a serial entrepreneur, Business and technology expert with over 20 years of experience in all facets of technology companies. He Co-founded five start-ups and held a variety of senior positions in various sized companies. Assaf holds a MBA and B.Sc in Computer Science.
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 | Ms. Liat Mordechay Hertanu Co-Founder at 24meLiat is the Co-Founder at 24me, she aims to revolutionize the way people manage their day to day life. Liat holds a B.A. in Computer Science from IDC Herzeliya, and an EMBA from St. Louis University in the U.S. She was named by Forbes magazine as one of the 10 female founders to watch out of Israel, and was selected as one of the top 100 female entrepreneurs in Europe. |