Place-IL is a Social-Tech
initiative that empowers Israeli tech
companies to effectively hire talent
from underrepresented populations,
at scale and with minimal risk.
For the first time leading tech leaders, companies and
investors, teamed up to proactively tackle
underrepresented groups in the high tech industry.
Together with Google as the founding partner, Place-IL
spearheaded a groundbreaking initiative to address the
demand for a diverse workforce and pioneered a dedicated
tech-driven screening process.
Place-IL is in partnership with more than 50
Israeli tech partners including:
Who we are
Our
Founders
Our Founders
Idan is a serial tech entrepreneur who founded and sold two startups, the latest to Palo Alto Networks (NASDAQ: PANW), where he currently serves the Vice President for Code Security, and is responsible for Palo Alto Networks’ Israel employee diversity. Idan previously founded and served as head of Elbit Systems cybersecurity business unit; and served as a commander in the 8200 IDF elite intelligence and cyber unit.
Keren founded Place-IL and served as its first CEO, leading the organization through its first two and a half years of operation. Previously, she served as Deputy Director of Adam Teva V'Din (IUED), an environmental NGO, and as CEO of Shiur Acher (A Different Lesson), a non-profit that trains volunteers from the high-tech sector to teach in underserved schools. Keren is an attorney with a labor law, administrative law and environmental law background.
Eynav is a cybersecurity expert with experience in software development and management. She led critical R&D initiatives and collaborated with international partners on national security programs within the prime minister office. Eynav holds degrees in Computer Science and System Engineering
Our Team
Founding Partner
Strategic Partner
Partners
Industry Partner
Advisory Board
Place-IL operates an advisory board comprised of Israeli tech industry
leaders and experts in the field of HR, tech, engineering and diversity
Gigi-Levy Weiss
General Partner | NFX
Barak Regev
General Manager | Google Israel
Zika Abzuk
Business Development Senior Manager | Cisco ISR
Dadi Perlmutter
Chairman | State of Israel’s High-Tech Human Capital Committee, Former CPO & EVP | Intel
Shirley Stein Mor
HR Regional Partner | Amazon
Jenny Bruk
VP of Engineering | Semperis
Ido Segev
Vice President, General Manager Tech. & Mfg. Strategic Planning | Intel
Yoav Flint Rosenfeld
Experienced Cyber Security & Incident Response Manager | Trusted Advisor | Incident Response Director at Sygnia
Scott Tobin
Senior Partner | Battery Ventures
Eliran Elimelech
Head of Programs, Israel | Michael & Susan Dell Foundation
Matan Naor
VP - Head of Risk for Consumer Products & Experiences | GM PayPal
Rola Nassar Bisharat
COO General Motors Tech Center
Rami Sass
Co-Founder and CEO | Mend
Adam Fisher
Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners
Nir Tzuk
Founder | PANW
Nadir Izrael
CTO & Co-founder | Armis
Eli Rata
Head of R&D Innovation Group | Intuit
Ziyad Hanna
Corporate Vice President at Cadence Design Systems
Liad Agmon
Managing Partner | Insight Partners
Nataly Kremer
Chief Product Officer (CPO) at Check Point Software Technologies, Ltd.
Michael Eisenberg
Partner | Aleph
Gil Rabinovitz
Senior Strategic Consultant | Strauss | Technology, Operation, Product and IT expert
Yair Weinberger
Co-Founder | Reindeer AI
Ronni Zehavi
CEO & Co-founder | HiBob
Tami Bronner
Partner | Vertex Ventures
Tali Barash Bouskila
Head of Israel | Michael & Susan Dell Foundation
Fadi Elobra
Founder & CEO | TALENTEAM
Emi Palmor
Former Director General of the Ministry of Justice of Israel
Tomer Bar-Zeev
President | Grow at Unity
Boaz Katz
Co-Founder & Chief Data Officer | Bizzabo
Shahar Bar-Or
Chief Product Officer & Israel GM | Infinidat
Tom Livne
Founder & Chairman | Verbit, Founder & CEO | T.L Holdings
Rinat Zilberstein
VP R&D & Israel GM | AT&T
Shai Peretz
SVP Engineering | Riskified
Aziz Kaddan
CEO & Co-founder | Myndlift
Moshe Lipsker
SVP, GM ISRAEL | Imperva
Karin Mayer Rubinstein
CEO | IATI
Michal Sarig-Kaduri
Government relations @ Wix.com & Manager of the Israel Growth
Daphne Berger
VP of People & Culture | HR Executive
Jumana Nsier Hakim
D&I Lead | Microsoft
Barak Schoster Goihman
Venture Partner | Battery Ventures
Amir Ofek
CEO | AxoniusX
Maya Hofman Levy
Site Leader Beer Sheva, Dell Technologies Israel R&D Site
Efrat Rapoport
CEO | Former Salesforce ISR
Avigdor Rabinovich
Cloud Training Manager | Israel National Digital Agency
Oshrat Binyamin
VP HR | Connecteam
Idan Nimni
CEO | Ravtech
Yaron Weizenbluth
Partner, Head of Tech sector | PwC
Galia Eckstein
Head of HR | PANW Israel
Ronit Ronen-Karpol
Head of HR /Executive Leader
Avi Snir
CEO & Co-founder | Elevation
Morin Mozes
Director Talent Acquisition at Palo Alto Networks | Ex-Google | Board member at Place- IL
Guy Katsovich
Investor | Fusion
Roni Bonjack
Managing Partner | at-inc/
Yaron Markovich
Head of strategy & Operations | Google Israel
Ran Ribenzaft
CTO Cloud | CISCO, Former co-founder Epsagon
Lotan Levkowitz
General Partner | Grove Ventures
Inbal Arieli
Investor | Chutzpah Author
Gil Lev
VP HR | Bionic
Ran Shavit
D&I Lead | Google Israel
Itzik Shmuli
Director General | UJA-Fed of NY, Former Israeli Minister of Labor & Social Services
Jeff Shapiro
Partner | Bounty M&R
Gabby Czertok
Founder | The Builders
Sivan Avihud
Global VP People | Next Insurance
Ilan Stern
SVP Talent | Insight Partners
Itzik Crombie
Co-Founder & CEO | ME GO
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