Ep949: Faisal Hoque | Founder, Chair, NextChapter
Faisal Hoque is an accomplished entrepreneur, senior executive, author, thought leader, public speaker, and advisor to management teams and BODs with more than 25 years of cross-industry success. He is the founder of SHADOKA, NextChapter, and other companies; they focus on enabling sustainable and transformational changes.
18 Nov 202220min
Ep948: Rani Puranik | Owner, EVP & Global CFO, Worldwide Oilfield Machine
Revati “Rani” Puranik is co-owner, EVP and Global CFO of Houston-based Worldwide Oilfield Machine (WOM). Over 15 years ago, she joined WOM, an oil and gas equipment manufacturing firm, and has since implemented the framework for communication standardization operations and business development. As a result of these frameworks, the company grew to more than $350 million in annual revenue. Rani has been named one of the “Top 25 Most Influential Women in Energy 2022” by Oil and Gas Investor and Hart Energy. In her book, Seven Letters to My Daughters she shares memoirs of her journey through transformative seven-year phases in her life by telling the true story of a young girl who grew up between two countries and faced many obstacles, but always persisted in learning and moving forward. Rani shares how her womanhood and motherhood inspired each step to help others find their path, success, love, and independence.
17 Nov 202221min
Ep947: Jeet Chandan | Founder and Managing Director, Entremax Global Solutions
Jeet Chandan is an experienced entrepreneur and founder who has completely changed the course of industries across the land. He is a marketing maestro and a fintech specialist who has created a legacy in the entrepreneurial world. He works with the vision of bringing changes to the ever-evolving planet. With the aim to join entrepreneurs and businesses with the idea of new orders, Jeet has built significant platforms like - Entremax, BizDateup, and Shortgun.
17 Nov 202221min
Ep946: Lorraine Marchand | Executive Managing Director, Merative
Lorraine Marchand is Executive Managing Director of Merative (formerly IBM Watson Health) and has three decades of experience in new product development. She has held leadership positions at Bristol Myers Squibb, Covance, Cognizant, and IQVIA, and has cofounded four companies. Marchand is an adjunct professor of management and serves on the Healthcare and Pharmaceutical Management Program Advisory Board at Columbia Business School and is an adjunct professor of innovation and entrepreneurship at Yeshiva University’s Katz School of Science and Health. She is also an investor-member of venture firm Plum Alley. Her new book, THE INNOVATION MINDSET: Eight Essential Steps To Transform Any Industry, was recently published by Columbia University Press.
16 Nov 202221min
Ep945: Aaron Zucker | Founder & Managing Partner, Sapir Venture Partners
Aaron is the founder and managing partner of Sapir Venture Partners, a pre-seed/seed stage fund investing in Israeli deep-tech companies. SapirVP uses a mentorship-driven strategy, where the diligence process establishes a relationship that allows SapirVP to contribute meaningful value beyond cash as new enterprises create long-term success. Aaron was a serial entrepreneur in Israel and the U.S. before creating SapirVP. He is a recovering attorney (like everyone in Israel) with an LLB from Hebrew University in Jerusalem and an MBA from MIT Sloan. Aaron runs MassChallenge Israel. MCIL is Israel's largest accelerator without founder equity. We're a global non-profit with over 3300 specialists who coach and judge entrepreneurs in our accelerator competition. MCIL is situated in Jerusalem, where we've helped 330 startups raise $1B.
15 Nov 202223min
Ep943: Ido Eylon | CEO, 3DM Digital manufacturing
A well-rounded experienced business executive with an international mindset, Ido Eylon is 3DM’s CEO and board member. Ido has a vast experience in the Additive Manufacturing industry in various roles and positions. He started his journey in the industry with Stratasys (Nasdaq: SSYS) where he assumed positions in Israel, North America & Asia Pacific. Being close to the market and customers, he gained a lot of experience and insights into the industry’s landscape. In his last role before joining 3DM, Ido held the position of Vice President of Sales & Marketing in Massivit (TASE: MSVT) leading the company’s go-to-market organization worldwide. Ido holds a Bsc in Biomedical Engineering from Ben-Gurion University.
12 Nov 202221min
Ep942: Ron Reiter | Co-Founder & CTO, Sentra
An experienced entrepreneur who sold his company to Oracle in 2016 and went on to invest in over a dozen new startups. After serving in Unit 8200, Ron spent 15 years in various managing positions in data engineering, cybersecurity, and cloud infrastructure.
11 Nov 202221min
Ep941: Yossi Carmil | CEO, Cellebrite
Yossi Carmil is the CEO of Cellebrite, a global leader in Digital Intelligence (DI) solutions for the public and private sectors. The company’s technology is used in millions of investigations around the world, helping thousands of law enforcement agencies to convict bad actors and bring justice to victims of crimes. Carmil started as one of Cellebrite’s very first employees and has been serving as CEO for the past 17 years. Before joining Cellebrite, he was Siemens' Commercial Vice President in Israel. Carmil has more than 25 years of experience in management, international sales, business development, and strategic consultancy. Prior to working in the private sector, he served at the Israeli Ministry of Defense.
10 Nov 202223min
