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Jeff is an operating partner in Bessemer’s Silicon Valley office where he primarily works with chief executive and financial officers to share and implement best practices. He was the former CFO of Oracle (market value of $150B), and previously the CFO of several public and private companies. He teaches the Lean Launchpad class at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Engineering with Steve Blank. Additionally, Jeff serves on the Board of Kaiser Permanente, Twilio, Shutterstock and until recently Booking Holdings.

Jeff is the CEO of LWD Advisors, Inc., a Legal, HR and Business consulting firm focused on emerging growth companies. Previously he held several Executive roles at companies including Google, Pebble Technology Corp., Apple and Intel. He has volunteered thousands of hours in pro bono legal service through organizations like AIDS Legal Services and others. Jeff is also an Adjunct Professor at Santa Clara University’s School of Law.

Ami is the Director of Translational Medicine and Patient Relations at the Stanford Genome Technology Center.  She has served in the Association of Academic Physiatrists (AAP) on the Leadership Council, has been involved in medical student and resident education nationally, and has written a guide to musculoskeletal ultrasound distributed by Sonosite.  She has expertise in analytics, advised multiple startups in business strategy, product development and marketing.

Raymond has worked as an executive and consultant to leading technology companies ranging from start-ups to Fortune 500 companies. He currently serves as an advisor to CEOs of high growth venture backed companies. Previously he held executive positions in The Boston Consulting Group (Partner), Intuit (SVP of Strategy & Corporate Development and CMO) and Yahoo! (SVP of Global Partnerships & Business Development). Raymond has a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University and a MBA from Harvard University.

Doron is a C-Level executive with diverse experience in Strategy, M&A, GM and BD. He is an active investor and a strategic advisor with focus on growth, change management, funding and mergers and acquisitions. Most recently Doron was a Vice President at NICE and General Manager of NICE Satmetrix. Previously he was President of Tower Semiconductor USA, VP Marketing and Sales. Doron is a General Partner at J-Ventures.

Ariel is a Partner at Scale focused on investments in the cloud and security industries. He currently sits on the board of directors at Agari, BigID, CyberGRX, Expel, Honeycomb, PerimeterX, and Threat Stack. Previously, he was Director of Cloud Solutions at Netflix where he was responsible for creating and operating one of the most modern cloud infrastructures in the industry, accounting for a full third of all US downstream internet traffic at peak. Ariel holds an MBA with honors from Wharton.

Mor is a Partnerships & Growth Manager at APX, a joint venture between Axel Springer and Porsche and the leading pre-seed VC and accelerator program for very early-stage startups in Europe. In her role, she manages strategic relationships for APX and its portfolio companies with the ecosystem. Mor led the APX team partnering with Facebook on its first fully digital startup program focused on business growth and innovative application of key Facebook technologies, including AI, AR and Messenger.

Shiran’s day job is the program managing director at DRIVE TLV and runs the commercialization program called fastlane. However, in the evenings she propels forward females in various aspects. Shiran was a managing partner of Yazamiyot, Israel’s leading community of over 5,000 members, and a volunteer at Saleet, an organization helping women at risk, working to integrate them into the hi-tech industry.

Miri is the CEO of Joy Ventures, and previously co-founded Israel Brain Technologies (IBT), a non-profit envisioned by late Israeli President Shimon Peres that accelerated brain-related innovation and established Israel as a global brain technology hub. She began her business career as a corporate economist at Teva Pharmaceuticals and later held financial management positions at Pfizer in New York, later VP Finance at IntegraMed. Miri holds a Master of Arts in Health Economics from Boston University and an MBA from NYU.

Gil is a veteran high-tech executive with 35 years of management and leadership experience. During his career at Intel (VP), he led several mergers and acquisitions, and managed organizations of up to 2,000 engineers around the world (including developing the solution that kicked off the global WiFi revolution). As VP R&D of Qualcomm, he led the development of Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and NFC technologies and products. Currently Gil 's focus is on startups and J-Ventures roles.