Ep831: Tzahi Weisfeld | Vice President - Intel Ignite: Intel for Startups, Intel Corporation

This is a seasoned executive, serial entrepreneur, Intel Vice President, and General manager of Ignite. His career span of 25 years in tech consumer and enterprise markets.
President of ASN (Accelerating Startup Nations), Tzahi was one of the founders of the Microsoft Israel R&D site and a member of its management team for eight years. This was also Head of Microsoft for Startups and Founder of the Microsoft Accelerators. His responsibilities span across 110 countries and included Microsoft BizSpark, a Global startup accelerator partnership with 200+ accelerators in 47 countries, Microsoft Later Stage Accelerators in Seattle, Bangalore, Beijing, Shanghai, Berlin, London, and Tel Aviv, as well as post acceleration programs and VC engagement. Prior to Microsoft for Startups, Tzahi co-founded a few startups, including Sequoia-backed Mintigo (Acquired by Anaplan), Vice President of Marketing & Strategy at Modu, the Israeli personal communications startup (IP sold to Google Corp). Tzahi held the position of Sr. Director of Business Management at Microsoft Corp. Prior to his period at Microsoft, Tzahi was the General Manager Americas and Corporate Vice President for the Mobile Market at Msystems (NSDQ: FLSH), which was acquired by SanDisk Corp (NSDQ: SNDK) for 1.6B at the end of 2006. Additionally, Tzahi is among the 10 topmost Influential Israelis In Tech Worldwide (Business Insider 2014), and was also named one of the top influencers on Israeli Tech by NewsGeek magazine (Dec. 2015).