20MinuteLeaders

Chemi Katz is the current CEO and Co-Founder of Namogoo, a Digital Journey Continuity platform serving over 250 global brands in eCommerce. With over 17 years of experience in the eCommerce, security, commerce, and advertising spaces, Chemi is an experienced visionary and serial entrepreneur who builds disruptive technologies. Prior to co-founding Namogoo, Chemi was General Manager of DoubleVerify Israel and co-founded Seapai and Reissod. Earlier in his career, Chemi led Production Operations at LivePerson (NASDAQ: LPSN), was Global Business Technology Manager for Aladdin, and managed IT Outsourcing for Bynet.

30 Jun 202123min

Michael Eisenberg is an Equal Partner at Aleph, an early-stage venture capital fund with over $500M under management. Aleph focuses on partnering with great Israeli entrepreneurs to build large, meaningful companies and impactful global brands. Since its founding in 2013, Aleph has invested in more than 40 companies including Melio, Lemonade, Bringg, JoyTunes, Healthy.io, and Nexar.

29 Jun 202123min

With more than 10 years of experience in the hi-tech industry in various business development, marketing, and product management roles, Dana is responsible for the Valens’ marketing activities. Dana leads the company’s messaging, positioning, go-to-market, and general marketing activities, including communications, tradeshows, media, digital marketing, and more. Dana has contributed to building the Valens and HDBaseT brands and establishing the company’s leadership in both the audio-video and automotive markets.

28 Jun 202122min

Yonatan is co-founder and CEO of Deci, the deep learning company building the next generation of AI. He co-founded Deci after completing his Ph.D. in computer science at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology. His research focused on making Deep Neural Networks (DNNs) more applicable for mission-critical tasks. Yonatan was also a member of Google AI’s MorphNet team where he worked on developing an automated machine learning algorithm based on neural network pruning.

27 Jun 202119min

Gadi was born in Israel right before they put a man on the moon. He Moved to NY upon completing his three years of mandatory military service and graduated with a Bachelor's degree from NYU (Stern school of business) as well as with an MBA degree from Harvard University. He had been working his entire professional life in the music industry, assuming various roles in Major Record companies. Currently, he is enjoying his independence as a freelance artists' manager/consultant. Gadi is married to Yuri Kato and is the father of Yasmin, Lia, and Eden.

26 Jun 202134min

Omry is a General Partner at Viola Ventures. He joined the fund in 2017 bringing with him 15 years of technology-focused experience across investment banking, startup operations, and both institutional and private venture investments. Prior to Viola Omry was a Senior Vice President at Goldman Sachs in the tech, media, and telecom (TMT) investment banking group. Omry’s areas of investment at Viola Ventures include FinTech and insruTech as well as Enterprise and SME Software.

25 Jun 202124min

Robby brings 22 years of experience in the advertising and marketing industry in Israel. Former  Chief Creative Officer in TBWA/Tel Aviv, and Former founder and Head of Strategy & Creative in HAVAS/Tele Aviv. Robby has vast experience in Commercial and Political campaign management and as a senior strategy consultant in the Wolfson foundation and other international organizations.

24 Jun 202121min

Ofir started his career in Procter & Gamble where he spent 12 years in various management roles in Finance, strategy, BD, and M&A working on many P&G brands (Pampers, Haircare, Gillette, etc) and including 2 relocations periods in Europe (Belgium, Switzerland). He moved to Tyco running finance for the security products division and later on BD & M&A for the division. He joined Johnson Controls as it acquired Tyco and was the general manager for the global open innovation platform. A year ago he joined Indoor Robotics as Chief Business Officer. Ofir also serves as a venture advisor at Spider Capital.

23 Jun 202128s