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United Kingdom

United Kingdom

London, London, Gb

Partnering with Africa's top founders. Investing in everything tech in Africa from seed to growth ($500k >> $10m)- Part of the founding team of TLcom TIDE Africa, one of the very first Africa dedicated tech VC funds ($71m), with offices in Lagos, Nairobi and London.- Board positions include: - uLesson // EdTech - Kobo360 // eLogistics - Terragon Group // MarkTech - Ilara Health // HealthTech----------------------------------------------------- - Movirtu (acquired by BlackBerry / Sept 2014) - Userfarm (acquired by FilmMaster / Feb 2016)

Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel, Il

NPO - business consultation and strategic development services for NGOs; Annual budget ~ 1M$- Launched and operated a nationwide organization with 500 volunteers and paid staff- Built unique and innovative set of products and services: co-branded courses, tailor-made consulting - Delivered over 100 projects in conjuncture with leading business and academic institutions - Developed organization into cornerstone of social activism in Israel. Cooperated with the Ministry of Social Affairs and top universities in promoting various social initiatives - Maintained 30% annual growth for 7 successive years ultimately becoming the only self-sustaining organization in its field

San Diego, Ca, Us

- Led cross regional strategy creation for 3G services deployment in emerging markets, overlooking 76 markets in Africa/Middle East. Designed operational plans for the top 10 markets - Analyzed M2M and mHealth market opportunities (valued at $60B), presented strategic plan to EVP Asia Pac/Middle East/Africa, VP Business Dev. and Strategy, later presented to company’s costumers - Evaluated financial investment opportunities in emerging economies, presented to top management

WiMAX broadband provider in Africa, national carrier WiMAX license (2.5GHz) holder in Rwanda- Founded and operated an international telecom company, raised seed capital (over $100K) - Defined vision and go to market strategy for varied line of products - Created business and operating models involving 25 different properties across 7 markets - Spearheaded negotiations to establish strategic partnerships with Europe’s Largest WiMAX service provider. - Established network of representatives in 15 African countries - Led management team through acquisition of nationwide Rwandese WiMAX license - Negotiated second round of finance with India’s largest holding group based on $7M valuation- Launched local representation in African 15 countries

Consultancy specializing in strategy and business models for web-based start-ups- Recruited clients, managed clients accounts and relationships - Designed business strategies and business models enabled clients to raise over $3M

Largest interactive television platform and applications provider in Israel- Produced business and marketing plans for new interactive services (gaming, Video On Demand, billing) targeted at 65% of Israeli households - Coordinated the overall product lifecycle beginning with ideation through implementation - Drove a 30% increase in TMT’s revenues while positioning it as a market leader in interactive television

- Consulted a classified, large-scale, $80M, data systems, defense project- Led a team of 13 analysts- Outstanding unit and division officer, 2001 and 2002- Graduate of the Intelligence Corps excellence program

D.G.M. is a Hebrew acronym for Desert Redeeming Pathway. D.G.M.'s aim was to promote an economic program to settle the Negev.

Mba, Business Administration

Executive Education Program, Risk Management

Bsc, Industrial Engineering, Data Systems, Management And Logistics