Israel Dealmakers Summit. March 29-30, 2016. Sofitel San Francisco Bay, Silicon Valley
 

2016 Speakers

The Israel Dealmakers Summit brings together the top Global Executives, Dealmakers, Investors and Entrepreneurs from around the globe to discuss and debate key innovations, trends and technologies shaping high-growth sectors of the economy.

2016 Featured Speakers


ALEXANDER ROZENFELD

Venture Principal
Shell Technology Ventures
ALEXANDRA SUICH

U.S. Technology Editor
The Economist
ALON SAHAR

Partner
Meitar
AMI GAL

Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer
SQream
AMIR ORAD

Chief Executive Officer
Sisense

AMIT LANG

Director General
Ministry of Economy and Industry
ANOUSHKA VASWANI

Investor
Matrix Partners
ARUN KUMAR

Strategy & Business Development, Digital Health
Bayer
ASAF HOMOSSANY

Managing Director, EMEA
NASDAQ OMX
AVINOAM RUBINSTEIN

Founder & Chief Executive Officer
my6sense

AVNER BEN-BASSAT

President & Chief Executive Officer
Plataine
BIN SHEN

VP, Strategy New Business & Partner Development
Verizon
BRETT ROCHKIND

Managing Director
General Atlantic
BRIAN ABRAMS

Partner
Lazarus Israel Opportunities Fund LLLP
BRIAN HEIMBERG

Investment Director
Tsing Capital

BRUCE AUST

Vice Chairman
NASDAQ
CARL FREMONT

Chief Global Digital Officer
MEC
CHEN LINCHEVSKI

Chief Executive Officer
Precog
CHRIS GOTTSCHALK

Principal
Blumberg Capital
DANIEL BONNER

Program Officer
Paul E. Singer Foundation

DAPHNA NISSENBAUM

Chief Executive Officer
TIPA
DAVID BLUMBERG

Managing Partner
Blumberg Capital
DAVID EUN

President, Global Innovation Center
Samsung
DIANA MOLDAVSKY

Partner
500 Startups
DOUGLAS MACMILLAN

Reporter
The Wall Street Journal

DOVI FRANCES

Managing Partner
SGVC
DOVI OLLECH

Founder
E.MERGE
DROR SHARON

Chief Executive Officer, Co-Founder, & Chief Happiness Officer
Consumer Physics
ED RUTH

Director
Verizon Ventures
EDEN SHOCHAT

General Partner
Aleph Venture Capital

ELAD BENJAMIN

Co-Founder & CEO
Zebra Medical Vision
ELAD KOMISSAR

Vice President, Corporate Business Development
Strauss Group


ERAN METZER

Senior Director
Yahoo!


FREDERIC HANIKA

Head of M&A and Corporate Ventures
Software AG
GADI TOREN

Investment Partner
Robert Bosch Venture Capital GmbH

GALIT LEVY

Government Affairs and Regulations Manager, Israel
Intel
GARRETT HERBERT

Managing Partner
Deloitte
GEOFF IDDISON

Group Executive, e-Commerce
MasterCard
GEORGE CONRADES

Chairman of Akamai; Board Member at Oracle, Harley-Davidson
GILI OVADIA

Consul, Head of Economic & Trade Mission to the West Coast
Ministry of Economy and Industry

GRANT ALLEN

Senior Vice President
ABB Technology Ventures
GREG PETROFF

Chief Experience Officer, GE Software
GE
IDO ZEMACH

Partner
Goldfarb Seligman & Co.
IZHAR SHAY

Managing General Partner
Canaan Partners Israel
JACOB LAMM

EVP, Corporate Development & Strategy
CA Technologies

JACQUES BENKOSKI

Partner
U.S. Venture Partners
JAMES TANENBAUM

Partner
Morrison & Foerster
JEFF SWARTZ

Businessman & Philanthropist; Former CEO
Timberland
JEREMY LUSTMAN

Partner, Corporate and Securities Group
 DLA Piper


JOE LONSDALE

Entrepreneur, Investor; Founding Partner
 8VC

JOHN KUNSCHNER

Managing Partner
 Landmark Ventures
JON SWARTZ

San Francisco Bureau Chief, Technology
 USA TODAY
JONATHAN PULITZER

Managing Director, GE Ventures
GE
KASH KAPADIA

Vice President & General Manager, Digital Health
 Stanford Health Care
LAURA MANDARO

Managing Editor, West Coast
USA TODAY

LISA HAMMITT

Vice President, Cloud Marketplace and SaaS
 IBM
LOUIS TOTH

Managing Director
Comcast Ventures
MARK GAZIT

Chief Executive Officer
ThetaRay
MATTHEW RABINOWITZ

Chief Executive Officer
Natera
MICHAEL BROUS

Senior Business Development Lead
Airbnb

MICHAEL PORAT

Domain Leader, Data Center & Storage
Cisco Investments
MU LI

Vice President, Corporate Development
Silver Spring Networks
NADAV EFRATY

Chief Executive Officer
Desalitech
NAGRAJ KASHYAP

Corporate Vice President
Microsoft Ventures
NAHUM ITZKOVITZ

Director, Israel Investment Center
Ministry of Economy and Industry

NATE BOSSHARD

Investment Partner
Khosla Ventures
NATE RACKIEWICZ

SVP, Program Planning Operations & Analysis
HBO
NICK NIKOLS

Senior Vice President, Product Management & Security
CA Technologies
NILI SHALEV

Economic Minister to North America
Ministry of Economy and Industry
NIMROD GINDI

VP, M&A and Head of Investments
Mellanox Capital

NIR BLUMBERGER

Corporate Development
Facebook
NIR FLATAU

EVP, Business Development
MTS
NOAM BARDIN

Chief Executive Officer, Waze
Google
NOAM DANON

Chief Executive Officer
Qmarkets
ODED DISTEL

Director of the Investment Promotion Center
Ministry of Economy and Industry

ODED MEIRAV

Manager, Global Research Israel Technology Center
GE
OREN MOKADES

Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Mobiright
ORI KAUFMAN-GAFTER

FVP, Head of Tech Banking, West Coast
Bank Leumi
PAUL HADDAD

SVP & General Manager, Advanced Data Analytics
Cablevision
PAUL WILLARD

General Partner
Subtraction Capital

PUNIT CHINIWALLA

Senior Director
SingTel Innov8
RAMI EFRATI

Founder & President
Firmitas Cyber Solutions
RICHARD IRVING

Executive Chairman
Emefcy
RON DERMER

Ambassador to the United States
State of Israel
ROY GLASBERG

Global Lead, Google Accelerator & Startup Program
Google

SCOTT FOUSE

Vice President, Advanced Technology Center
Lockheed Martin
SCOTT ZAKHEIM

General Partner
Landmark Ventures
SEAN MURPHY

Managing Partner
Miracle Ventures
SHELLEY ZHUANG

Founder & Managing Partner
Eleven Two Capital
SIVAN IRAM

General Manager
River Studios

SUE SIEGEL

CEO, GE Ventures
GE
TAL SCHWARTZ

Founder, Chairman and CEO
Clicktale
TZVIKA LEYBOVICH

Head, Tax Department for the Encouragement of Capital Investment Law
The Israel Tax Authority
URI YARON

VP, WW R&D Cardiovascular & Specialty Solutions; General Manager, Sterilmed
Johnson & Johnson


VINOD KHOSLA

Entrepreneur, Investor & Technologist; Founder
Khosla Ventures

YAEL OPPENHEIMER

Director, International Operations
Plug and Play Tech Center
YANIV FELDMAN

‎Editor-in-Chief
 Geektime
YARON KALISH

Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder
Idomoo
YIFAT ORON

Chief Executive Officer
LeumiTech
YINNON DOLEV

Director, GE Digital Startup Program, Israel
GE

YITZHAK PETERBURG

Chairman
Teva
YOAV ANDREW LEITERSDORF

Founder & Managing Partner
YL Ventures
YOSSI VARDI

Media Entrepreneur & Investor
ZEEV KLEIN

General Partner
Landmark Ventures
ZIVA EGER

Chief Executive, International Investments
Ministry of Economy and Industry

ZVIKA KRIEGER

Senior Advisor for Technology and Innovation
U.S. Department of State