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Valerie Zarka

Valerie Zarka

Digital expert for 14 years as a managing partner in digital agencies in France (B2L BBDO, Ogilvy One, Aegis Media…), Valerie has served key accounts and French public authorities in building their digital ecosystems. Valerie founded More Than Digital to assist companies’ digital innovation, connecting them to the Israeli high tech community through technological scouting, Innovation Trips in Israel and Israeli Innovation Days in Paris. She is based between Paris and Tel Aviv.

Dr. Giora Yahav

Dr. Giora Yahav

Dr. Yahav is the General Manager of AIT (Advanced Imaging Technology) group at Microsoft R&D Israel.Dr. Yahav previously served as Senior VP R&D and CTO of 3DV Systems, & was also one of 3DV's founders and the Inventor of its basic technology.He has over 16 years experience in Research and Development project management at Rafael, the Israeli Armament Development Authority, Head of active Electro-Optical Systems department. Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry, a M.Sc. in Inorganic Chemistry & Physics.

Ron Diamant

Ron Diamant

Ron received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from the Technion. He has held several R&D, architecture and management positions in IDF, MIPS, Zoran and Annapurna Labs. Today, Ron is a Project Manager at Annapurna Labs, an Israeli startup company which was recently acquired by Amazon.

Eyal Carmel

Eyal Carmel

Eyal Carmel is a Group Program Manager in Microsoft’s Israel R&D Centre. He was the Director of Academia Programs in the Microsoft Israel R&D Center, working with the Academia and within Microsoft to bridge between the academic world and the industry/business world. Before Microsoft, Eyal was AVP of Product Management in cVidya. Prior to that worked in Comverse in various positions from R&D Group Manager to VP of Portfolio Management, in the IAF in various development and management positions.

Shlomit Harth

Shlomit Harth

Shlomit is the CEO of Gartner, she is a professional executive with over 25 years of experience in leading global organizations, setting strategies, driving organizational operations and advising to leading corporations. Shlomit is also a member of the advisory committee to the TA stock exchange. Shlomit has held a range of numerous positions in the Israeli and global high tech industry.

Uri Aizik

Uri Aizik

Uri has been a strategic consultant for a decade - focusing on SME. Lecturer for 9 years in several academic institutions. Lecturer at IDC since 2011, teaching Business Strategy, entrepreneurship for business and Entrepreneurship for the Hi-Tech industry. Now days try and finish his Phd regarding the Israeli wine industry.

Yariv Lissauer

Yariv Lissauer

Yariv is the Co-founder and CEO of Fralis, a developer of high-end 3D gaming applications.Principal at Synergy Innovations VC where he managed the fund’s deal flow. Associate Director with Standard Chartered Bank in Hong Kong Lawyer at S. Horowitz & Co. in Israel. MBA, INSEAD. LLM, LLB and BA Economics (cum laude)

Ido Yerushalmi

Ido Yerushalmi

Ido is the Senior Director of Business Development, EEMEA. He began his internet career during is engineering studies when he joined a small startup company that focused on financial trading, and prior to joining the Outbrain team Ido has been working on business development projects and R&D funding consultancy for companies focusing on the online world. Ido holds a B.Sc. in Materials Engineering from the Ben Gurion University of the Negev in Israel.

Jonathan Ofir

Jonathan Ofir

Jonathan (Yoni) Ofir is an entrepreneur, with a focus on leveraging innovation and entrepreneurship as a means to solve global problems. He is the Co-Founder of Alcohoot, a company which developed the world's first smartphone breathalyzer. Jonathan lead Alcohoot to placement in retail locations across the U.S. Jonathan has won several prestigious awards such as Red Dot Award: Product Design 2014, Entrepreneur Magazine 100 Brilliant Companies 2014, Mashable Choice Award 2014, and many more.

Etan Efrati

Etan Efrati

Etan works as a digital marketer at OurCrowd, a global equity crowdfunding site focused on the Israeli early stage/startup scene, for accredited investors only. Etan is a startup enthusiast whose professional background includes managing luxury construction projects in NYC and founding a clothing company.

Liad Rubin

Liad Rubin

Liad Rubin is part of Kaedan Capital, a private investment firm engaged in seed-early stage investments in web, mobile & digital media startups. Since 2007 Liad has been involved with technology startups in marketing and business development positions. Liad holds an MBA from IE Business School, Madrid and a BA in Business Administration IDC, Herzliya.

Shlomo Maital

Shlomo Maital

Shlomo Maital is senior research associate at the Samuel Neaman Institute for Advanced Studies in Science & Technology, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, and professor (emeritus). He was the academic director of TIM-Technion Institute of Management, Israel's leading executive leadership development institute and a pioneer in action-learning methods, from 1998 - 2009. He was summer Visiting Professor for 20 years in MIT Sloan School of Management's Management of Technology M.Sc. program.

Amir Morad

Amir Morad

Amir Morad is currently completing his PhD studies at the Electrical Engineering Department of the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology. Morad has solid business & engineering background and proven track record in managing start-ups from concept to a successful multinational corporation, with a variety of products sold worldwide to first-tier customers, generating multi-million dollars in revenues. Co-founder of Horizon Semiconductors, VisionTech and Broadcom Israel.

Jonathan Swerdlow

Jonathan Swerdlow

Jonathan Swerdlow is a Belgian & Israeli entrepreneur best known as founder & CEO of GamyTech.

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