TECHNION ALUMNI GO GLOBAL

Lior Jankelson is professor of medicine and biomedical engineering at NYU, where he is a Cardiac Electrophysiologist, and serves as director of the Inherited Arrhythmia Program; as well as leading the “AI in Cardiology group”. He is an entrepreneur, a surfer, and – a proud Technion Alum! In this episode we talk about A.I and the human heart, the differences between "plumbers" and "electricians" (i...

Or Yochanan is a real-estate and relocation entrepreneur based in Austin, Texas - where he chose to relocate after spending some time in Silicon Valley.  He is the founder of The Investory and 'Austin Connections Group”; and these days he's also doing exciting things as a content creator, podcaster, and youtuber extraordinaire. In this episode we talk about the big dreams and sometimes harsh reali...

Maia Hirsch is a Technion-trained mechanical engineer, and first year robotics PhD candidate at Cornell University, where she researches wearable haptics; while also - creating robotic fashion pieces that have been showcased at New York Fashion Week. At only 24 years of age, she is already impressing many, both in tech and in fashion, with her creations that have gone viral on social media; and in...

Dr. Yael Pilowsky Bankirer is a psychoanalyst and a poet, based in Cambridge, UK. She is a medical doctor and holds a PhD in Gender Studies and psychoanalysis. She is a member of the Site for Contemporary Psychoanalysis in London, and a co-editor of Sitegeist - A journal of Psychoanalysis and Philosophy. This episode is a little different: we talk more than we usually do, about our inner lives, ab...

Dr. Assaf Glazer is CEO at Vinst, an exciting Israeli foodtech startup that offers an AI-powered cooking app, to help users organize recipes, personalize meals, and elevate the home-cooking experience… as well as a platform where you can print your very own family cookbook. A serial entrepreneur in a variety of areas where he finds passion, Glazer previously founded Nanit, a company that, among ot...

Or Marantz is a doctorate candidate at the Nagoya University, specializing in sustainable communities development in rural Japan. She also serves as ‘open innovation analyst’ at NGLI, which is an Israeli company that provides services of open innovation to Japanese clients. In this episode, she talks about the different things she learned from working with Italian and Japanese colleagues, the link...

Helen Buchumensky is Director of standards and compliance, and head of global functional safety, at ARM Semiconductors & Automotive Operations... and of course, a proud Technion alum! In this is episode, she talks about starting music festivals, writing for teenage magazines, and soviet professionalism... She also tells us all about the concept of Functional Safety, and how quality control in...

Lola Ben Alon is Assistant Professor at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation - where she directs both the Natural Materials Lab, and the Building Technology curriculum. Her work has been exhibited in some of the most prestigious museums and events in the field of architecture and design; she curates and serves on several highly regarded boards in the fie...

Dr. Jonathan Spitz is the founder and CEO of Gauss Machine Learning, a Germany-based startup that uses artificial intelligence to optimize manufacturing systems.   In this episode, we talk about his early LEGO robots, growing up in Argentina; how he helped Coca-Cola increase productivity by 10% (!) after just a couple of hours, using only a tablet; the meaning of "Small Data" and how it can lead t...

Maria Chudnovsky is a leading mathematician working in the field of graph theory. She is a professor at the Department of Mathematics and The Program in Applied and Computational Mathematics at Princeton University. She is also a Distinguished Fellow at the Faculty of Sciences at the Hebrew University Jerusalem, and a 2012 MacArthur Fellow – the so called “Genius Grant”. And just recently, she was...

Alexey Tomsov is food technology lead at Redefine Meat, and a proud Technion alum. He's our first guest from the exciting world of food-tech... If you don’t know about Redefine Meat , it’s an Israeli startup company that uses advanced technology, to develop and produce animal-free meat or “new meat” as they like to call it. Alexey was the company’s very first employee, and in a moment he’ll tell u...

Hava Siegelmann is Provost Professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and for her groundbreaking work at DARPA, the research and development agency of the U.S Department of Defense, she is a recipient of The Meritorious Public Service Medal – one of the highest honors that the U.S army can bestow upon a private citizen. She truly is a world-renowned AI pioneer, and it all started at the...

Doctor Nir Barzilai is a professor of medicine and genetics at the Albert Einstein college of medicine; he’s the director of the biggest center in the world for the biology of aging; and the president of the academy of health and lifespan research. Over the course of this conversation, Doctor Barzilai talks about the centenarian studies he’s been conducting for over two decades now, focusing on pe...

Dr. Kira Radinsky, CEO of Diagnostic Robotics, is one of the most interesting experts globally in the field of predictive algorithms... and a proud Technion alum. She was named one of the MIT Technology Review’s 35 Young Innovators Under 35, Forbes 30 under 30 rising stars in enterprise technology, and "woman of the year" by Globes magazine in Israel. Over the course of this conversation, she take...

Dotan Bar Noy is senior vice President of Technology at Delinea, and chairman of the Technion Alumni Association. In this conversation, Dotan talks about the lessons he learned from founding – and selling – several startup companies… and why he really does not like the title of “serial entrepreneur”. He also describes his vision for a worldwide network of Technion alumni, how he met his future wif...

Our very first guest is Uber Freight CEO and proud Technion alum: Lior Ron. With a career that took him to top positions in companies like Google and Motorola Mobility, plus several innovative startups, as well as a deal estimated at $680 million - Lior has never stopped praising his alma mater, and advocating for a stronger worldwide network of Technion alumni. In this conversation, we hear from...