Ep1132: Building Security at the Design Stage with Michael Nov

Nathan is a managing partner with Hyperwise Ventures, an Israeli venture capital that leads seed investments in the cybersecurity and enterprise software domains. He co-founded and led as a CEO Sentrigo Inc., acquired by McAfee, where he became VP Database Security. Nathan later co-founded Hyperwise Security, acquired by Check Point Software Technologies, where he became VP of Emerging Products.

27 Mar 202122min

In 2018 Romi joined the Israel Innovation Institute with a clear vision of forming a professional, first of its kind community in the field of innovation management in organizations, corporates, and on a geographical level. Following this passion, Romi co-founded and today the Director of CatalystIL community, with more than 2300 community members, 200 innovation managers, and 100+ professionals- all part of the ecosystem.

27 Mar 202121min

Badri is the founder and CEO of Jamm, a lightweight voice and video collaboration tool for remote and distributed teams. Prior to Jamm, he was CTO and SVP of Engineering at TokBox, now part of Nexmo (Vonage’s API platform), where he led the core engineering and operations teams. Before joining TokBox, Badri worked at Microsoft in the Core Operating Systems Division (COSD). Badri has an MS in Computer Science from Stanford University.

26 Mar 202121min

Seema is Co-Founder & COO at Nuggets, an award-winning, decentralized, self-sovereign identity and payment platform that offers exceptional protection for customer data, as well as a frictionless customer experience. In 2020,  Seema won Deutsche Bank’s Female Fintech Competition and Women in Payments’ Unicorn Challenge. She was awarded the Booking.com Technology Playmaker Entrepreneur of the Year, and listed as one of the Most Influential Women in Payments, by PaymentsSource.

26 Mar 202121min

Sevda Memet, from Constanta, Romania, is pursuing a master’s degree in Business Administration at Stanford Graduate School of Business, and a master’s degree in Public Policy at Stanford School of Humanities and Sciences as a Knight-Hennessy Scholar in the inaugural cohort of the scholarship program. She graduated summa cum laude with a medical degree from Ovidius University Constanta and worked as a Chief Resident in Hematology-Oncology and Rare Diseases in the Romanian public healthcare system. She was awarded the 2018 Ten Outstanding Young People of Romania and aspires to help cancer patients by creating the first oncological system in Romania that will focus on integrated medicine and genetic testing. At Stanford, Sevda holds the following roles and distinctions: Co-President of the Graduate Student Council (Stanford Public Policy Program), Co-Managing Director of Cardinal Ventures (Stanford’s non-profit student-led startup accelerator program), 2021 Global Leaders and Innovators in Human and Planetary Health Fellow and 2020 Stanford US-Russia Fellow in the Biosecurity and Public Health Group.

25 Mar 202122min

Boaz is the CEO and Founder of Wisdo, an award-winning platform going beyond the Social Graph by connecting people to others who've "been there", are helpful, and are available to chat within 10 seconds and less. Wisdo reduces feelings of isolation by 70% within the first 2 weeks of using the app.Boaz founded Wisdo after losing his father to cancer and witnessing up close - how unnecessarily impossible it is in times of need, to find someone who ticks all three boxes: someone who's helpful, relevant, and instantly available. Previous to Wisdo, Boaz was a journalist and social activist.

25 Mar 202122min

Polly joined Nivo in 2019 from Bureau van Dijk, a Moody’s Analytics Company, where she consulted large corporates and financial services organizations on how to modernize and implement risk (AML/KYC/credit) assessment software. In less than five years, she was promoted from a Business Development Executive role to Account Director, where she managed global FTSE 250 clients. She was listed in Tech Nation’s ’10 inspiring women powering tech in the North West’ and is a regular panelist at fin-tech events in Manchester.

24 Mar 202121min

Talpiot program alum, Asaf continued his IDF service as a commander in the elite 8200 intelligence unit. He previously held positions as R&D Team Leader and Project Manager where he led 30+ researchers, engineers and analysts in large-scale projects. Co-founding Granulate, he hopes to democratize performance and build a world without performance loss.

24 Mar 202121min