Ep51: Adi Wallach | Co-Founder and CEO of CalmiGo

Bianca brings more than 18 years of experience to the Metro One team. With extensive global experience in marketing, business development and sales, she holds a proven track record of establishing data-driven, customer-centric companies. Over the past nine years, Bianca served as Chief Marketing Officer of various leading tech companies in Israel and was nominated for the esteemed “Globes 40 under 40” award.  Originally from Africa, Bianca strongly believes in the notion of "it takes a village", and is convinced that sophisticated technology, unique business models and a proactive regulatory approach, can make financial inclusion a reality for all.

12 Dec 202121min

Mati is the CEO of AION Labs, an Israel-based innovation lab using AI for drug discovery and development, a coalition between Pfizer, Amazon Web Services (AWS), AstraZeneca, Teva, Merck and the Israel Biotech Fund (IBF). Mati has held leadership roles within the biopharma industry for over a decade, formerly serving as a senior executive at Teva Pharmaceuticals. Prior to his term in industry, Mati was Chief of Staff for Israel’s Minister of Public Security.

11 Dec 202121min

Ruslan is the Vice President of Global Marketing at Gloat, the world’s first AI-powered Talent Marketplace platform. In his role, Ruslan oversees a global team of marketers across Brand, Demand, Product Marketing, and Content, bringing the Gloat story to the world’s largest enterprises. Prior to Gloat, Ruslan has a storied career across Product, Partnerships, Research, and Marketing at companies including Thrive Global, Google, YouTube, and Kantar Retail. He is a 30 under 30-recognized creative, a native Russian speaker, and a proud Dartmouth grad (go Big Green!) currently based in New York City.

10 Dec 202122min

Yuval is a technology entrepreneur, living and breathing the tech world for over 25 years. He is the founder and CEO of GlobalDots, a global web & cloud technology partner helping companies embrace innovation for over 17 years, now trusted by over 400 global enterprises including Lufthansa, Bosch, Wix, Playtika, AppsFlyer, Payoneer and more, providing them access and support for the most cutting edge technologies out there. Yuval resides in Israel, he is married with two kids and a dog. As a seasoned skipper, Yuval enjoys sailing, traveling, cooking and music.

9 Dec 202120min

Amos Haggiag is the CEO and co-founder of Optibus, a software platform that nourishes freedom of movement and sustainable cities by bringing much-needed innovation to public transportation. Before co-founding Optibus in 2014, Amos led the development of large-scale personalization engines as a senior software development engineer at Microsoft and designed machine learning algorithms at Siemens. He is the recipient of several prestigious math and technology awards, including the Intel Prize (for software engineering), the Elkin Prize (for information technology) and the Wolf Prize (for mathematics).

8 Dec 202123min

An entrepreneur with a big passion for product development. Dan brings 18 years of C-level experience from MyHeritage.com, 888.com, Reach, SWIFT SHIFT and Rocket Internet. Dan is a licensed lawyer, holds an MBA from UCLA (Entertainment Management), an MBA from London Business School with a concentration in finance, and a dual major in law and business (cum laude) from Reichman University. Dan took part in the Zell entrepreneurship program, NFX and Upwest Labs accelerators. Dan is a sought-after public speaker and appears regularly in the Israeli prime time media.

8 Dec 202124min

Adam is CEO of Visby Medical (formerly Click Diagnostics), which he founded in 2012 to develop easy-use diagnostic tests. In March 2020, the company pivoted from work on a sexual health test to tackle the coronavirus, and in July received FDA emergency authorization approval for its portable COVID-19 test. He is also an associate professor in the Departments of Structural Biology and Electrical Engineering at Stanford University School of Medicine, with research interests spanning a broad field of molecular imaging. His lab is developing new optical imaging tools with applications to cancer and ophthalmic diseases, such as age-related macular degeneration.

7 Dec 202122min

Yotam Manor, 33 years old, lives in Tel Aviv with his wife Hili and their 6 months old baby boy Carmel. He is an 8200 Alumni and a Hebrew University Graduate in Philosophy, Politics & Economics (PPE), and is self-trained as a Software Engineer. An experienced Tech Leader combining expertise in software, data, product & people, Yotam was until recently the Head of Engineering at Trellis.ai, and not too long ago joined Versatile as an R&D Manager. He volunteers for almost a decade in the Civic-tech NGO "The Public Knowledge Workshop" (Hasadna), as an Open Source Project Leader and Board Chairman, among other roles.

6 Dec 202121min