Mentors provide guidance and counsel in an area of expertise, support through potential networking opportunities, and an example as a role model.
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Israel Rot
Israel has been an entrepreneur and programmer for the past 30 years. He was one of the founders of XMPie, a start-up which was sold to Xerox in 2006, and is a partner and founder of Labgoo, which works in programming and establishing startups in the mobile space. He is involved in founding and managing tech ventures in different areas and in advising entrepreneurs. |
Ziv Azmanov
Ziv is an entrepreneur, co-founder and CEO of a start-up company. He has extensive experience in product innovation, marketing, business development, and general management roles in Fortune 500 and start-up companies. Ziv graduated magna cum laude from Tel Aviv University with a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering and has a master’s degree in business administration (MBA) from San Jose State University in California. |
Ronen Friedman
Ronen is the Marketing and Business Development Manager at Quickode. Ronen is creative, goal-driven and a strategic thinker, with an in-depth understanding of business development principles, marketing and sales. He has strong negotiating, decision making and relationship building skills and a proven track record of creating successful web and mobile products and services. Ronen holds an MBA in Entrepreneurship and High-Tech Management from Ben Gurion University. |
Uri Bettesh
Uri is the founder and CEO of Datos, a start-up for managing medical information, which was created by the patients. Uri started his journey in developing optimization methods using algorithms. He worked as a product manager at Retalix, where he also directed US sales. Since he returned to Israel, Uri has managed the R&D budget as well as the entire product group for the company. After Retalix was acquired by NCR, he managed one of the biggest business divisions at NCR, with sales turnover of more than $1B. He has 12 years of experience in software development, and specifically in analytical software for large enterprises. Uri is an industrial engineer with a specialization in operations research from the Technion. |
Yaron Vilan
Yaron is the CEO of Upwind Group, which is involved in initiation and investments. He has management and business experience in hi-tech and entrepreneurship. In his previous position he managed the start-up Visionmap, which focuses on image processing, computer vision, and electro-optics, and led the company from seed stage to exit. Yaron is an expert in team-building, leading company growth, building international sales frameworks and business development, financing, and M&A. Yaron has a BA in law, with honors. |
Shuky Barbash
Shuky is a tech entrepreneur with business vision and experience in a range of ventures, from inception to acquisition by international companies. He is a co-founder of WeFind, and was an active partner in founding, managing, and serving as VP of technology for CyBook, Jajah, and Mailvision. He has a B.Sc. in computer science and economics from Bar Ilan University. |
Chaim Bendelac
Chaim is a VP product with SAP, focusing on cloud development strategies. He has over 30 years of experience in technology leadership positions. Prior to SAP, Chaim managed several teams as Engineering Director and as Director of Product Management at Cisco Systems. Chaim was founder, General Manager and VP Engineering of InfoGear Technologies, a startup that was acquired by Cisco. Chaim is an active mentor to several Israeli startups and he serves on the board of AppleSeeds Academy, a technology-focused NGO. Chaim has a M.Sc. in Computer Science from Stony Brook University and an executive MBA from the Kellogg Recanati business schools. |
Noam Shalit
Noam is the CEO and Chairman of Top-Secure, highly sought security solutions firm. Previously, Shalit oversaw relations with intelligence partners and security agencies with the Israeli General Secret Service (GSS), served as IDF Chief of Staff, Protection Unit and as an air marshall. In the last 5 years, Shalit helps young technology companies from the security, cyber security and other sectors to open new markets. |
Adina Anden
Adina has 25 years of experience in senior roles in hi-tech. She was one of the founders of Comverse Technologies, and has worked in management for a number of startups in different tech fields. Adina has experience in mentoring entrepreneurs in different hubs. She has an MBA from Tel Aviv University and the Kellogg School at Northwestern, and today is involved in cyber-related education. |
Jackie Goren
Jackie is a Director at IVN, and is responsible for the investment management of social businesses. Jackie is also a lecturer and head of the department of strategic consulting at the Recanati Business School at Tel Aviv University. She also serves on several boards of public companies in Israel and abroad. Previously Jackie served as VP of business development at Koor Industries Ltd., and directed its venture capital investing department. Jackie has a BA degree in medical science from the Hebrew University, a BA in Law from Tel Aviv University, and MBA from the Kellogg-Recanati program of Tel Aviv University and Northwestern University. |