Partial List of Confirmed 2014 Speakers

The Israel Dealmakers Summit brings together the top Global Executives, Dealmakers, Investors and Entrepreneurs from around the globe to discuss and debate key innovations, trends and technologies shaping high-growth sectors of the economy. Please find below a snapshot of some of the Israel Dealmakers 2014 speakers.

2014 Summit Speakers


ADAM VALKIN

General Partner
General Catalyst


ADELINE TANG

Director, Innovation & Partnership
SingTel


ALBERT LAURITANO

Director, Technology Licensing & Collaboration
BD


AMIT LANG

Director General, Ministry of Economy
State of Israel


AMNON SHASHUA

Chairman & Co-Founder
Mobileye


ANDREW CLELAND

Managing Director
Comcast Ventures


ANDREW STERN

VP, M&A and Corporate Development
F5 Networks


ANDY DEITSCH

Technology Leader, Software & Analytics
GE


ANTHONY JULIANO

General Partner & CTO
Landmark Ventures


ARIK DAYAN

CEO
Amiad


ASAF HOMOSSANY

Managing Director
NASDAQ OMX


AUSTIN NORONHA

VP, Growth Ventures & Innovation
Sony Corporation


AVI FOGEL

Serial Entrepreneur, Active Angel Investor; Principal & Owner
Majorlee Investments


AVI LUDOMIRSKI

Founder and Managing Partner
SCP Vitalife Partners


AVI TURGEMAN

CTO & Founder
Biocatch


AVI ZEEVI

Co-Founder & General Partner
Carmel Ventures


BRIAN MELTZER

Head, Licensing & Business Development
Purdue Pharma, L.P.


BRIAN COHEN

Chairman
New York Angels


CHEMI PERES

Managing General Partner & Co-Founder
Pitango Venture Capital


CHRIS WILLIAMS

Chief Marketing Officer
Amdocs


CHRISTIAN NOSKE

Senior Associate
BMW i Ventures


PROF. DANIEL TSIDDON

Deputy CEO
Leumi Group


DAVID BLUMBERG

Managing Partner
Blumberg Capital


DAVID BROUS

SVP, Corporate Business Development
Henry Schein


DAVID GITLIN

Shareholder
Greenberg Traurig


DAVID NEWMAN

SVP, Enterprise Architecture and IT Strategy
Wells Fargo


DORON GAL

CEO
Kaiima


ELI GRONER

Minister for Economic Affairs to the United States
Government of Israel


ELLIE WHEELER

Principal
Greycroft Partners


ERAN BEN-SHUSHAN

Founder & CEO
Bizzabo


ERIC DANKO

Assistant Director, Policy & Government
AIPAC


ERIC MENELL

Managing Director
J.P. Morgan Investment Banking


ERIC SUGAR

General Partner
Landmark Ventures


FREDERIC HANIKA

Head of M&A and Corporate Ventures
Software AG


GADI TIROSH

General Partner Jerusalem
JVP


GEERT VAN DE WOUW

Managing Director
Shell Technology Ventures


GIDEON SHMUEL

CEO
eyeSight


GILAD NOVIK

Chief Technology Officer
Horizons Ventures


GIRISH NADKARNI

President, Technology Ventures
ABB


GUILLERMO SAPIRO

Co-Founder of Surgical Information Sciences; Professor
Duke University


GUY ROLNIK

Founder & Editor-in-Chief
TheMarker


HANOCH PIVEN

Israeli Artist and Educator


HENRIK HOLLAND

Venture Principal
Shell Technology Ventures


HENRY SWIECA

Founder
Talpion LLC


HILLEL MOERMAN

Co-Head of the Private Capital Investing Group
Goldman Sachs & Co


HUAGENG PAN

Chairman of the Board
Dowell China-Israel Innovation Park


AMBASSADOR IDO AHARON

Consul General of Israel in New York


IRA PERLMUTER

Managing Director
T5 Equity Partners


IZHAR SHAY

General Partner
Canaan Partners


JACOB LAMM

EVP, Corporate Development & Strategy
CA Technologies


JAMIN MARKS

SVP, Corporate Development
CA Technologies


JASON MADHOSINGH

Innovation Products & Digital Partnerships, Enterprise Growth Group
American Express


JASON OSTHEIMER

Co-Founder & Partner
Advancit Capital


JASON SIBLEY

Director, Healthcare
GE Ventures


JEFF PULVER

Chairman
Zula

JEFF SWARTZ

Former President & CEO
Timberland

JEFFREY FROMM

Co-Head, Corporate Group
Dorsey & Whitney LLP


JERRY ZELDIS

Chief Medical Officer
Celgene

JOHN ALBRIGHT

Co-Founder & Managing Partner
Relay Ventures


JOHN DONOVAN

(Former COO, Lending Club) FinTech Advisor
Donovision

JOHN KUNSCHNER

Managing Director
Landmark Ventures

JOHN LOGIOCO

Executive Vice President
Outbrain

JON MEDVED

Founder & CEO
OurCrowd


JONATHAN PULITZER

Investment Director
GE Ventures

JOSEF MANDELBAUM

CEO
Perion

JUDAH KRAUSHAAR

Managing Partner
Roaring Brook Capital, L.P.


KENNETH ADAMS

President & CEO, Empire State Development; Commissioner
New York State Department of Economic Development


KEVIN TRACEY

President & CEO, The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research
North Shore-LIJ Health System


KIRSTEN WOLBERG

VP, Technology
PayPal


LAURA LAUDER

General Partner
Lauder Partners


LIAM GALIN

President & CEO
Flash Networks


LIOR ZOREF
Crowd Wisdom Researcher, Author & Speaker

LIRON PETRUSHKA

Partner
UpWest Labs


LUTZ STOEBER

Investment Manager, Corporate Venturing
Evonik


MARIAN SALZMAN

CEO
Havas PR North America


MARYAM BANIKARIM

SVP & Chief Marketing Officer
Gannett


MASAAKI MAEDA

President & CEO
NTT Docomo USA


MATT TURCK
Managing Director
FirstMark Capital

MATT SPETZLER
Principal
Francisco Partners

MAX KHAN
Investment Principal
Merck

MICHAEL BROCKHAUS
Board Member, MD for Group Strategy / M&A
Holtzbrinck Publishing Group

MICHAEL COUTURE

Regional Vice President, Eastern Region
Amdocs North America


MICHAEL IDELCHIK
VP, Advanced Technologies
GE Global Research

MICHAL SIMLER
CEO
Israel Venture Network

MICHAL TOPAZ
Founder
Kelim Shloovim & Gvanim B'café

MIKE MAJORS
Managing Partner
Siemens Venture Capital

MODI ROSEN
Managing Partner
Magma Ventures

MOTTI FINKELSTEIN

Managing Director & CTO
Citi


NAFTALI BENNETT

Minister of Economy
State of Israel


NATHALIE BOULANGER

SVP, Orange Startup Ecosystem
Orange Group


NILI SHALEV

Economic Minister to North America
Government of Israel


NIR BRENMILLER

Executive Vice President
Brenmiller Energy


NOA TISHBY

Israeli Actress, Producer, Model and Singer


ODED DISTEL

Director of the Investment Promotion Center
Israeli Ministry of Economics


ODED MEIRAV

Manager, Global Research, Israel Technologies Center
GE


PAT DEWAR

Chairman – Lockheed Martin Global; Executive Vice President
Lockheed Martin International


PAUL TANCK

Partner
Chadbourne & Parke


PETER GRIFFITHS

EVP and Group Executive, Enterprise Solutions and Technology Group
CA Technologies


RAANAN COHEN

CEO
Overvyoo


RANDI ZUCKERBERG

Founder & CEO
Zuckerberg Media


ROB MALIN

Founding Member
NASDAQ Private Market


ROBERT WOLCOTT

Professor, Entrepreneurship & Innovation
Kellogg, Northwestern University


RONEN MELNIK

Chairman of the Board
Oplon


RUZGAR BARISIK

Senior Investment Officer
World Bank


SALVADOR NISSI VILCOVSKY

Founder & CEO
MemoMi


SCOTT DUBIN

Area Director, Legal and Technology
AIPAC


SCOTT GALIT

CEO
Payoneer


SCOTT LEVINE

Managing Director, Investments
Time Warner


SHELLY PALMER

Host of NBC Universal's Live Digital with Shelly Palmer


SHIMON ALON

Chairman & CEO
Attunity


SHLOMO DOVRAT

Co-Founder, Viola Group; General Partner & Co-Founder
Carmel Ventures


STEVE MEYER

President & CEO
Welch Allyn


STEWART ALSOP

Partner
Alsop Louie Partners


SUE SIEGEL

CEO, GE Ventures
GE


SUZANA NAHUM-ZILBERBERG

CEO
Bio-Light Life Sciences Investments


TAL BARNOACH

General Partner
Disrupt-ive VP


THIERRY ZYLBERBERG

EVP, Healthcare
Orange


THOMAS CONSTABILE

Associate Director, Strategic Marketing & Development
Verizon Ventures


URI LEVINE

Co-Founder and Chairman (former Co-Founder & President, Waze)
FeeX


URS CETE

Managing Director
Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments


WESTON GADDY

Principal
Bain Capital Ventures


WOLFGANG HISSERICH

VP Group Business Development & Venturing
Deutsche Telekom


XAVIER PERRET

Vice President Strategic Partnerships & Open Services
Orange Group


YAACOV MICHLIN

President & CEO
Yissum


YAEL BIRAN

Managing Director, Mintz Levin Israel Business
Mintz Levin


YARON SAMID

Founder & CEO
BillGuard


YEHUDA HARATS

CEO & Founder
Ener-T


YOAV TZRUYA

Partner, Cyber Labs
JVP


YOSSI BEN SHALOM

Co-Founder
DBSI Investments Company


YOSSI VARDI

Media Entrepreneur & Investor


ZEEV HOLTZMAN

Chairman & Founder
Giza Ventures


ZEEV KLEIN

General Partner
Landmark Ventures