Fiftyfaces Focus - Inspiring Women in Tech and Beyond
37 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 year ago -A series focused on inspiring women in tech and beyond - describing their career trajectory, their perception of diversity in the tech sector and what supports have made a difference as they reach for their goals.
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Episode 6: Special Collaboration - The Mindshare Podcast and Fiftyfaces Productions: Madeleine Dassule - Tech, Teams and the Power of Feedback
April 18, 2023 00:00 - 35 minutes - 32.4 MBMadeleine Dassule is Partner & Co-Head, Technology at Wellington Management. She previously was a Vice President at Goldman Sachs in the area of equity trading technology. She holds a number of Board roles including being a member of the Board of Finos and Boston City Singers. Our conversation starts with her upbringing in France, and her path to study math at Columbia College. We discuss the French approach to education - the concept of "peut mieux faire" - can do better/can try ...
Episode 5: Special Collaboration: The Mindshare Podcast and Fiftyfaces Productions Limited: April Rinne - Flipping the Script to Navigate Change and Uncertainty
March 22, 2023 00:00 - 47 minutes - 43.6 MBApril Rinne is a “change navigator,” speaker, investor, and adventurer whose work and travels in more than 100 countries have given her a front-row seat to a world in flux. In this podcast episode, April brings us real tools to help any executive or individual manage constant change and uncertainty, and we ask April to apply her navigation tools and insights to each of the 4 previous guests in our Women in Tech series. In April’s words, from her best-selling book, Flux: 8 Superpower...
Episode 4: Special Collaboration: The Mindshare Podcast and Fiftyfaces: Fiona McDonnell of Booking.Com
March 15, 2023 00:00 - 34 minutes - 32 MBFiona McDonnell is a mother, wife and the author of the book “Two Mirrors and a Cheetah: Think Differently, Own Your Career & Succeed by Being Yourself.” Fiona is also a tech industry leader, currently an executive at Booking.com, and formerly at Amazon and many well known consumer good companies. Fiona has had an amazing business career spanning 30 years, and she shares the hard earned wisdom from this invaluable experience on the importance of having self-awareness and how to achi...
Episode 3: Special Collaboration: The Mindshare Podcast: Alicin Reidy Williamson is Changing the Game
March 08, 2023 00:00 - 30 minutes - 28 MBAs Head of Diversity & Culture at Yahoo, Inc., Alicin leads Yahoo’s diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) efforts globally, in addition to building upon Yahoo’s passionate and positive team culture. Alicin discusses how to enhance belonging within the corporate culture and shares her insights on the value of Feminine Leadership and the need for high EQ in corporate leaders, something already practiced by her CEO. For over 25 years, Reidy Williamson has led Culture, Purpose and DE...
Episode 2: Special Collaboration - The Mindshare Podcast and Fiftyfaces Productions: Katie Jacobs Stanton Has Moxie
February 28, 2023 00:00 - 33 minutes - 30.4 MBKatie is the Founder and General Partner of Moxxie Ventures. Katie brings us insights from her rich background of experience in and board seats at large media and tech firms, finance and government. She shares her insights and offers tools to thrive from her breadth of experience and current interactions with founders, investors and entrepreneurs. Prior to Moxxie, Katie served in numerous executive operating roles at Twitter, Google, Yahoo, and Color. She has led teams in market...
Episode 1: Special Collaboration - The Mindshare Podcast and Fiftyfaces Productions: Jessica Kosmowski of Deloitte: Tech Trends and the Power of Connections
February 22, 2023 00:00 - 25 minutes - 23 MBJessica is a principal in Deloitte Consulting LLP and lead for Consulting’s Ecosystems & Alliances practice, with a constant focus on the next big thing- which she shares with us today as our first guest on the Women in Tech Series. Jessica also shares her insights from attending the recent World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. In her more than 25 years at Deloitte, Jessica has helped clients navigate large-scale, strategic transformations that enable market growth and build...
Episode 1: Special Collaboration - The Mindshare Podcast and Fiftyfaces Productions: Women in Tech - Trailer
February 20, 2023 23:28 - 5 minutes - 7.95 MBOur global Women in Tech series is an exciting collaboration between Fiftyfaces Productions and Monumental Me, an organization committed to wellness including resilience, mental fitness and strength designed to help you thrive in life and your career. It also hosts The Mindshare Podcast. In this first series of the collaboration, host Liana Slater talks to four senior female tech executives about what drove their success, how the tech industry is changing and advice they wish they h...
Episode 24: Maram Hussein: The Importance of Hiring for Attitude and of Being the Change You Wish To See
November 09, 2022 00:00 - 18 minutes - 17.2 MBMaram Hussein at the time of recording was Investor Communication Lead at Vintage Investment Partners and a Board Member at Kav Mashvean. She started her career as a tax researcher, moving to an auditor role before assuming her current role. In recent months she established an initiative to integrate more Arabs in the Venture Capital, Investment Banks and Consulting firms. She now lives in California. Our conversation starts with Maram's university study in finance and accounting a...
Episode 24: Global Women in Tech - Coming in 2023 - Teaser
November 08, 2022 00:00 - 4 minutes - 3.87 MBIn 2023 we are taking our Inspiring Israeli Women in Tech Fiftyfaces Focus Series to the next level. We are going global. In this mini-series we give you a taste of the kind of stories and concepts that we will be bringing together - comparing and contrasting experiences around the world. In this series we hear from Maram Hussein about what it was like to be one of the only Arab Women in her tech career, and how she had to look hard for mentors and to build a network. This expe...
Episode 23: Ashwini Asokan of Mad Street Den: Demystifying AI through Anthropology and Insight
October 18, 2022 00:00 - 38 minutes - 35.1 MBAshwini Asokan is the founder and CEO of Mad Street Den, an Artificial Intelligence company, powering Retail, Education, Healthcare, Media, Finance & more with its image recognition platforms, Vue.ai and Blox.ai. Headquartered in the Bay Area, California, the company has offices around the globe. She previously worked at Intel, where she led IXR’s Mobile Portfolio, which explored the future of mobile technology and designed compelling mobile experiences that people will love. While...
Episode 23: Ahryun Moon of Goodtime.io: SCHEDULING EFFICIENCY AND ANALYZING THE FEMALE FOUNDERS DISCOUNT
October 18, 2022 00:00 - 30 minutes - 41.9 MBAhryun Moon is Founder and Head of Company Strategy at GoodTime.io a company designed to boost employee productivity by making scheduling meetings easier. This is not her first time founding a company – she also founded Etch Keyboard and previously worked as a financial accountant and financial analyst. We start with her upbringing and the hackathons that awakened her interest in tech and problem solving. When she noticed that recruiters were spending the bulk of their time on sc...
Episode 22: Bonus Episode: Charna Ambers of CB Design NY - Building Brands, Leveraging Contacts, Navigating Change
February 15, 2022 00:00 - 24 minutes - 22.7 MBCharna Ambers is founder of CB Design NY, which specializes in corporate brand and marketing design for clients across a range of industries, including in particular healthcare, lifestyle, and real estate. Our conversation starts with her upbringing in upstate New York, her first roles and how she came to the decision to launch her own firm. We talk about her vision for branding and design, and how she builds her network. We delve in particular into her LInkedIN strategy, and how ...
Episode 21: 21. Hilla Bakshi - A Champion for Women in Tech Takes the Stage
February 07, 2022 00:00 - 23 minutes - 21.5 MBHilla Bakshi is the founder of Hameetupistiot and works as a marketing and business development co-ordinator at Women on Stage. Women on Stage is a global platform which showcases, books, and trains women professional speakers for any tech event, conference, meetup, or webinar. In our interview, we discuss how Hilla came to champion women in hi-tech. Hilla describes how her growing awareness that she was usually the only female in the room inspired her to ask why. We talk about wh...
Episode 2: 20. Efrat Fenigson of Mindspace: Finding Clarity and Conviction through Storytelling
February 01, 2022 00:00 - 29 minutes - 27.4 MBEfrat Fenigson was featured as one of StartIsrael’s 2021’s most promising marketing leaders in Israel who is focused on social impact. Efrat is currently the CMO at Mindspace and is the co-founder of the G-CMO forum. She is also, among many other things, a feminist, activist, and Videocast host. In our interview we discuss how Efrat started out as a programmer in Australia and chucked it all in to take a risk and start her own business there. She talks us through her journey f...
Episode 1: 19. Avigail Bar-Timor Rosen of Payoneer - Scaling the Heights of Hi-Tech
January 22, 2022 00:00 - 30 minutes - 28.2 MBAvigail Bar-Timor Rosen is currently a Business Operation Associate at Payoneer. Prior to this she was a community manager at "Women in Hitech”, which has more than 14 thousand members. Avigal continues to promote and work for the representation of women in the Israeli tech industry. In this podcast we talk about how hard it can be to know what you want to do in life. Avigail describes how her journey to discovering her career path was not a straightforward or easy one, and...
18. Rachel Zalta - Behind the Scenes of Behavioral Analysis
June 15, 2021 00:00 - 18 minutes - 25.2 MBRachel Zalta is Global Lead at the Creative Shop @ Taboola in Tel Aviv. She originally studied psychology, and has a strong interest in online trends and persuasion and is an expert on online behavior. She was born in New York City and moved to Israel when she was 6 years old. Rachel was one of the first guests that I approached for our Inspiring Israeli Women in Tech Series and is a perfect person to finish our third series. I was quickly fascinated by her blend of psycholog...
17. Adi Eckhouse Barzilai - Chess and Optimism
June 09, 2021 00:00 - 31 minutes - 43 MBAdi Eckhouse Barzilai is co-founder and CEO at DeeDa:Do, based in NYC, and was the founder of RealFace, a company focused on bringing back human perception to digital processes. In this conversation we discuss her journey from sitting with an inspired idea to finally taking the plunge and leaving the security of her well paid job to set up RealFace. She emphasizes how vital it is to work with partners who share the same core values as you and the importance of surrounding yourself ...
16. Maya Tutian Matosevich - Why Business Must Go On - Now More Than Ever
June 02, 2021 00:00 - 21 minutes - 29.9 MBMaya Tutian Matosevich is Global Marketing Director at Dassault Systemes, a French company and is based in Israel. She has had a long career in marketing within the software sector, where she has developed business plans and sales strategies on a regional and a global basis. Our discussion covers her successful career - how she established herself as a leader in global marketing and developed a global team and client base. An excellent example of her ability to pivot and respond t...
15. Dafna Rolls - An exploration of Mindset and how it shifts with experience
May 31, 2021 00:00 - 23 minutes - 32.3 MBIn our podcast, Dafna describes how she grew in a family of entrepreneurs and discusses her time in the Israeli army where at the age of 18 she became a lieutenant overseeing a group of 20 men. This experience shaped Dafna and made her understand what she was capable of. So much so that when Dafna moved to America in her twenties, she realised that she needed to set up her own company, as no one in the US quite understood her skillset and potential. Hence, D|Rolls was born. A great...
14. Naomi Krieger Carmy: Solving Societal Challenges through Innovation and Impact
May 11, 2021 00:00 - 25 minutes - 34.5 MBNaomi Krieger Carmy is a Senior VP at Social Finance Israel, an Israeli not-for-profit organization that issues Social Impact Bonds. She has had a global career that has spanned roles in investment banking, economic development and policy, and has recently had a particular focus on furthering innovation through the UK Israel Tech Hub a public/private venture to promote business and tech collaboration between the UK and Israel. Her most recent role prior to the current one was as VP ...
13. Shanna Fuld - Thinking Differently About Grit and Hustle
May 10, 2021 00:00 - 31 minutes - 43.7 MBShanna Fuld is the founder and CEO at the Israel Daily News Podcast. She has worked as a freelance reporter, and creates her own content including the Israel Daily News Podcast, The Israel Weekly Newswrap, Women in Israel and The Corona Business Report. Our conversation traces how a chance meeting with Wolf Blitzer in Tel Aviv kindled the flame that was already alight in her for broadcast media. We follow her journey in education and then in the business and some of the long hours...
Series 3 - Trailer
May 05, 2021 00:00 - 2 minutes - 3.11 MBWe are delighted to be back for Series 3 of our Inspiring Israeli Women in Tech and Beyond series, which is co-hosted by Aoifinn Devitt and Maeve McQuillan. We meet with six more inspiring guests, who introduced us to topics as diverse as social impact bonds, looking at technology through the lens of a psychologist, how your mindset as a founder must include optimism, but can also change as you mature, and the kind of freedom that that bestows. We speak with a successful founder who...
12. Rachel Fabian-Edelman - Starting Strong and the Benefits of Positive Reinforcement
April 28, 2021 00:00 - 21 minutes - 29 MBRachel Fabian-Edelman is a community manager at Citi Accelerator & Venture Investments, which is responsible for investment in a range of start-ups. She started her career in MobilEye, a mobility company and one of Israel’s most successful start-ups, that is now a part of Intel. She has a passion for connecting and amplifying the voices of women in the profession, and has started a local women’s network, and is also committed to animal rights. Our conversation traces Rachel's caree...
11. Keren Fanan - Why Choosing an Extraordinary Path should be an Ordinary Decision
April 26, 2021 00:00 - 22 minutes - 30.6 MBKeren Fanan was in her most recent role the Chief Commercial Officer at Gett, where she led the company’s international SaaS strategy and its B2B unit across over 1000 cities. Prior to that, Keren launched and scaled two "startups within a startup". She previously held a series of business development and product manager roles. She has been a Board Member of Women in Tech Israel since November 2020. Our conversation starts and ends with the reminder by Elon Musk that ordinary pe...
10. Galit Desheh - Gender Brave and Color Happy
April 20, 2021 00:00 - 24 minutes - 33.5 MBGalit Desheh is the owner of DG – Diversity Growth Consulting and Strategic Social Change, organizations which work with companies to create an inclusive environment and diverse workforce. She previously worked as Educational Director at the Tel Aviv Sexual Assault Crisis Center and was Executive Director of Israel’s Women’s Network for over 3 years. She is a director of the “Power in Diversity” Initiative to diversify the high -tech industry in Israel and is also a lecturer. We...
9. Michal Eisikowitz - Results Focused; Community Driven
April 18, 2021 00:00 - 25 minutes - 34.8 MBMichal Eisikowitz is the founder of CopyTribe, a copywriting university that offers multiple courses in different areas of copy + business management to copywriters, designers, and all creative professionals She is also the founder of Michal Eisik Media, which is the micro-agency serving select B2B SaaS + service providers with website copywriting + strategy. She defines copywriting as about saying "I do!" to the perfect marriage of research + storytelling and Michal has a dynamic ...
8. Merav Oren - A Serial Entrepreneur Talks Food Tech, Co-Working and Making the Ask
April 14, 2021 00:00 - 6 minutes - 32.5 MBMerav Oren is a serial entrepreneur, most recently of the ACT Foodtech Innovation Hub, which connects the culinary and foodTech worlds, as well as the founder of WMN, a co-working space and ecosystem for female entrepreneurs in Tel Aviv, and the first of its kind in the area. She is passionate about working with the public sector towards sustainability and impact and also founded Urban Playground, which provides solutions to effectively manage public spaces. Our wide-ranging conv...
7. Merav Oren - A Serial Entrepreneur Talks Food Tech, Co-Working and Making the Ask
April 14, 2021 00:00 - 23 minutes - 32.5 MBMerav Oren is a serial entrepreneur, most recently of the ACT Foodtech Innovation Hub, which connects the culinary and foodTech worlds, as well as the founder of WMN, a co-working space and ecosystem for female entrepreneurs in Tel Aviv, and the first of its kind in the area. She is passionate about working with the public sector towards sustainability and impact and also founded Urban Playground, which provides solutions to effectively manage public spaces. Our wide-ranging conversation...
7. Dalit Heldenberg - Leading With Courage and Ambition
April 12, 2021 00:00 - 20 minutes - 28.7 MBDalit Heldenberg is a vice president at GLOAT, a talent marketplace, and has had a close to two decade career in hi-tech. She is committed to helping people thrive at work, and is a co- founder of LeadWith – Women Leading tech, which is a non-profit organization focused on empowering and promoting women in technology careers at all levels in Israel, as well as the Israeli chapter of Girls in Tech. Our conversation tracks Dalit's early entry into her career, and how she from the ve...
Series 2 - Trailer
April 08, 2021 00:00 - 2 minutes - 4.01 MBWe are delighted to be back for Series 2 of our podcast series focused on Inspiring Israeli Women in Tech and Beyond. In this series we are joined by Dalit Heldenberg, who has had a close to two decade career in hi-tech. She is an active mentor within the tech community and is a co- founder of LeadWith – Women Leading tech, which is a non-profit organization focused on empowering and promoting women in technology careers at all levels in Israel, as well as the Israeli chapter of G...
6. Helen Gottstein - Enhancing Visibility and Finding a Vibrant Voice
April 05, 2021 00:00 - 30 minutes - 41.2 MBHelen Gottstein is the founder of Loud and Clear Training, a communication and presentation strategy business where she serves global clients from her Israel base. She has had a long career in training women to get heard, inclusion and diversity training and presentation skills. Today, she shares her tips both as a founder and women’s advocate. Our conversation starts with Helen's youth in Australia and what influenced her in becoming a feminist at the age of 19. We trace that jour...
5. Miriam Isaac - Designing a Career
March 30, 2021 00:00 - 34 minutes - 47.4 MBMiriam Isaac is a freelance UX designer and consultant who works with a range of companies across the US and Israel. She has worked as a graphic, and later web, designer for over 10 years. Miriam has a particular interest in mentoring young women within the religious community who have an interest in entering the design arena and in directing them to where they can learn the skills required. She was born in London and moved to Israel when she was 18 years old. In our candid intervi...
4. Avigail Levine - Amplifying Voices; Restoring Belonging
March 24, 2021 00:00 - 38 minutes - 52.6 MBAvigail Levine is head of marketing and ecosystem relations at Samsung Next TLV in Tel Aviv. She originally studied law, and spent the first years of her career in legal roles, and moved into the tech industry in 2013, where she has held a series of roles including head of portfolio development at a venture capital fund. She is a co-founder and advisor at Restart, whose goal is to help wounded soldiers reintegrate into “real life” after a life changing event. She is also a fellow p...
3. Fran Jakubowicz - Marketing Visionary; Energizing Mentor
March 21, 2021 00:00 - 35 minutes - 48.5 MBFran Jakubowicz is CEO at SunHouse Marketing, a firm that generates leads and conducts social media and digital marketing for clients across verticals including Medtech, Pharma, Fintech, Startups, Law, Consumer Goods, Education and SAAS. She previously held a range of director of marketing positions across firms in Israel and Canada, and is a passionate advocate for entrepreneurs across Israel. In our discussion Fran discusses her own career journey, and how she bounced back from a...
2. Helena Baker - Networking to Maximum Effect
March 16, 2021 00:00 - 20 minutes - 28.8 MBHelena Baker grew up in London and has a background in journalism and copywriting. Since moving to Israel in 2019 she has founded English Speaking Network, one of Israel’s premier networking group. She describes herself as a Pro Schmoozer and LinkedIn Queen. In our discussion we talk about the early days of her career, why she was motivated to strike out on her own and what drove her move to Israel. We discuss her experience as a business owner, and whether being a female business...
1. Elinor Swery - What lies outside your comfort zone?
March 15, 2021 00:00 - 24 minutes - 33.1 MBElinor Swery is a Solutions Engineer at Rookout, based in Tel Aviv. Rookout empowers engineers to solve customer issues faster, by making debugging easy and accessible in any environment. She describes herself as working at the intersection of the physical and digital worlds, and has a PhD in mechanical engineering from the University of Auckland. Born in Israel, she moved to New Zealand at the age of 10 and moved back to Israel two years ago. Our conversation traces what Elin...
Fiftyfaces Focus: Inspiring Israeli Women in Tech and Beyond - Series 1
March 05, 2021 18:08 - 3 minutes - 3.27 MBWelcome to our new Fiftyfaces Focus series in which we interview inspiring women in the Israeli tech sector and beyond. The original Fiftyfaces Podcast focused on diversity in the world of finance and investment - we know that the tech world has similar issues of representation. In order to explore this we went to “startup nation” Israel, a burgeoning tech hub - where, with a population of around 8.5 million, it has the largest number of startups per capita in the world. In thi...