Author of My Israel Trail (www.myisraeltrail.com).Currently, Chief Strategy Officer at Gigawatt Global/EnergiyaGlobal, a Jerusalem-based renewable energy platform for Africa. Former director and founder of MediaCentral, a Jerusalem-based project of HonestReporting (www.m-central.org), providing support services to foreign journalists in Israel.Over 35 years in business, mostly high-tech, including various executive management positions and consulting work for public and private Israeli companies, including ECI Telecom, Aladdin, Lannet, Bank HaPoalim, Pfizer, AudioCodes, and others. Former managing director of the G3 Associates business consulting firm in Jerusalem. Policy advisor to Natan Sharansky since mid-1990s; most recently served as a senior member of minister Sharansky’s staff in the prime minister’s office, responsible for contacts with Palestinian and other Arab democracy activists as well as for relations with ‘next generation’ Jewish leaders and public diplomacy efforts. Previously, 7 years public sector work in education, including 3 years as director of Students For Israel, a Jerusalem seminar center training visiting students in advocacy skills for their return to campuses abroad in the early 90s. Publications include articles in the Jerusalem Post, Ha'aretz, Washington Jewish Week, SF Northern California Jewish Bulletin ("The J") and on http://aryeh-israel.blogspot.com/.Specialties: Strategic planning, launching new projects/products into new markets, management of international companies/projects/programs, business development, strategy consulting, management consulting, business strategy, management consulting, public relations, online marketing, branding; Israeli 'public diplomacy'.