Ep465: Dana Zelitzki | VP of Marketing, Valens
With more than 10 years of experience in the hi-tech industry in various business development, marketing, and product management roles, Dana is responsible for the Valens’ marketing activities. Dana leads the company’s messaging, positioning, go-to-market, and general marketing activities, including communications, tradeshows, media, digital marketing, and more. Dana has contributed to building the Valens and HDBaseT brands and establishing the company’s leadership in both the audio-video and automotive markets.
28 Juni 202122min
Ep464: Yonatan Geifman | Co-founder and CEO of Deci
Yonatan is co-founder and CEO of Deci, the deep learning company building the next generation of AI. He co-founded Deci after completing his Ph.D. in computer science at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology. His research focused on making Deep Neural Networks (DNNs) more applicable for mission-critical tasks. Yonatan was also a member of Google AI’s MorphNet team where he worked on developing an automated machine learning algorithm based on neural network pruning.
27 Juni 202119min
Ep463: Gadi Gidor | Artistic Director and Career Manager
Gadi was born in Israel right before they put a man on the moon. He Moved to NY upon completing his three years of mandatory military service and graduated with a Bachelor's degree from NYU (Stern school of business) as well as with an MBA degree from Harvard University. He had been working his entire professional life in the music industry, assuming various roles in Major Record companies. Currently, he is enjoying his independence as a freelance artists' manager/consultant. Gadi is married to Yuri Kato and is the father of Yasmin, Lia, and Eden.
26 Juni 202134min
Ep462: Omry Ben David | General Partner, Viola Ventures
Omry is a General Partner at Viola Ventures. He joined the fund in 2017 bringing with him 15 years of technology-focused experience across investment banking, startup operations, and both institutional and private venture investments. Prior to Viola Omry was a Senior Vice President at Goldman Sachs in the tech, media, and telecom (TMT) investment banking group. Omry’s areas of investment at Viola Ventures include FinTech and insruTech as well as Enterprise and SME Software.
25 Juni 202124min
Ep461: Robby Nissan | Co-Founder & Chief Business Development Officer, Fetcherr Ltd
Robby brings 22 years of experience in the advertising and marketing industry in Israel. Former Chief Creative Officer in TBWA/Tel Aviv, and Former founder and Head of Strategy & Creative in HAVAS/Tele Aviv. Robby has vast experience in Commercial and Political campaign management and as a senior strategy consultant in the Wolfson foundation and other international organizations.
24 Juni 202121min
Ep460: Ofir Bar Levav | Chief Business Officer, Indoor Robotics
Ofir started his career in Procter & Gamble where he spent 12 years in various management roles in Finance, strategy, BD, and M&A working on many P&G brands (Pampers, Haircare, Gillette, etc) and including 2 relocations periods in Europe (Belgium, Switzerland). He moved to Tyco running finance for the security products division and later on BD & M&A for the division. He joined Johnson Controls as it acquired Tyco and was the general manager for the global open innovation platform. A year ago he joined Indoor Robotics as Chief Business Officer. Ofir also serves as a venture advisor at Spider Capital.
23 Juni 202128s
Ep459: Yariv Bash | Co-founder and CEO, Flytrex, Founder, SpaceIL
Yariv Bash is the CEO and co-founder of Flytrex, a drone technology company providing comprehensive, autonomous drone delivery solutions that enable any business, from SMBs to e-commerce giants, to integrate instant, autonomous drone delivery into their offering. Flytrex is an end-to-end drone logistics solution spearheading the drone revolution. Prior to Flytrex, Yariv was the Founder and CEO of SpaceIL, a $100M Israeli non-profit organization that attempted to land Beresheet, the first private interplanetary robotic mission, on the Moon.
22 Juni 202123min
Ep458: Song Toh | VP of Product Management, Tata Communications
Song is the VP of Product Management at Tata Communications, a global telecommunications managed service provider. He runs a global business connecting the offices and users of multinational enterprises, to their critical business applications, using the latest programmable network and IT infrastructure technology. At global companies like Cisco and Tata Communications, Song has delivered products that make enterprise IT infrastructure more agile, cost efficient and easy to use, allowing my customers to focus on their business, rather than constrained by the complex technologies they deploy.
21 Juni 202121min
