Ep92: Gil Ben Artzy | Founding Partner of UpWest

Ian Cook is recognized for his leadership and insight in the area of workforce analytics and planning. Ian is currently the vice president of people analytics at Visier where he helps customers drive organizational change through linking workforce analysis to business outcomes. He is responsible for the workforce domain expertise within the Visier solutions. Prior to joining Visier, Ian built Canada's leading source of HR Benchmarking data. His knowledge and expertise come from 10+ years of consulting with global companies. Ian holds an MA from Edinburgh University (UK), an MBA from Lancaster University (UK).

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Rani Plaut is CEO and Co-Founder of AIR, the startup reimagining air mobility with eVTOLs for mass personal use. With a rich background in mathematics and physics, automotive and aerospace technologies, Rani’s impressive experience has led him to work with several OEMs and serve on the boards of multiple tech companies and venture funds. Prior to co-founding AIR, he was CEO and Co-Founder of Bmax, a leading provider of advanced metal processing solutions.

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Dan Dobry was the founder of the Union of Financial Planners in Israel (UFPI), served as the first Chairman and President of UFPI. Dan was the Global Council Representative for Israel for the Global Community (FPSB) from 2012 - 2018 and from January 2019 is a member of the Committee for Standards and Qualifications for the European Union (SQC).

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As Chief Marketing Officer, Adi is responsible for leading vcita’s strategic thinking and global marketing objectives in supporting micro and small businesses on their journey to success and digital transformation. Coupled with her business acumen, Adi has a host of experience and customer-centric product knowledge, which she constantly brings into new, innovative, company-wide, initiatives that are guided by her passion for enabling the inclusion of the underserved. Driving a growth culture and mentality, Adi, together with her team, is helping to positively impact hundreds of thousands of small businesses around the world to build businesses they are proud of.

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Yuval Passov is the regional partner lead, managing Google's relationships with the biggest media agencies across Asia. Prior to his move to Singapore, he was leading the gaming team in Google Israel, working with the leading gaming companies in Europe and the US to develop their marketing strategy, including Playtika, Miniclip, Epic Games, Zynga and many more. He is also the founder of Game On! Asia, the leading podcast in Asia focusing on the mobile gaming ecosystem in Asia. In his free time, he volunteers as a mentor in Google for Startups: Southeast Asia Accelerator

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Avi has broad experience and a proven track record in building innovative startups from the bottom up as well as leading venture capital investments. Before founding Mobilion Ventures, Avi served as the CEO of Capital Nature, an early-stage investment company that focuses on green energy and smart mobility and led the fund’s notable investments of millions of dollars in leading startups. Avi founded the Regional Development Center at the Israeli Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor and served as its first director. Prior to that, he was senior deputy legal adviser for the Ministry.  Avi Feldman has an LL.M from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and an EMPA from Syracuse University in NY.

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Jennifer Schear is the Founding Partner of Schear Immigration Law Firm, a boutique immigration firm in Tel-Aviv. SI represents Israeli and foreign corporations ranging from Start-Ups through publicly traded companies in securing work authorization for key personnel. SI works closely with local hi-tech accelerators and incubators and the international venture capital community with regard to corporate immigration issues and compliance strategies.

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Bio: An experienced investor in Agritech and Food tech companies. Until recently was a Venture Partner at Entrée Capital, responsible for AgriTech and FoodTech investments. Invested in 4 Agritech startups. An active Chairwoman of the board at ViAqua and board members in additional startups. Dganit brings over 20 years of senior management experience as Intel Israel CS site manager and VP R&D with Perrigo and Hazera.

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