Ep251: Michal Levin | VP of Product, Hero
Michal is the VP of Product at Hero Health, aiming to help people manage their health better, and live their lives to the fullest. She is passionate about solving hard problems that make a difference in people’s lives, and in a career of over 15 years, led UX and product across Google, Verily Life Sciences, Zoox, modu and more. She authored the book "Designing Multi-Device Experiences" (O'Reilly Media) and several other publications, mentored dozens of startups, and spoke at local and global conferences. Also the mom of two toddlers, an avid audible listener and a big fan of live music shows.
9 Jan 202123min
Ep250: Oren Rubin | Founder and CEO, Testim.io
Oren is the Founder and CEO of Testim.io. He has over 20 years of experience in tech, focusing on products for developers at IBM, Wix, Cadence, Applitools, and now Testim.io. In addition to being a busy entrepreneur, Oren is a community activist, the co-organizer of several meetups and conferences, mentored at the Google Launchpad Accelerator, and taught at Technion University.
7 Jan 202123min
Ep248: Oron Afek | Co-Founder and CEO, Vim
Oron Afek is the co-founder and CEO of Vim (www.getvim.com) - improving the performance of healthcare networks in the US. Prior to starting Vim, Oron started a telecommunication startup and a gaming company, operating out of Tel Aviv, Israel. Oron received his law and business degrees from IDC Herzliya.
6 Jan 202123min
Ep247: Keren Fanan | Chief Commercial Officer, Gett
As the Chief Commercial Officer of Gett (previously Get-Taxi), Keren is leading several revenue streams within the company, including Gett's international b2b division. Prior to this role, Keren established two startups within the company ("startups within a startup") and grew them from nearly a concept into fully profitable business units. Keren began her career in R&D and spent several years as a Product Manager and Technical Project Manager, liaising between technology departments and leading release lifecycles from kickoff to deployment. Keren holds a BSc in Industrial Engineering and Management from Tel Aviv University.
5 Jan 202123min
Ep246: Noam Segal | Director of User Research, Wealthfront
Noam's first UX role was in the military industries, where he was the UX lead for several of Israel's missile-defense systems. He attended a liberal arts college in Israel, studying Psychology and Media, before moving to the US to get his Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Since then, Noam has worked at Airbnb, Intercom, and these days Wealthfront in UX research roles. He's currently the Director of User Research at Wealthfront, a Fintech company. In addition, Noam is a UX content creator on his Youtube channel "UX Quests", and on the UXR Collective platform. Noam is a UX mentor on UX Coffee Hours, or directly if you get in touch with him on LinkedIn!
4 Jan 202122min
Ep245: Aliza Peleg | Board Member and High-Tech Executive
A seasoned high-tech executive with over 30 years of experience combining technical, operational, and leadership roles. Expertise spanned across large, medium, and start-up organizations in both private and public companies. Held varied positions across the solution value chain from product definition, through go-to-market, business development, and operations. Passionate for building high performing teams with a focus on execution excellence.
3 Jan 202129min
Ep243: Talia Wolf | Founder and Chief Optimizer, GetUplift
As the founder of GetUplift, Talia and her team provide conversion optimization services for high-growth companies using customer-centric methods, emotional targeting strategies, and data-driven analysis. Talia has been invited to teach conversion optimization on hundreds of stages such as Google, MozCon, Call To Action Conference, SearchLove, and many more and was recently listed as one of the most influential experts in conversion optimization.
3 Jan 202123min
Ep242: Mike Tung | Founder and CEO, Diffbot
Mike Tung is the CEO and Founder of Diffbot, an adviser at the Stanford StartX accelerator, and the leader of Stanford's entry in the DARPA Robotics Challenge. In a previous life, he was a patent lawyer, a grad student in the Stanford AI lab, and a software engineer at eBay, Yahoo, and Microsoft. Mike studied electrical engineering and computer science at UC Berkeley and computer science at Stanford.
3 Jan 202121min
