Dr. Farid is a lecturer and Fulbright scholar at the Technion and MIT, and a member of Harvard’s Leadership Program. He completed his Ph.D. with honors as the youngest graduate at the Technion at the age of 24, focusing on seismic protection of nuclear reactors. He served as a Captain and AI researcher in Unit 8200 and was acknowledged as an excellent Scientist (top 3 academics in the IDF). Farid is the founder and CEO of 'Lilmod Lehatsliach' (Hebrew: Learn to Succeed) – an NGO for empowering youth at risk from the Israeli periphery, and the author of the top seller “Learn to Succeed”.
