20MinuteLeaders

Chen Shmilo is the Managing Director of 8200 Impact, Israel's first and most prominent Impact-tech accelerator in the 8200 Alumni Association. Chen worked in the public and the NGO sector as a lawyer and a public policy advisor focusing on public health and the healthcare system until he pivoted to the world of technological entrepreneurship. He is an 8200 unit alumnus who holds an LL.B. degree (Cum Laude) from Haifa University and an LL.M. degree in Public Law from Tel Aviv University and Northwestern University in Chicago. He is also a graduate of Fulbright's Humphrey Fellowship in public health policy and management. Chen is also a leader in the LGBTQ Community in Israel who established the LGBTQ Medical Society.

8 Feb 202123min

Anique Drumright works as the VP of Product at Loom, where she oversees product strategy and development. Most recently, she was the Vice President of Product at TripActions, where she built the product and design organization from the ground up and scaled the team over 8x globally during a period of hypergrowth. She has also held multiple roles at Uber in product, partnerships, and operations management. Before entering tech, she served in leadership roles at and taught for Teach for America in Memphis.

7 Feb 202123min

Ruby is a Dealmaker with a proven track record in initiating, leading and executing +30 strategic transactions (investments, M&As, divestitures and revenue-generating partnerships) at global, industry-leading companies (Hyundai Motor Company, Amdocs and NICE Systems). Enjoying supporting tech geeks to disrupt conventional industries for over a decade, serving as BoD member, BoD observer and strategic advisor to multiple growth companies. Characterized as highly networked in the Israeli tech scene as well as worldwide corporate investors, with a deep understanding of communication, enterprise software and Autotech technologies.

6 Feb 202124min

Maya is a social entrepreneur, founder, and president of Sukarma Foundation, also known as "PADWOMAN OF INDIA". Over the past 4 years, she has been working in her hometown district Narsinghpur in a self-sustainable village. Sukarma works on "Menstrual Hygiene Awareness" in the tribal area of Madhya Pradesh. They are manufacturing affordable low-cost sanitary napkins for tribal and rural girls/women named "NO TENSION".

5 Feb 202120min

A 3rd generation small business entrepreneur, Eyal co-founded BlueVine to provide businesses with an easier way to access financial services. Before BlueVine, he was a Principal at Greylock IL and an Associate at McKinsey. Eyal holds an MBA from the University of Chicago, where he was a Carlton Fellow.

4 Feb 202121min

Wes is an inventor with 20 granted US patents on cellphones. He holds a Ph.D. in theoretical physics from CalTech, and did a postdoc at Los Alamos under George Zweig, the co-discoverer of quarks. Wes co-founded Metaswarm for antispam, and Linket with 13 patents on branding. He attended Burning Man from 1992 - 1999.

3 Feb 202123min

Lynn is the Founder and CEO of Pivt, the company social app designed to reduce turnover and improve the well-being of relocated, remote, and transient employees. Pivt was born out of Lynn's own frustration after relocating to London (a few weeks after graduating from F & M) to work for Bloomberg and not knowing where to start to make her new city feel like home. Prior, Lynn worked at Bloomberg LP in London and then as a Senior Associate at Autonomy Ventures, where she procured startup deal-flow, managed teams, and drove value creation for portfolio companies. She currently serves as the VP of Panels for the New York Venture Community (NYVC), and mentors/advises at Women in Business at Yeshiva University, Astia Angels, and London & Partners, and Athletic Venture Advisors. Lynn is a frequent panelist, startup judge, and speaker, including at SXSW, Franklin & Marshall College, NYU Stern Business School $300K Startup Challenge, Columbia University Business School, Brandeis University Business School, Syracuse University Innovation Competition, NY Venture Summit, and the University of Oxford. Lynn has been featured in publications such as: Forbes, The London Evening Standard, and Digital Trends. She has also been published in: Thrive Global, ERC Worldwide Mobility Magazine, Startup Magazine, and Entrepreneur Podcast Network.

2 Feb 202121min

Assaf Gil is one of Israel's veteran and most successful television producers. In the course of his 30 years in the TV industry, Gil has consistently produced Israel's highest-rated shows on commercial television as well as created various television formats for the local and international television markets.

1 Feb 202120min