20MinuteLeaders

Chen Admati, Platform General Manager and VP product @ Explorium. Explorium provides an External Data Platform that automatically discovers relevant data signals to improve advanced analytics and accelerate business outcomes. Prior to joining Explorium, Chen was a staff member at Intel’s AI internal unit and the founder of Intel® Pharma Analytics Platform. Chen holds a BSc. in Information System E...

Robert Cohen is Managing Director of Benson Oak Ventures, an early-stage VC fund based in Israel focused on B2C, Digital SMB and all things related to the passion economy (what it dubs "passionware").  Benson Oak has deployed capital across Europe, the US and Israel for 20 years, and Robert enjoys a deep understanding of the technology market for consumers and small businesses, including...

Yoni is a serial entrepreneur who started his journey as a software engineer at Microsoft. Having completed his MBA at Harvard, Yoni joined RPX Corp as a founding member of the insurance business. After RPX went public, Yoni left RPX to co-found and merge a fund into Fortress Investment Group where he spent six years as an investor. Yoni moved to Israel and launched Laguna Health, a digital recove...

Pini Yakuel is the founder and CEO of Optimove, provider of the leading CRM Marketing platform. Pini’s extensive experience in analytics-driven marketing, business consulting and sales, along with his innovative approaches to entrepreneurship and business-building, have earned him recognition as a thought leader. Pini has led Optimove to become a market leader, with hundreds of brands using his co...

Lior Shalev is one of Israel’s most passionate voices for transforming society through the combination of tech and social entrepreneurship and promoting the double impact ecosystem in Israel. He is the CEO and co-founder of Algaemor an Agritech startup that grows fresh Spirulina –microalgae as a sustainable food source and plant-based protein. Algaemor is addressing the most fundamental global iss...

Vanessa Perumal is a leading South African strategist,  former journalist,  media and communications specialist and social entrepreneur who is currently using her rare cancer to highlight the importance of resilience, community and African excellence during a time of unprecedented challenges for the world.

Jeff Shapiro is a Senior Partner with Kingsley Gate Partners. Over a 25-year career in executive search, Jeff has placed Board Directors, C-level and VP-level executives for clients across the US, Europe and Israel. For the past fifteen years, he has focused on partnering with a number of VC and PE investors across hi-tech and life sciences, working with Israeli-founded early and mid-stage compani...

Ilan used to be a professional athlete who represented Israel in the biggest international scenes out there. Retired at the age of 21 and started his first entrepreneurial journey with his partner Leonid. They founded Hommyfood which was a small Israeli startup that was acquired after 8 months of activity. From that point, they focused on becoming better developers and technologists - working in b...

An Israeli high-tech insider, a graduate of the IDF’s elite intelligence unit 8200, Mor leads iAngels’ investment committee, deal screening, due diligence and portfolio management activities. Mor’s tech background with SAP, IBM and Amdocs has proven invaluable in assessing new technologies and her ability to deep dive with entrepreneurs into their business strategy and solution has created a stron...

Lirone Glikman turned her passion for people, marketing and global travels into a thriving business is a global business development expert and an international keynote speaker. She is the founder of ‘The Human Factor by Lirone Glikman’ - a global business development boutique firm that helps tech companies grow and expand to new global markets.

Alexander Konoplyasty is co-founder and General Partner at Flashpoint. Alex and his business partner, Michael Szalontay, set up the investment firm in 2012, having met during their time at Moscow State Institute of International Relations. Alex holds a degree in international economic relations and has previously worked for PricewaterhouseCoopers, Morgan Stanley, and UBS. He serves as a board memb...

Marcus Sheridan is a highly sought-after international keynote speaker known for his unique ability to excite, engage and motivate audiences. He is co-owner and partner at IMPACT, one of the most successful digital sales and marketing agencies in the country, and author of They Ask, You Answer – once touted by Mashable as the “#1 Marketing Book” Dubbed a “web marketing guru” by the New York Times...

Lee is the Managing Partner and founder of AnD Ventures. As a former partner at iAngels VC, Lee headed partnerships and investor relations for the organization, worked with hundreds of investors, family offices, and corporations worldwide. Prior to that, Lee was Chief of Staff to the Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren in Washington, DC, and a senior consultant to Blackrock. Lee holds a Bachelor’s deg...

Enis is the business development manager at Siraj technologies, a startup specializing in connectivity allowing seamless adoption of industry 4.0 technologies. Enis graduated from Sapir college with a bachelor's degree in technology marketing with health technology specialization and currently studying for a master's degree in health systems management at Ben Gurion University. Also, Eni...

Dr. Gidi Stein is a practicing physician, researcher, and serial entrepreneur. Early in his career, he served as CTO and Chief Architect of several algorithm-rich startup companies in Israel. In 2002, he graduated from Tel Aviv University Medical School and went on to specialize in internal medicine, treating patients and teaching students and residents in one of Israel’s largest hospitals. He rec...

Dotan Asselmann is CTO and Co-Founder of leading Surgical Intelligence platform Theator and has a rich background in entrepreneurship, machine learning technologies and software engineering. Prior to co-founding Theator, he was Co-Founder and CTO of computer vision startup EyeOnn and previously served in the elite Israeli 8100 unit where he spent several years as a Computer Vision Team Leader.

Shay is an experienced entrepreneur and investor. Currently, he is the Managing Partner of Greenfield Partners, a technology Investment Fund focused on Growth stage technology companies. He serves as Senior Advisor to TPG and previously was Managing Director of NJ-based family office Thylacine Capital. Prior to joining Thylacine, Shay was VP Corporate Development at ad-tech firm WebCollage (Acq. b...

Diogo is a Portuguese operator turned founder. After starting his career at Boston Consulting Group in Spain, Diogo joined Uber on the Driver Growth team for Spain, Italy, Portugal and Croatia. He launched new cities, increased driver conversion by +50% and led efforts for the launch of new products. He’s a travel fanatic (+65 countries visited), always looking for the best street food wherever he...

Sandiso is an innovator and entrepreneur, with over 10 years experience in technology consulting. She is the former Head of Open Innovation (Africa) at Accenture and has led tech implementations, data strategy, cost reductions assignments in the Consumer Goods sector. She is the founder of COOi Studios, an innovation lab for corporations. Amongst other accolades, she is a Sustainable Development G...

Dr. Mira Brancu is a consulting psychologist, leadership coach, writer, and speaker. She leads Brancu & Associates, a boutique consulting firm that aims to help leaders lead teams and navigate large, complex organizations and helps organizations make it easier to navigate. She has a special passion for helping women gain the influence, power, leadership, and resiliency skills needed in today’s...

Tiah believes that business has the power to make the world a better place and that understanding and operating with congruence, kindness and curiosity makes for a more interesting and worthwhile life journey.  For the past 25 years, she has been skipping across the globe, exploring and developing practical frameworks, strategies, tools and programs around sustainability, impact tech, scaling soci...

Navrina Singh is the Founder & CEO of Credo AI and a technology leader with over 18+ years of experience in Enterprise SaaS, AI and Mobile. Navrina has held multiple product and business leadership roles at Microsoft and Qualcomm. Navrina is an executive board member of Mozilla focused on their trustworthy AI charter. Navrina is also a young global leader with the World economic forum & wa...

A veteran of the aerospace industry, with extensive experience of over 40 years in operations, manufacturing, engineering, R&D, business development, sales, and marketing. In his previous role, he served as VP of marketing and business development in “Ashot Ashkelon". Israeli Naval Academy graduated (Submarine Officer & Chief Engineer). BSc. mechanical engineering

Matan is a co-founder of Semperis and leads the company’s Israeli arm, as well as business development. He began his career as a software engineer in the Israel Defense Force, implementing mission-critical systems for the office of the Israeli Prime Minister, prior to getting promoted to Development Team Leader. In this role, Matan gained extensive Microsoft experience and was charged with leading...

Mr. Datika is the founder and president of INX, a fully regulated digital asset trading platform, for listing and trading cryptocurrencies, security tokens, and their derivatives. INX was the first company in history to file an F1 prospectus with the SEC for a registered security token IPO. Mr. Datika has over 25 years of capital markets experience, trading and building networks, and technology pl...