20MinuteLeaders

Omri is the founder of Homeward Ventures, a fund that invests in early-stage innovative startups with a goal to holistically support bold and ambitious entrepreneurs. His service as a Captain in the Israeli Navy SEALS has shaped his results-driven mentality and dedication to hard work. Omri holds over 15 years of business experience in various sectors, and following several life-changing events, serves as a motivational speaker to different organizations. Omri was the Chairman of the IDC Zell Alumni Organization and was named by Poets and Quants for the Best and Brightest EMBA list.

Raz is a cyber-security expert and has an extensive background in research and development in various fields, including vulnerability assessment and network protocols. He co-founded EverCompliant following a tenure serving in the IDF’s 8200 Unit. To begin with, Raz and the other co-founders started EverCompliant with a motivation to combat terrorist activity. Raz holds a B.A. in Computer Science from the Open University of Israel and an M.Sc. in Computer Science from Bar-Ilan University.

Anita is an award-winning author, coach, and Founder & Chief Strategist at HappinessFactors, a startup that creates an emotional wellness ecosystem. She is the recipient of Innovative Leader and Woman Of Influence Awards in 2020 and is passionate about spreading happiness globally. Anita is an abuse survivor who is passionate about empowering others and creating awareness about emotional wellness, and is the author of “Find your Happy”, a survivor’s guide to happiness in spite of life’s challenges.

Linda is the founder of Leverage2Market Associates and is an award-winning Silicon Valley-based strategic marketing expert who helps organizations and individuals use marketing to stand out from the crowd. She is the Executive Director of the Society for the Advancement of Consulting (SAC), and the author of the book Marketing Above the Noise: Achieve Strategic Advantage with Marketing that Matters. Along with helping clients, Linda has also written marketing, PR materials and edited books for other authors.

Jennifer has over 25 years of experience in strategy, leadership development and technology driven transformation, after having held senior positions with Accenture, Booz Allen and Gartner, as well as executive roles with Wells Fargo and Cisco, UCSF and Stanford Research Institute. She was awarded the internationally acclaimed IDG DEMO Entrepreneurship Award and the ITLG Silicon Valley Top 50 Award. Today she speaks, writes, and delivers transformational programs globally.

David Golan is a co-founder and the CTO of Viz.ai, a digital healthcare company harnessing deep learning to analyze medical data and improve clinical workflow. Viz.ai developed the First ever FDA-approved AI-powered triage system for stroke. Previously he was a Fulbright postdoctoral scholar at Stanford University, working on leveraging deep learning for the analysis of medical imaging and genetic data. David holds a Ph.D. in Statistics and Machine learning from Tel-Aviv University, and has co-authored more than 20 scientific papers.

David (Dadi) Perlmutter is a technology and social entrepreneur and investor, focusing on social activities to reduce social and economic inequality. Until 2014 he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Product Officer of Intel Corporation, responsible for the business and development of Intel’s solutions for computing and communication segments. He is a member of the Board of Governments of the Technion and Chairman of the Board of the Israel Innovation Institute, Tsofen, Teramount and Weebit.

Amy is the founder and CEO of tech start-up First 30 Inc. offering advanced onboarding and outplacement services to businesses. She is the author of A Spark in the Dark: Illuminating Your Path to a Brilliant Career in a Reorg World. Before establishing First 30 in North America, Amy lived in the UK and Europe working with global organizations including Unilever, Mars and Grainger. She possesses unique expertise in understanding the impact of corporate and economic flux on individual outcomes.

Rebekah Bastian is an entrepreneur, writer, artist, tech executive, mentor, wife, mother and aerial acrobat. She is the CEO & Co-founder of OwnTrail and was previously vice president of product and vice president of community and culture at Zillow. Rebekah is the author of Blaze Your Own Trail, is a contributor to Forbes and is a frequent speaker on social impact, career navigation and corporate diversity.

Lee is an American-Israeli who served as a medic in the IDF before beginning her studies at Stanford (Computer Science and Philosophy). She has been involved with the instruction of some of Stanford’s most popular CS courses as a Section Leader, was a product manager for Intuit and a software engineer for Project C in Hong Kong. Lee has also served as a Humanitarian Fellow with the NGO IsraAID, aiding their mission to improve the lives of asylum seekers in Lesbos, Greece.