Ep475: Yinnon Dolev | CEO, Sompo Digital Lab Israel, Sompo Holdings

Uli is a technology entrepreneur with 25 years of developing early-stage start-ups. He was CEO of Aisys, Sanrad, Superfish, and SleepRate, and VP Business Development at Tango, Magisto, and now at Moovit. Uli combines his technology comprehension, market insight and business savviness to create and execute strategic growth plans for B2C and B2B technology companies.

11 Sep 202022min

Tal is a General Partner at Disruptive Ventures, a privately held venture fund run by investment professionals equipped with extensive global technology and media relationships. He also serves as a board member in various technological companies as Beamr, Anodot, Co-Cycle, Speed Up and Taylor Brands. Previously Tal founded and led companies such as S.E.A (IPO), Orca Interactive (acquired), Belnsync (acquired) and Dotomi (acquired) and helped found Sosa, a global network of tech innovation hubs.

11 Sep 202024min

Shachar Peled is a foreign affairs multimedia journalist, currently the Europe Correspondent for Israel’s News 13 and a contributor to Haaretz newspaper. She’s a former CNN producer and writer, and was a launch team member of media startup i24news, the first-ever multi-language international news channel in the Middle East. She’s a staunch advocate of social issues, from gender equality to human rights, and has focused her storytelling on these topics.

11 Sep 202023min

Meagen is the CMO of TripActions, previously CMO of MongoDB and on the board of G2, TinyPulse and Reactful. Before joining MongoDB, she was VP of Demand Generation at DocuSign. Named Top 25 for B2B Marketing Influencers, Meagen has advised over 25 tech companies such as Branch.io, Chorus.ai, Sendoso, CoreOS, Accompany, TinyPulse and SumoLogic, seven of which were acquired in the past two years. She has an MBA from Yale SOM.

11 Sep 202021min

David is VMware’s Chief Research Officer, where he leads the research & innovation activities that are accelerating and extending VMware’s technology leadership. Previously he was Corporate Vice President at Microsoft, Partner at New Venture Partners, VP of Platform Strategy at Amazon (and CEO of its A9.com subsidiary), VP and Director of Research at Intel and DARPA’s Chief Scientist and Director of its Information Technology Office. Along with all that, he was also a faculty member at MIT and holds a Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge.

11 Sep 202021min

Liraz Margalit, PhD, is a Social Psychologist who specializes in Behavioral Design and Decision Making. She integrates Neuropsychology and Behavioral Economics perspectives to analyze User behavior and deliver actionable insights for business stakeholders. She is a lecturer at the IDC and a worldwide keynote speaker.  She is a recipient of the Online Business Excellence prize and her research papers and studies can be found in top business magazines such as Entrepreneur, TechCrunch and Forbes.

11 Sep 202018min

Gadi Bashvitz in the President & Chief Customer Officer at NeuraLegion. A fast growing application security company providing application security from build to compliance. Originally from Israel and having grown up in a number of countries Gadi started his hi-tech career in product management. He has been in the US for the last 17 years and has been leading sales, customer success and marketing organizations throughout that period. Gadi has been part of some amazing success stories including Verint, Merced Systems and Nice Systems.

11 Sep 202021min

Neil was a former VP and CFO of Ford Mobility and VP and Treasurer for Ford Motor Company. He joined Ford in 1982.  In 1991, he joined the Treasurer's Office and held numerous positions in corporate treasury culminating in becoming VP Treasurer in 2007.  In July 2016 he took on the role of CFO for Ford Mobility, a newly created subsidiary.  Neil retired from Ford after 36 years at year-end 2018.  Since retiring, Neil has taken on the roles of independent director at Karamba Security, has joined the advisory board of OurCrowd, and has joined the board of BNP Paribas USA, Inc.  Neil is also on the non-profit board of Kids Kicking Cancer, whose mission is to ease the pain of very sick children while empowering them to heal physically, spiritually and emotionally.

11 Sep 202023min