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Laurence Berkowitz is a seasoned financial executive with extensive experience in corporate finance and accounting. He has direct expertise in raising capital from venture capital and private equity funds and has been an integral member of executive teams, collaborating with management to drive revenue growth and streamline costs for bottom-line impact. Laurence has held key leadership roles, including VP of Finance at Sensibo and Freightos. He holds an MBA from NYU Stern School of Business. Outside of work, Laurence is a proud father of six, including a set of twins, loves playing basketball and a devoted Husky owner.
Ido holds 25+ years of experience in the hi-tech industry including a diverse range of technologies and architectures. He has extensive experience in top development positions in both small startups and large enterprise organizations. Ido spent 11 years of his career living in Boston, USA, where his three children were born. Ido holds a B.Sc. in Math and Computer Science from Ben-Gurion University and an MBA from Boston University. In his free time, Ido enjoys traveling with his family and friends as well as exploring new countries and cultures.
Dima is responsible for Ravin's Core Platform & Product Development, defining and strategizing Ravin's features. With over 18 years of experience, Dima's well-rounded background as a System Engineer, Programmer, and Product Manager allows for strong technological understanding & advancements. Prior to Ravin, Dima worked at Elbit, RAFAEL and KLA. Dima has BCs in Physics from the Technion.
Avital is a well-rounded marketer with 10 years of diverse experience in consumer goods, financial products, and technology startups. Avital’s expertise includes brand management, product development, content creation, and event management. She also has an extensive market research background with a strong grasp of both traditional and social media platforms. Avital loves traveling with her husband and two girls, running along the beaches of Tel Aviv, scouting out the best smoothie stands, or reading a good fictional novel.
Ron is no stranger to the Israeli start-up and hi-tech scene. Before joining Ravin, he founded his own company that focused on fitness membership. Before that, Ron managed product teams serving over 20 million users in the US telcom industry. More recently, he has led the R&D and product teams for a startup in the proptech space in Tel Aviv.
Neil has a broad range of experience building and scaling machine learning products in the automotive and transportation industries, working in both startup and enterprise environments. Prior to joining Ravin, he worked in a variety of product lead roles, specifically working on machine learning products in the transportation and logistics space, while working for Shell’s Digital Ventures unit. He prides himself on working closely with design, engineering, and data science to create AI products that delight customers. He holds a Master’s degree in Engineering, Economics, and Management from Oxford University.
Olga (Olya) started her career in QA in 2014 as a QA engineer at Global Mediator before making her way to Ravin. Today her passions include software life cycle, waterfall, SCRUM, and the bug life cycle. Olga has a degree in Linguistics from the Kyiv Linguistique University and worked as a technical English teacher at Kyiv Polytechnic University before entering the IT industry. Olga and her husband live in Kyiv. They have two teenage daughters and a pedigree cat.
Alex (Sasha) Silver, or ‘Silver’ as we call him, is our lead automotive expert and the ‘car whisperer’ of the company. Silver knows everything about vehicles because he started his career building them. Over time he became one of the top auto inspectors nationally having supervised the entire mechanic team for a leading OEM aftermarket group in Israel. Today, Silver oversees a team of automotive analysts that help train our artificial intelligence about car defects and continuously builds layers of intelligence into Ravin’s solutions.
Igor has over 20 years of experience in hi-tech including experience in QA, IT, DevOps, and backend development. Before joining Ravin, Igor held various positions at Toluna, including being a team leader, software engineer, release manager, and production service engineer. He holds a BA in Mathematics & Computer Science from the University of Haifa. Igor is a proud father of three and has many hobbies including karate (black belt!), motorbikes and cars, cooking, and traveling with his family to exotic countries.
Sanya (or Alex if you’d like) leads Ravin’s front-end team and works closely with Ravin’s product and UX teams to ensure a fantastic experience for users around the world. His experience includes working for companies such as Stratyfy, as well as, consultant work building customer-facing solutions and developing CRM systems. At Ravin he oversees the development of both our mobile app and web dashboards, integrating with the backend systems and coordinating with our algorithms team. Sanya’s hobbies include race driving and his notorious affinity for certain auto brands remains a subject of debate within the company.
Roman is responsible for overseeing the research, development, and implementation of Ravin’s technology. In the beginning of his tech career, Roman worked in multiple start-ups including development of the modern digital traffic law enforcement system, yes, the traffic camera that all drivers know. Roman has a PhD in Computer Science and specializes in computer vision. Roman has led major technology projects for the Israeli military, did his post doc in Yahoo! Research, and before co-founding Ravin was a machine learning lead with Shutterfly Inc.
Eliron has dedicated his work in the past 10 years to digitizing the automotive and transportation sectors. Before founding Ravin, Eliron was Head of New Business Development at Shell’s Digital Ventures unit in London, investing and incubating new businesses that could leverage Shell’s global footprint of retail locations for the benefit of fleets, motorists, and smart cities. Prior to that, Eliron served as the CEO of FarePilot.com, a startup using machine learning to help taxi and Uber drivers find their next passenger by predicting demand patterns in local areas. Eliron has an MBA from London Business School and is the proud father of 2 boys and one adorable girl.
Alex (or ‘Dr. Sasha’ as we like to call him) is responsible for our team of research scientists building the industry’s cutting-edge computer vision algorithms. With over 30 years of experience in scientific work on optics and data analysis, he co-founded a facial recognition startup called Photoccino and sold it in 2012 to Shutterfly where he continued to work as Chief Scientist. Alex has a PhD in Physics and enjoys table tennis, light banter, and the occasional scotch whiskey.
Eliron has dedicated his work in the past 10 years to digitizing the automotive and transportation sectors. Before founding Ravin, Eliron was Head of New Business Development at Shell’s Digital Ventures unit in London, investing and incubating new businesses that could leverage Shell’s global footprint of retail locations for the benefit of fleets, motorists, and smart cities. Prior to that, Eliron served as the CEO of FarePilot.com, a startup using machine learning to help taxi and Uber drivers find their next passenger by predicting demand patterns in local areas. Eliron has an MBA from London Business School and is the proud father of 2 boys and one adorable girl.
Ido holds 25+ years of experience in the hi-tech industry including a diverse range of technologies and architectures. He has extensive experience in top development positions in both small startups and large enterprise organizations. Ido spent 11 years of his career living in Boston, USA, where his three children were born. Ido holds a B.Sc. in Math and Computer Science from Ben-Gurion University and an MBA from Boston University. In his free time, Ido enjoys traveling with his family and friends as well as exploring new countries and cultures.
Laurence Berkowitz is a seasoned financial executive with extensive experience in corporate finance and accounting. He has direct expertise in raising capital from venture capital and private equity funds and has been an integral member of executive teams, collaborating with management to drive revenue growth and streamline costs for bottom-line impact. Laurence has held key leadership roles, including VP of Finance at Sensibo and Freightos. He holds an MBA from NYU Stern School of Business. Outside of work, Laurence is a proud father of six, including a set of twins, loves playing basketball and a devoted Husky owner.
Neil has a broad range of experience building and scaling machine learning products in the automotive and transportation industries, working in both startup and enterprise environments. Prior to joining Ravin, he worked in a variety of product lead roles, specifically working on machine learning products in the transportation and logistics space, while working for Shell’s Digital Ventures unit. He prides himself on working closely with design, engineering, and data science to create AI products that delight customers. He holds a Master’s degree in Engineering, Economics, and Management from Oxford University.
Ron is no stranger to the Israeli start-up and hi-tech scene. Before joining Ravin, he founded his own company that focused on fitness membership. Before that, Ron managed product teams serving over 20 million users in the US telcom industry. More recently, he has led the R&D and product teams for a startup in the proptech space in Tel Aviv.
Avital is a well-rounded marketer with 10 years of diverse experience in consumer goods, financial products, and technology startups. Avital’s expertise includes brand management, product development, content creation, and event management. She also has an extensive market research background with a strong grasp of both traditional and social media platforms. Avital loves traveling with her husband and two girls, running along the beaches of Tel Aviv, scouting out the best smoothie stands, or reading a good fictional novel.
Alex (or ‘Dr. Sasha’ as we like to call him) is responsible for our team of research scientists building the industry’s cutting-edge computer vision algorithms. With over 30 years of experience in scientific work on optics and data analysis, he co-founded a facial recognition startup called Photoccino and sold it in 2012 to Shutterfly where he continued to work as Chief Scientist. Alex has a PhD in Physics and enjoys table tennis, light banter, and the occasional scotch whiskey.
Alex (Sasha) Silver, or ‘Silver’ as we call him, is our lead automotive expert and the ‘car whisperer’ of the company. Silver knows everything about vehicles because he started his career building them. Over time he became one of the top auto inspectors nationally having supervised the entire mechanic team for a leading OEM aftermarket group in Israel. Today, Silver oversees a team of automotive analysts that help train our artificial intelligence about car defects and continuously builds layers of intelligence into Ravin’s solutions.
Olga (Olya) started her career in QA in 2014 as a QA engineer at Global Mediator before making her way to Ravin. Today her passions include software life cycle, waterfall, SCRUM, and the bug life cycle. Olga has a degree in Linguistics from the Kyiv Linguistique University and worked as a technical English teacher at Kyiv Polytechnic University before entering the IT industry. Olga and her husband live in Kyiv. They have two teenage daughters and a pedigree cat.
Sanya (or Alex if you’d like) leads Ravin’s front-end team and works closely with Ravin’s product and UX teams to ensure a fantastic experience for users around the world. His experience includes working for companies such as Stratyfy, as well as, consultant work building customer-facing solutions and developing CRM systems. At Ravin he oversees the development of both our mobile app and web dashboards, integrating with the backend systems and coordinating with our algorithms team. Sanya’s hobbies include race driving and his notorious affinity for certain auto brands remains a subject of debate within the company.
Igor has over 20 years of experience in hi-tech including experience in QA, IT, DevOps, and backend development. Before joining Ravin, Igor held various positions at Toluna, including being a team leader, software engineer, release manager, and production service engineer. He holds a BA in Mathematics & Computer Science from the University of Haifa. Igor is a proud father of three and has many hobbies including karate (black belt!), motorbikes and cars, cooking, and traveling with his family to exotic countries.
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Dima is responsible for Ravin's Core Platform & Product Development, defining and strategizing Ravin's features. With over 18 years of experience, Dima's well-rounded background as a System Engineer, Programmer, and Product Manager allows for strong technological understanding & advancements. Prior to Ravin, Dima worked at Elbit, RAFAEL and KLA. Dima has BCs in Physics from the Technion.
Roman is responsible for overseeing the research, development, and implementation of Ravin’s technology. In the beginning of his tech career, Roman worked in multiple start-ups including development of the modern digital traffic law enforcement system, yes, the traffic camera that all drivers know. Roman has a PhD in Computer Science and specializes in computer vision. Roman has led major technology projects for the Israeli military, did his post doc in Yahoo! Research, and before co-founding Ravin was a machine learning lead with Shutterfly Inc.