
20MinuteLeaders
20MinuteLeaders features the world's prominent leaders for short conversations about their journeys and insights.
Latest episodes

Apr 7, 2022 • 21min
Ep781: Ziv Shor | Country Manager, JLL Israel
Ziv is responsible for JLL’s activities in Israel expanding its business and client base. He develops and manages strong working relationships with clients and executive management teams throughout the world. Ziv is a commercial real estate, proptech and tech expert with over 15 years of international experience having worked in the US, EMEA and APAC, successfully delivering projects and sales of critical initiatives for global clients through operational excellence and client management

Apr 6, 2022 • 21min
Ep780: Roee Raz | Co-founder & CEO, OVIVO Games
Roee is an entrepreneur, a veteran within the mobile gaming industry with over 8 years of experience, a founder & CEO of OVIVO Games, and holds a B.Sc in Industrial Engineering.

Apr 5, 2022 • 21min
Ep779: Tal Wilk-Glazer | CEO, Saffron Tech
Tal has over 20 years of experience in leading international technology and communications companies. Tal Served as Salesforce Industries Regional Director of Eastern Europe, Africa, and Israel, and accompanied large companies in the process of digital transformation. Prior to Salesforce she served in executive positions in Vlocity and is one of the founders of Vibo. Tal holds a bachelor’s degree in medical sciences from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and a master’s degree in business administration from the Technion Institute of Technology.

Apr 4, 2022 • 22min
Ep778: Vivian James Rigney | President, Inside Us LLC
Vivian James Rigney is President and CEO of Inside Us LLC, a global executive coaching consultancy operating throughout five continents, where he has helped implement leadership development initiatives for some of the world’s leading companies and their executive teams. He has also climbed the Seven Summits – the highest peak on all seven continents. On March 8th, his book ‘Naked At The Knife Edge’, was published – a book about his climbing of Everest and an epic story of fear, resilience and the power of vulnerability.

Apr 3, 2022 • 21min
Ep777: Zohar Halachmi | Chairman, CEO & Co-founder, D-Fend Solutions
Zohar Halachmi is the Chairman and CEO at D-Fend Solutions. Before co-founding D-Fend Solutions, he was the founder and CEO of two mobile and enterprise application start-up companies. He also held VP and C-level positions at Amdocs and ECI Telecom (global and public telecommunication enterprises). While managing multi-disciplinary large- and small-scale organizations, Zohar created fast-growth and profitable businesses, bringing innovative solutions and services to the market. He graduated cum laude with a B.Sc. from the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology and M.Sc. from Tel Aviv University, and was a lecturer at both institutions.

Apr 3, 2022 • 16min
Ep776: Latonya Wilkins | Founder, Change Coaches Author, Leading Below the Surface
Founder of Change Coaches and Author of Leading Below the Surface, LaTonya Wilkins partners with executives, upwardly-mobile professionals, and teams to build cultures of belonging through highly customized coaching and learning experiences. She is a sought-after keynote speaker and has inspired audiences around the world. She built her career working in HR, talent management and learning & development at Fortune 500 companies before teaching and taking on progressive leadership roles at the University of Illinois’ Gies College of Business. LaTonya’s book Leading Below the Surface: How to Build Real (and Psychologically Safe) Relationships with People Who Are Different from You was an Amazon bestselling new release in multiple categories. All of her work is based on below the surface leadership principles.

Apr 2, 2022 • 23min
Ep775: Jonathan Wasserman, Co-founder & CTO at Compete and Amit Rapaport, Co-founder & CEO, Compete
Participants:Jonathan Wasserman, Co-founder & CTO at Compete and Amit Rapaport, Co-founder & CEO, Compete

Apr 1, 2022 • 20min
Ep774: Dr. Gal Aviv | Founder and CEO, Blender Financial Technologies
Dr. Gal Aviv is the Founder and CEO of Blender financial technologies. He holds a PhD in Physics from Nottingham University, UK and is a specialist in quantum optics. Gal has over a decade of experience as an entrepreneur and venture capitalist.

Mar 31, 2022 • 20min
Ep773: Maxim Melamedov | CEO, Zesty
Maxim is a husband and father of two sons. He aims to surround himself with people who are passionate about shaping the future, love to learn about work and life, and see the joy of being part of a great team. Today he is the CEO of Zesty, and started it with a clear mission to help engineers automatically keep their cloud infrastructure up and running while staying within budget. On a personal note, Maxim definitely curses too much and waffle between believing that it’s a gross deficiency or a great trait for which his grandchildren will fondly remember him.

Mar 30, 2022 • 21min
Ep772: Carolina Cruz-Letelier | Partner & Managing Director, MUH-TAY-ZIK / HOF-FER
She’s been with the agency for nearly nine years, starting out in 2011 as an Account Manager, and now serving as Managing Director and Partner. Prior to joining M/H, Carolina had a two-year stint at Goodby Silverstein & Partners working on Chevrolet and Denny’s. Before her time at GS&P, she worked at Fuse TV in Ad Sales helping to create and build integrated programs for clients such as Burger King, Kia Motors, and Mars.Carolina is passionate about leading her teams and being an empathetic leader is ingrained in who she is, so I think she would be a great guest to speak to how marketing/agency teams should be treating each other and their relationships with clients and on her career and how she rose to become a partner at the agency.