Paul & Elisabeth Merage Foundation | Andre & Katherine Merage Foundation
HLS 2019HLS 2019

Program Description

The Leadership Program for HLS Executives focuses on enhancing your and your company’s ability to operate in the United States and to succeed in the global marketplace.

The program is targeted towards Israeli startup companies, HLS-related industries including traffic & arms control, border security, personal safety, Cyber protection, law enforcement officers training equipment, Air & Environment safety & control, command & control systems, surveillance systems, protective equipment, military electronics, anti-terror systems, Non-lethal weapons, fire control, Energy Storage systems, range finders, optical equipment, UAV’s, UGV’s and related industries.

Professors

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Alan B. Sellers

Alan B. Sellers

CEO

Precision Restaurant Group LLC

Amit Gavish

Amit Gavish

Executive Vice President- Americas

Voyager Labs

Bruce Money

Bruce Money

Executive Director of Whitmore Global Management Center; Fred Meyer Professor of Marketing and International Business

Brigham Young University’s Marriott School of Business

Bryan Cunningham

Bryan Cunningham

Executive Director

UC Irvine Cybersecurity Policy & Research Institute/ Cunningham Levy LLP

David Gorodetski

David Gorodetski

Co-Founder, COO and Executive Creative Director

Sage Communications

Douglas Harpel

Douglas Harpel

Defense Market Expert

Aerospace Intelligence LLC

Gordon Kesting

Gordon Kesting

Vice President

C4I Solutions, Elbit Systems of America, LLC

Imran Currim, Ph.D.

Imran Currim, Ph.D.

Chancellor’s Professor / Associate Dean, Marketing & Student Relations for Executive MBA Programs

The Paul Merage School of Business / University of California, Irvine

Ira Hoffman

Ira Hoffman

Partner

Rimon Law

JC Ruffalo

JC Ruffalo

Director of LaunchPad SBDC and Investor Relations

OCTANe

Joel Calvo

Joel Calvo

Board of Director, Independent Trustee, C-Level Leader, Keynote Speaker

Kevin McDonald

Kevin McDonald

COO and CISO

Alvaka Networks

Maya Vardi-Shoshani

Maya Vardi-Shoshani

Director of Business Development, West Coast

BIRD Foundation

Michael J. Swenson, PhD

Michael J. Swenson, PhD

Christensen Professor of Marketing

Paul Symczak

Paul Symczak

Vice-President-OCTANe, Executive Director of the LaunchPad

Entrepreneurship for OCTANe, LaunchPad

Sasha Strauss

Sasha Strauss

Managing Director

Innovation Protocol, Strategic Brand Development

Shahar Abuhazira

Shahar Abuhazira

CEO and Founder

Alpha Dawn

Steve Keefe

Steve Keefe

President and CEO

Patriot Technologies Inc.

Timothy Sullivan

Timothy Sullivan

Senior Partner

The Washington, D.C. office of Thompson Coburn LLP

Tracy Andrle

Tracy Andrle

Participants / Fellows

Adam Hodak

Director of Business Operations

GlobeKeeper

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Dan Brahmy

Co- Founder; CEO

Cyabra

E-Mail

David Fagelston

VP Sales and Marketing

AccuBeat Ltd

E-Mail

Eyal Levy

Manager, Homeland Security & Aerospace

The Israel Export and International Cooperation Institute

E-Mail

Hagai Balshai

Co- Founder; CEO

RoboTiCan Ltd.

E-Mail

Idan Shimon

CEO

Incert Intelligence

E-Mail

Jasmin Inbar

BD & Marketing Manager

Rafael- Air&C4ISR Systems Division

E-Mail

John Melnikov

Director of Business Operations

ReSec Technologies Ltd.

E-Mail

Joseph Zwang

Co- Founder; CEO

Colugo Systems Ltd.

E-Mail

Lior Segal

Co- Founder; CEO

ThirdEye Systems Ltd.

E-Mail

Matan Melamed

CEO

Iron Drone

E-Mail

Natali Zekaria Gabai

Business Development Manager

Sdema Group Ltd.

E-Mail

Noa Ouziel

Marketing & BizDev Director

FirstPoint Mobile Guard

E-Mail

Yoram Abecasis

Owner; CEO

ABYO Solutions Ltd.

E-Mail

Yuri Fayans

Co- CEO

Seekuence Labs Inc.

E-Mail

Zeev Arazi

Owner

TAmedia

E-Mail

Zeev Friedman

Head of Infrastructure and Production Planning and Director ILS Division

MOD/MAFAT

E-Mail