Cognitive Computing

With a background in neuroscience and biological research, Karina guided Cortica’s original research on the computational function of the cortical neural network. Karina helped transition this research into the software that is the foundation of Cortica’s technology.

Prior to co-founding Cortica, Karina was chief operating officer and product manager of real-time voice recognition company Liquid Comp Bit (LCB). Before that, she was a software engineer at Zoran Corporation.

David Drai is the CEO and co-founder of Anodot, an Israeli startup that provides valuable business insights through real time anomaly detection and analytics on Big Data for companies in data-driven industries such as ad-tech, fintech, e-commerce and mobile. Prior to co-founding Anodot, he served as the CTO of Gett. Before that, he co-founded Cotendo, which was acquired by Akamai for $300 million. Earlier he was the Chief Architect at Commtouch, a Nasdaq-traded SaaS cyber company. David holds a B.Sc. in Computer Science from the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology.

Zeev Farbman is Co-Founder & CEO of Lightricks, the company behind an innovative suite of premium creative tools on mobile.

With a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and research in Computational Photography, Zeev comes from a background of academic excellence and industry experience. He believes the platform shift from desktop to mobile has presented his team at Lightricks with a unique opportunity to reinvent the way content is created all over the world, empowering both aspiring artists, business owners and everyday people with the best possible tools to unlock their creativity. Whether you need to edit photos, video, create an ad or a design post for social media - Lightricks provides the intuitive, brilliant tools for you to use.

Mark is a prominent senior executive with over 20 years of experience in leading rapid growth global organizations, and is an expert authority on Cyber Security, IT, Big Data Analytics, Telecommunications, Critical Infrastructure and FinTech. Mark’s background is particularly strong in leadership and growth management in global markets, a field in which he built and led multiple companies, helping them expand globally. His expertise extends to building successful management teams. Mark serves on boards of directors in commercial enterprises and non-profit organization, and lectures in leading universities and considered to be an expert in his field.

Avner Halperin Co-Founded EarlySense Ltd. and serves as its Chief Executive Officer. He has served in many senior management positions including Chief Executive Officer of Emmunet, Vice President of Marketing at Radcom and Vice President of Business Development at Lenslet. He also served as the Research & Development Manager at Eldat and served as the Department Head of Research & Development Unit in the IDF Intelligence corps, where he participated in the Talpiot Project.

Chen Shachar brings years of extensive experience in state-of-the-art 3D based simulation, visualization and training systems. Before founding PlaySight Interactive, Chen was the CTO at Rontal Applications, a start-up in the homeland security market (www.rontal.com), head of Training & Simulation at Ness A.T. (www.ness.com) and R&D manager at Simtech Advanced Training & Simulation. Chen holds an ME in System Engineering and a B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering both from the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology at Haifa.

Asaf Somekh is an experienced executive in managing R&D, marketing and business development. Asaf has held various leadership roles in early stage startups as well as public corporations, from software development to alliances and partnerships. Prior to Iguazio, Asaf positioned Voltaire as a fin-tech market leader with software and hardware solutions for high frequency trading. Voltaire went public in 2007 (acquired later in 2011 by Mellanox NASDAQ: MLNX). Asaf has an MBA from IMD in Switzerland and a bachelor’s degree from the Technion Israel Institute of Technology.

Serial entrepreneur with an in-depth expertise in machine learning and big data. Nation-wide recognized researcher with a strong academic background. Former Lead Architect of the Salesforce Einstein platform, and former founder of BlueTail (acquired by Salesforce).