20MinuteLeaders

20MinuteLeaders

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  • Ep758: Tamara Harel-Cohen | Co-Founder and Chief Growth Officer, RiseUp

    A Harvard graduate, Tamara held Producer and Executive Producer roles at production companies in London, NYC and LA. Producing content for global brands and artists such as Converse, MasterCard, Bob Dylan and The Rolling Stones. She launched the Digital division of Pulse Films and their NYC operation. In 2015 VICE Media acquired Pulse. Tamara has won awards from Webby's to Gold Cannes Lions.

    Tamara moved to Israel in 2016. She consulted for Impact organizations, including the G8 Global Steering Group on Social Impact. In 2017 she co-founded riseup a technology platform which proactively helps people get out of debt and reach financial health, where she is CGO.

    22 min
  • Ep757: Bill Berman | Founder, Berman Leadership

    Bill has 30+ years’ experience as an executive coach, senior line manager, clinician (licensed in NY and CT) and academic. Bill has advised executives from multiple industries, including financial services, pharmaceuticals, publishing, and technology companies, and worked with CEOs and teams at the C-suite, managing director, and general/functional management levels. Bill started his own software company in 1994 to track healthcare outcomes, which he subsequently sold to an enterprise healthcare information system company. He is the author of more than 50 research articles and books, including "Influence and Impact: Discover and Excel at What Your Organization Needs from You The Most," published by Wiley in 2021.

    21 min
  • Ep755: Guy Franklin | Founder and General Partner, ‘Israeli Mapped in NY’ Ventures

    Guy Franklin is the founder and General Partner of ‘Israeli Mapped in NY’, an interactive platform of the Israeli startups operating in NY. The platform serves as a one stop shop which connects the startups to the local ecosystem in NYC including investors, corporates and business opportunities.

    The platform Franklin created received several awards and recognitions, as this was something that changed the conversation about Israel and continues to promote the Israeli startup community in the world.



    Guy was named recently in the “10 Most influential Israelis in tech in America'' by Yediot Ahronoth, the leading newspaper in Israel.

    22 min
  • Ep754: Taly Nechushtan | CEO, Innovopro

    Taly is an experienced CEO and strategy leader in global companies. She brings over 20 years of experience in mergers and acquisitions and in expanding product lines using innovative strategies and brand management. Taly holds a BA in Economics and an MBA, both from Tel-Aviv University

    23 min
  • Ep753: Yael Fainaro | EVP Security, Synamedia Israel

    Yael is an EVP of Synamedia Security Business and the head of Synamedia Israel. Synamedia is a leading technology company working with the world’s leading streaming platforms, studios, and sports leagues to protect their content from industrialized piracy and to provide consumers the best possible experience for consuming the video content. Yael has more than 25 years of experience in the technology industry in the areas of strategy, M&A, innovation, business development & post-merger integration. Prior to joining Synamedia, Yael served as VP Corporate Development of CyberArk Software (NASDAQ: CYBR) where she was responsible for leading the company’s strategy and for generating new growth activities through organic and in-organic initiatives.

    23 min
  • Ep752: Micha Breakstone | Co-founder and CEO, NeuraLight.ai

    Micha is a repeat entrepreneur who’s founded a few great businesses (e.g. chorus.ai acquired for $575M by ZoomInfo), and a few less successful ones. He’s currently Co-founder and CEO of NeuraLight.ai – a venture-backed startup on a mission to transform the lives of more than 1 billion people suffering from neurological disorders by digitizing neurological insights and care – a venture he hopes becomes his magnum opus.

    24 min
  • Ep751: Ralf Specht | Founder and CEO, Spark44

    Ralf is a visionary business leader and creator of the Soul System™, a framework that aligns value-creating employee action with broader corporate strategy through shared understanding and shared purpose. As a founding partner of Spark44, he was the architect of an innovative, industry-first joint venture with Jaguar Land Rover, which grew under his leadership as CEO to a global revenue of $100+m and 1,200 employees. Previously, he consulted with global brands for 22 years with McCann Erickson. During his 25 years in executive roles, one key question kept him awake at night: How do we build and sustain a human-centric performance culture? His driving vision is to make soulless companies a thing of the past.

    24 min
  • Ep751: Ralf Specht | Co-founder and CEO, Spark44

    Ralf is a visionary business leader and creator of the Soul System™, a framework that aligns value-creating employee action with broader corporate strategy through shared understanding and shared purpose. As a founding partner of Spark44, he was the architect of an innovative, industry-first joint venture with Jaguar Land Rover, which grew under his leadership as CEO to a global revenue of $100+m and 1,200 employees. Previously, he consulted with global brands for 22 years with McCann Erickson. During his 25 years in executive roles, one key question kept him awake at night: How do we build and sustain a human-centric performance culture? His driving vision is to make soulless companies a thing of the past.

    24 min

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