Ep851: Kison Patel | Founder and CEO, M&A Science

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Rina Vernovskaya is the CEO of 280 Group, the world’s leading product management training and consulting company. Her team provides custom solutions to help product management teams deliver customer-focused products that matter. Prior to 280 Group, Rina was an analyst in McKinsey & Co’s investment office and in the Leadership Program at MetLife. She holds a BA in Economics and European Studies from Amherst College and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

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Raziel Tabib is the founder and CEO of Codefresh, a CI/CD platform designed to help teams confidently ship cloud-native applications faster. Prior to Codefresh Raziel has over 15 years of experience building software and running products in HP, Mercury and more. An entrepreneur, technology enthusiast and a software builder at heart, Raziel holds an MBA from Bar Ilan University in Israel and a BA in Math and Computer Science (cum laude)”

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Anna Juusela is an entrepreneur with 10+ years of experience in the retail sector, as a teacher and a consultant in the field of trends, profitability, and marketing. Her ambition and interest in future trends and new technologies, as well as her vision and determination to prevent forced marriages and empower women, led her to build an impact startup: We Encourage. They build a conversational AI tool for the victims of domestic violence and a fundraising platform for causes empowering women and girls.

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Robert is a Lecturer in Management at the Stanford Graduate School of Business where he teaches five different courses on strategy, innovation finance and product management. He is also a General Partner at XSeed Capital and a Venture Partner at Piva. Along with holding executive positions in various startups and enterprises, he is the co-inventor of four patents and served as lead researcher for Andy Grove’s best-selling book, Only the Paranoid Survive. He has a new book coming out later this year on how leading companies are combining the best of digital and physical in products and solutions.

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