Accelerating Electric Fleets

Working with startup CEOs. I am your sounding board, your trusted voice, the board member everyone always promised to be and no one ever is, your coach and your mentor.Some engagements:* Addionics - Ground-breaking battery technology that will truly free us from our charging stations.* Kardome - Speaker location / speech recognition enhancement.* ROADZ - Connective tissue for connected commercial vehicle services. * Parkquility - Connecting the parking ecosystem to the 21st century.Past engagements include Locus Labs, Midnight Robotics, Brook Health, HOPR, White Raven, Obi...

Supporting the CEO, founders and investors in building this company from pre-seed to the battery tech gorilla it is becoming. Addionics, one of the few true innovators in battery technology. Product and market strategy, organizational architecture, fundraising, strategic relationships and more.Interim VP Product 2022 (and recruiting a full-time VP of Product - DM me if relevant!)

Kardome Technologies provides technology for enhanced voice applications based on spatial listening. Applying my experience in deep tech startups and specifically voice tech to help guide management through the strategic challenges of early stage companies - product strategy, funding, partnering.

Bringing commercial parking to the 21st century, where we find, book and pay for stuff on our smartphones. Elementary.

Roadz runs a data platform and marketplace for commercial fleet services. Working with the CEO and board on the strategic challenges of early stage startups - product strategy, partnering / strategic sales, fundraising.

Brook Health provides remote primary care at scale to chronic and pre-chronic patients. I work with the board and CEO, driving strategic initiatives around partnerships, M&A and fund-raising.

Catalyzing strategic growth at the world's leading ridehail aggregator.

Supported the CEO in strategic relationships, market approach, dealing with strategic partners, creating the new brand, and so much more. Midnight Robotics was acquired by FieldIn.

German Autolabs is building the next generation of human interfaces in the car. Initially headed the product and technology team for the AI aspects of the product in Berlin. Currently representing the company in Silicon Valley, working with strategic partners and the venture community.

Advised the CEO and founding team on fundraising, investor relations, strategic partnerships and M&A. Filled leadership gaps in business development and marketing. LocusLabs was acquired by Acuity Brands (NYSE: AYI) in 2019.

Founded and built an AI-based travel / local search engine that was acquired by Nokia HERE in 2014 to power search & places.Desti built an AI-driven travel / local search and planning iPad app based on a proprietary semantic search and natural-language-understanding engine. It became a top-10 travel app within weeks of national launch. Desti was an SRI International spin-of whose goal was to collect and understand all of the place/travel related content online and create a knowledge base for a virtual concierge that assists you in planning and executing trips.

Worked alongside the great SRI Ventures team and AI researchers to ideate, create and spin-out Desti.

Founded and ran a mobile app pioneer company for over a decade. Acquired by Carlson Wagonlit Travel in 2012.WorldMate (fka MobiMate) was one of the world's leading mobile apps for over a decade. Initially bootstrapped to a profitable 25-person company that was one of the biggest online B2C mobile application companies in 2000 - 2008 and the only one with a top-10 product on 5 different mobile platforms, with on-device distribution on everyone's PDAs and smartphones - from Palm through Nokia to BlackBerry.Transitioned the company into a venture-backed startup in 2007, with backing from notable angel investors, The BlackBerry Partners Fund, Motorola Ventures and Silicon Valley Bank, growing the company further and subsequently relocating HQ to Silicon Valley. Entered strategic relationships with smartphone makers and key travel companies (American Express, Carlson Wagonlit, Travelport). Handed off the reins to new management in 2010. The company was sold to Carlson Wagonlit Travel in 2012.

WorldMate Inc. is MobiMate's US HQ established to get better traction in our key target market. As CEO and Founder of both entities I led all aspects - from strategy to operations, at both our Silicon Valley HQ and Israel R&D center. WorldMate and MobiMate were acquired by Carlson Wagonlit Travel (CWT)

Participated in numerous aviation and military-related projects. Managed large software / hardware projects on behalf of governmental aerospace organizations.

Served in several IAF staff and field roles as an air battle manager. Rank: Major (Reserves)