Project Management

Chris started his career as a chartered accountant in 2005 in one of the leading accountancy firms in Kenya. In 2009 he left the firm and opened his own private practice in Kigali, Rwanda, where he was a founding member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Rwanda. During his tenure at the firm, he advised over five hundred different public, private and non-governmental organizations across the East African region. He is a forensic financial audit expert with various certifications and a recognized tax advisor with extensive knowledge of tax matters for the entire East African region.

Shahaf is a full-time startup manager and has worked with more than 300 startups from 21 countries around the world. She is an expert in early stage startups, incubation and acceleration programs, and innovation events with notable guests from the IT industry. She has been with us since January 2019, where we had the pleasure of getting to know her as Vice President of the Eilat Hub, of which we have since become a partner. She earned her bachelor’s degree with a major in business from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, an academic institution in southern Israel whose main campus is in Be’er Sheva.

Adam is an experienced executive and certified Scrum Master with expertise in overseeing Scrum teams and digital solutions. He captures requirements for complex enterprise projects and can immediately present a professional IT solution, delivering breakthrough technologies and ensuring optimal performance on challenging projects and technical initiatives. Adam’s excellence in meeting standards, quality objectives and timelines has driven organisations, teams and digital solutions time and time again. He prioritizes conflicting requirements as user stories and in adapting the solution development process. His track record of success on various large projects reflects leading teams, designing methods to oversee operations and ensuring regulatory compliance. His analytical mind and organizational focus make him a corporate strategist par excellence.

Anton has 15 years of experience as a developer and 10 years as a company and product manager and community builder. In 2011 he founded FusionWorks and the DeveloperMD Community, the largest IT community in Moldova. His passion is developing technologies, launching new products and organizing various IT-related events, the biggest of which is the Moldova Developer Conference . Anton has co-founded and managed a number of startups, most recently iFood and Dely.IO – the leading food delivery service in Moldova and its white label solution – and Empy.IO – an all-in-one HR tool. The products he directs and develops are used in the EU and US in healthcare, e‑commerce, government, education, real estate, HR, journalism, entertainment and sports.

Boniface is a trained psychologist who spends much of his time consulting with farmers and agribusinesses. His main interest is problem solving with a particular focus on food security and energy issues in Kenya and Africa. Boniface has developed a strong interest in computers because technology is a tool to solve many problems in our society. When his time permits, he works as a UI/UX designer based on applying psychological principles to improve user interaction.

As head of Arieli Ventures, Or is responsible for creating Arieli’s early stage growth and investment platforms that generate high equity portfolios and investments. Working with leading family offices, banks, industrial companies, governments and academic institutions, Or is responsible for building innovative innovation centers and ecosystems in Israel, the US, Europe and China in areas such as agribusiness, food, ocean, desert, climate, bio and travel technologies. Or holds a Distinguished Service Award from the Commander-in-Chief of the IDF for his service in the Special Forces, as well as a B.A. (Cum Laude, Distinguished Student Award) in Electronic Business Management from Dominican University of California and an M.A. in Conflict Management and Resolution from Ben Gurion University, Israel. He has been accompanying us in complex strategic decisions since January 2019, where we had the pleasure of meeting him as President of the Eilat Hub, of which we have since become partners.

Miri studied Spanish and economics at the University of Kassel until 2018. After her bachelor’s degree, she worked for a year at the German children’s and youth book publisher Loewe in Bindlach. During this time she was able to develop her literary skills. She has been studying German and Applied Computer Science in Bayreuth since 2019. At Forensic Discovery GmbH she is responsible for the language learning game Gemica , which combines elements of computer role-playing games and point-and-click adventures with classic interlinear translation and implicit learning. Miri’s great passions are books and languages. As a hobby musician, she plays the violin and has been singing in various choirs for several years.

Roy is a software engineer and has been part of the tech industry since 2007 and has been doing frontend way before it was cool. He is a UI enthusiast focused on implementing the smoothest designs for web application libraries, animations, and UI frameworks. In his spare time, he practices yoga, collects records, and has a collection of rare vintage audio artifacts.

What began for Dominik with an education as a designer in Krefeld and solidified at the University of Applied Sciences in Aachen, has now become a passion for design, complex applications and concepts. He understands his task as connecting people. He does this as part of a great team and with the partners in his network. Above all, he connects people in digital applications and tries to solve problems that have social relevance on small and large scales.