Ep645: Marc Gaffan | CEO, Hysolate
Marc is a successful CEO, Entrepreneur and Cyber security veteran. Prior to joining Hysolate, Marc was the Chief Business Officer at Nexar and an Executive in Residence at Bessemer Venture Partners. In 2009, Gaffan co-founded Incapsula and after its acquisition by Imperva, led the Incapsula business as CEO to $100 million in run rate, protecting millions of websites worldwide and many of the world’s largest enterprises and Telcos. Marc is a thought leader and has appeared before the US Congress, FDIC and Federal Trade Commission on cyber security and identity theft topics. He holds an MBA and a B.Sc. in Computer Science and Economics from Tel Aviv University.
16 Nov 202125min
Ep644: Laurence Girard | Chief Executive Officer, Fruit Street Health
Laurence Girard is the CEO & Founder of Fruit Street Health, which is a telehealth company that delivers the CDC's diabetes prevention program via live group video visits on Zoom with registered dietitians. He has raised more than $25 million in funding for the company via crowdfunding from more than 500 physician investors. Laurence completed his Bachelor's Degree at the Harvard Extension School and was recently accepted to the Program for Leadership Development at Harvard Business School. While Laurence was originally planning to go to medical school, he decided to pursue a career using technology and entrepreneurship to have a social impact on public health.
16 Nov 202120min
Ep643: Mark Minukas | Managing Partner, Co-Creation Partners
Mark is the managing partner of Co-Creation Partners. An engineer by training, he began his career as a Navy officer and member of the US Naval Construction Battalions (Seabees) and the Navy Dive Community. In 2005, he brought his experience and insights on human and organizational factors in engineered systems to McKinsey and Company, where he worked as a consultant and member of the Operations Practice. Since leaving McKinsey to join Co-Creation Partners, Mark has worked across multiple industries, including financial services, technology, manufacturing, IT services, and governmental offices to deliver both top- and bottom-line improvements and build high-performing cultures.
16 Nov 202120min
Ep642: Oren Marmur | SVP & General Manager, Payments, Finastra
Oren Marmur is the SVP & General Manager of the Payments Line of Business at Finastra. Oren is leading the Payments Growth business, delivering end-to-end Payments solutions to customers globally, and promoting the product modernization journey towards a cloud-based platform and ecosystem. Oren is a Talpiot alumni, the IDF elite technology training program.
14 Nov 202122min
Ep641: Sharon Vanek | Executive Director, CICC - California Israel Chamber of Commerce
Sharon is the Executive Director of the California Israel Chamber of Commerce (CICC) where she brings her remarkable 20 years career with significant expertise in international business & marketing. Throughout her career, Sharon showed an enterprising attitude from the start. In 1997 she moved to S. Korea, where she started her long career in a traditionally male-dominated, technical fields of infrastructure and homeland security. She was asked to become the first foreign CEO of the fast growing BERMAD China, and brought the company to be a leader in waterworks infrastructure in the entire South East Asia. She then worked with the US Army, Border Control and highly secured facilities to create, enhance and implement advanced solutions to existing and future problems. During 2008-10 Sharon held VP Homeland Security and Infrastructure position in BDO-I2I, which is part of the BDO Israel Consulting Firm and focused on the Indian market.
14 Nov 202122min
Ep640: David Drai | Co-Founder & CEO, Anodot Ltd.
CEO and Co-Founder David Drai started Anodot out of his frustration with not being able to get real-time insights in spite of having access to real-time big data. With Anodot, he stands committed to helping companies, from digital to fintech to telecom, illuminate business blind spots with AI analytics. He previously was CTO at Gett, an app-based transportation service used in hundreds of cities worldwide. Prior to Gett, he co-founded Cotendo, a content delivery network and site acceleration services provider that was acquired by Akamai Technologies, where he also served as CTO.
12 Nov 202120min
Ep639: Robbie Bach | Author, Speaker, and Civic Engineer, Xbachs LLC
Robbie Bach is best known for founding and leading the team that created the Xbox. Today he is an entertaining storyteller and catalyzing voice who writes books and speaks to audiences on leadership, creativity, strategy, and civic issues. During his twenty-two years at Microsoft, Robbie worked in various marketing and business management roles—including supporting the successful launch and expansion of Microsoft Office and leading the creation and development of the Xbox business. Then as Microsoft’s President of the Entertainment and Devices Division, he was responsible for the company’s worldwide gaming, music, video, phone, and retail sales businesses until he retired in 2010. The Wilkes Insurrection is his first novel. For more information, please visit https://wilkesinsurrection.com
11 Nov 202122min
Ep638: Tracy Werner | Head of Communications & Employer Brand, Cognyte
Tracy Werner is a passionate communications leader, obsessed with getting the right message to the right people at the right time. Every touchpoint in her career has entailed storytelling and raising the bar of communications in corporate settings. In her current role, she leads the team responsible for communication (internal and PR), employer brand, social media and video. Tracy grew up in South Africa and now lives in Israel with her husband and three kids.
11 Nov 202119min
