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Since 2015, Jason has served as CEO of Verde Environmental Technologies Inc., maker of the Deterra® Drug Deactivation and Disposal System. He has over 30 years of experience in operations, risk management, administration, and IT leadership. Sundby is a founding partner of Atlas Capital Partners, a venture capital firm investing in companies that are post-revenue, on the verge of rapid growth, and possessing a defensible competitive advantage. Sundby completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Minnesota and continued his education at the Harvard School of Public Health and the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

Irit is a seasoned executive with a demonstrated history of developing and growing businesses in the high-tech industry for both B2B and B2C products. Currently, she is VP of marketing at Windward, the leading maritime AI company. Prior experiences include senior director at Microsoft, VP marketing at Here Technologies, Mobility division, and CMO at Mobli Media.

A thought leader in the startup and innovation arena, Toot is the co-founder and CEO of Sarona Partners, Israel's largest startup ecosystem. Previously, after selling her first business at age 24, she led the initiation and execution of massive Startup and economic development projects for organizations such as World Bank Group, European Commission, World Economic Forum, and others working with +5,000 startups across 4 continents. 

Gal Oz, CTO & Co-Founder of Pixellot, talks about revolutionizing sports coverage through fully automated systems, expanding the fan experience, and implementing automated technology in niche sports and youth markets. He also discusses his personal journey in the sports tech industry and the importance of perseverance and helping others grow.

Raj De Datta is Co-Founder and CEO of BloomReach, a leading software platform for digital commerce experiences that powers brands representing 25% of retail E-Commerce in the US and the UK.   Raj is a multiple-time entrepreneur.  Before launching Bloomreach, he was entrepreneur-in-residence at Mohr-Davidow Ventures, served as Cisco’s director of product marketing, and was on the founding team of telecom company FirstMark Communications. Raj also worked in technology investment banking at Lazard Freres. Raj serves on the Council for Player Development for the US Tennis Association, as a Founder Partner at seed-stage venture capital firm Founder Collective and an individual investor in over 20 start-ups.  He holds a BS in Electrical Engineering with a certificate in Public Policy and International affairs from Princeton University and an MBA with distinction from Harvard Business School.

Ron is the CTO of Similarweb, leading the R&D organization of the company. It is one of the best in the world in the domains of big data, data science, and research. They deliver enterprise-class quality and availability and at the same time have agility and development of a small startup. He has experience with global corporates like IBM where he led a large R&D department and also startups where he's been in their inception.

Isabelle Kenyon, Founder & CEO of Calibrate, shares her journey of transforming healthcare into a consumer-centric e-commerce business, and discusses the motivation behind creating a healthcare startup focused on metabolic health. She also explores the challenges and strategies of managing a large remote team, and shares their favorite subject in school, role model, and self-description in relation to the Calibrate brand.

Tal Raz is VP Product Growth at ZoomInfo, a leading go-to-market intelligence platform that arms sales, marketing, and recruiting teams with the data, insights, and technology to help them target their next best customers with the right messages at the right times. Tal joined ZoomInfo 4.5 years ago as a marketing analyst when the today-1,800-employee-company had merely 200 employees, 7 of them in Israel.

Max is the founder of Finimize. The brand helping retail investors become smarter investors through bite-sized, jargon-free, expert content. Finimize is the world’s largest and most engaged finance community, with over 1m users. Before Finimize, Max co-founded an e-commerce startup with 200 employees and sold it in 2015. He also mentors at Techstars and Startup Bootcamp and was named one of Forbes "30 under 30”.

Avi is the Founder & CEO at Elevation. An entrepreneur, husband, father, and believer. Loves Hummus, consistently lives in a village outside of Tel Aviv and spends his spare time wondering about the future of work, skills, careers, and in between.