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Kevin Hancock is an award-winning author and speaker. The CEO of Hancock Lumber Company, one of the oldest and best known family businesses in America, he is a recipient of the Ed Muskie Access to Justice award, the Habitat for Humanity Spirit of Humanity award, the Boy Scouts of America Distinguished Citizen award, and the Timber Processing Magazine Person of the Year award. Kevin is also a member of the Maine Indian Tribal State Commission. A frequent visitor to the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota, Kevin is an advocate of strengthening the voices of all individuals—within a company or a community —through listening, empowering, and shared leadership. Kevin is also the founder of The Seventh Power, a non-profit organization dedicated to advancing economic sovereignty for native communities across America.

Edouard Cukierman is the Founder and Managing Partner of Catalyst Investments and serves as the Chairman of Cukierman & Co. Investment House. Since its establishment in 1993, Cukierman & Co. Investment House has been engaged in more than € 8 billion cross-border transactions across industries. Catalyst Investments was established in 1999 by Edouard Cukierman, Yair Shamir and Boaz Harel. With over $300 million under management, the fund supports the long-term growth of medium-sized Israeli companies, with innovation in global markets.

Alon co-founded IntSights, a startup focused on providing intelligence about adversaries and preventing cyber attacks before they take place. It was sold this year for $350M to Rapid7. During this time he took various leadership roles in strategy, product, business and engineering. He is also involved in social impact, founding "Kanfey Kesef" a non-profit that promotes financial literacy, and lately "Step2Tech" that brings diversity to the high-tech industry. Alon is an active angel investor, investing and advising founders in various sectors.

Ronen Slavin is Co-Founder and CTO of Cycode, a startup that secures software delivery pipelines and provides full visibility into enterprise development infrastructure, a serial entrepreneur and former Unit 8200 officer of the Israel Defense Forces. Prior to Cycode, Ronen Co-Founded FileLock, which was acquired by Reason Security in 2018 where he led the research and endpoint protection development.

From BA in Computer Science and Business in Israel to Masters in CS from BU, Ran then spent a decade on Wall Street and then back to Israel for another decade in technology startups, focusing on creating unique and strategic alliances. Ran is now geared at setting new boundaries for Augmented Reality content and apps, and set new standards for what you are about to see, digitally, with the goal of paving the way for mass AR adaption.

Ron Reinfeld, CFO @ Moprphisec- Prior to joining Morphisec, Ron served as Chief Financial Officer at IntSights (acquired by Rapid7)  where he oversaw global finance, legal,HR and planning operations. Ron brings over 15 years of financial leadership experience at SaaS companies. He was VP of Finance & Operations at Zooz (acquired by PayU), and has held various financial and operations roles at Cloudshare, Clarizen and Ernst & Young, where he specialized in technology IPOs and M&A. In addition, Ron has held multiple advisory roles at early stage tech startups.

An international finance and investment expert, Shelly leads iAngels with a compelling and hands-on approach to the firm’s investment due diligence process, investor relations and portfolio management of the iAngels platform, and institutional fund, iNgenuity. Shelly’s experience as an investment banker with Goldman Sachs, and research analyst at Avenue Capital, equip her to reality-test the growth plans of early-stage innovative companies, make data-driven investment decisions, and architect deal terms to ensure equitable profitability between investors and entrepreneurs. She is an active investor who accelerates companies’ enterprise growth with marketing, finance, recruiting, fundraising and business development efforts.

Bianca brings more than 18 years of experience to the Metro One team. With extensive global experience in marketing, business development and sales, she holds a proven track record of establishing data-driven, customer-centric companies. Over the past nine years, Bianca served as Chief Marketing Officer of various leading tech companies in Israel and was nominated for the esteemed “Globes 40 under 40” award.  Originally from Africa, Bianca strongly believes in the notion of "it takes a village", and is convinced that sophisticated technology, unique business models and a proactive regulatory approach, can make financial inclusion a reality for all. 

Mati is the CEO of AION Labs, an Israel-based innovation lab using AI for drug discovery and development, a coalition between Pfizer, Amazon Web Services (AWS), AstraZeneca, Teva, Merck and the Israel Biotech Fund (IBF). Mati has held leadership roles within the biopharma industry for over a decade, formerly serving as a senior executive at Teva Pharmaceuticals. Prior to his term in industry, Mati was Chief of Staff for Israel’s Minister of Public Security.

Ruslan is the Vice President of Global Marketing at Gloat, the world’s first AI-powered Talent Marketplace platform. In his role, Ruslan oversees a global team of marketers across Brand, Demand, Product Marketing, and Content, bringing the Gloat story to the world’s largest enterprises. Prior to Gloat, Ruslan has a storied career across Product, Partnerships, Research, and Marketing at companies including Thrive Global, Google, YouTube, and Kantar Retail. He is a 30 under 30-recognized creative, a native Russian speaker, and a proud Dartmouth grad (go Big Green!) currently based in New York City.