20MinuteLeaders

Stephen is a partner at the law firm Amit, Pollak, Matalon & Co., and also a senior reserves officer at the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the IDF.

Rani is the CEO of Healthier Globe, a consulting firm and the Israeli representative of Taiwanese Based Innovation To Industry, running launchpad programs for Israeli companies into Taiwan.

Matt Auron is a master coach who supports leaders in fast-growing companies scale into their potential with long-term, sustainable success. As co-founder of Evolution, Matt’s deep intuition, organizational experience and behavioral science expertise allow him to design powerful and customized development solutions for clients. He has worked with organizations like Slack, Snapchat, change.org, Coursera, Tile, Eero, Collective Health, Dropbox and Radiology Partners.Prior to co-founding Evolution, Matt served as the Wisdom Team’s Senior Director and Global Lead at DaVita HealthCare Partners, a culture-focused Fortune 500 healthcare company. There, Matt served as the steward for the culture globally, developing leaders, and facilitating change through coaching, facilitation and training.

Daniel is the Chief Strategy Officer, and Global Head of Marketing at CHEQ, the leader in Go-to-Market Security. His role spans across company positioning, market and category building, brand and product marketing, comms and demand-generation. Prior to CHEQ, Daniel served as a Senior Director of Strategy at Grey, where he led brand and marketing strategy for leading global brands, including P&G, Fiat Group, GSK and others.

Gary Hagmueller is the CEO of Arcion, the world’s first true data mobility platform. Gary is a proven CEO who has created over $7.5B in enterprise value through two IPOs and four M&A exits over his 20+ years in the tech industry. Gary holds an MBA from the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California, where he was named Sheth Fellow, as well as a bachelor’s in Business Administration from Arizona State University. As the father to twin teenage boys, he is clearly experienced in project management and negotiation skills.

After finishing high school in Venezuela, Leandro moved to the USA to study Biomedical Engineering; a degree he pursued as it delivered on his ambitions/cravings for multidisciplinary fields. This interest in varied topics would then become evident by my founding of startups in different fields which include medical devices and management software for groups of farmers. His underlying driver has always been a desire to somehow do good. Then he founded More Foods over 2 years ago when he became obsessed with the idea that we can serve people delicious meats without the need to use animals. 

Mike Hollenstein is CEO at eyebobs, leading the company in direct, retail and wholesale growth. He was appointed to the CEO role in December 2017 after joining the organization in July 2016 as VP of Direct & Operations. Prior to joining eyebobs, Hollenstein was Vice President, Merchandising for Sportsman's Guide. As leader of the product management team, he helped Sportsman's Guide deliver over $300M in annual volume. Previously, Hollenstein led the direct purchase division at G&K Services, and from 2000 to 2008 he helped build the Duluth Trading Co. business as Vice President of Product Development.

 Michal Gutman is the CTO & CISO at Hello Heart, a healthcare startup that helps patients track, understand, and improve their chronic conditions. Before joining Hello Heart, Michal worked as R&D manager at Trusteer, an Israeli cyber security company acquired by IBM for nearly 1 billion dollars. Michal has over 15 years of software development and research experience, which enabled her to lead (along with her colleagues) the largest Peer-reviewed research on digital health that was conducted by the company. Michal holds a B.Sc. in computer science and biology, with an emphasis on bioinformatics. Before that, Michal served in the elite unit 8200. 

 Pete Sickle is a co-founder and the CEO of the Tel Aviv Heat, Israel’s first professional rugby team that was formed in 2021 upon winning an invitation to join the newly formed Rugby Europe Super Cup. Pete draws upon experience in business development in Israeli tech startups along with coaching positions with the Israeli national team, Dartmouth College, and Harvard Business School. A graduate of Harvard Kennedy School, Pete previously served in the U.S. State Department in Bosnia Dan Washington, DC and taught international relations at George Washington University, William & Mary, and St. Mary’s College of Maryland. 

Cynthia Owyoung, Vice President of Inclusion, Equity, and Belonging for Robinhood, drives the company’s approach to enhancing its culture of diversity and inclusion. She’s also the founder of Breaking Glass Forums, where she develops strategies to accelerate more diverse leaders and inclusive organizations. A recognized diversity leader, Cynthia was named to Entrepreneur Magazine's 100 Women of Impact in 2021. Cynthia serves on the Board of Directors for AbilityPath, a nonprofit dedicated to empowering people with special needs to achieve their full potential.