Ariel heads the Technology & eCommerce Regulation department at Herzog, Fox & Neeman. He is highly-regarded for his prominent global practice and experience in advising on privacy and data protection, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence law, online gambling and gaming, digital finance regulations, content and advertising regulations, digital transformation, computer and software protection, mobile and other app marketplaces compliance.

Ariel holds thorough knowledge and diverse experience with the increasing volume of regulations, enforcement actions and legislative trends in a myriad of jurisdictions; with heavily “regulated” platforms such as mobile app marketplaces and social networks; as well as with the respective industries’ best practices and leading self-regulatory guidelines. Ariel and his department’s clients vary between different industries and sectors including: eCommerce; adtech, e-marketing, and media; online gambling and gaming; financial technologies, digital payment solutions and cryptocurrencies; cybersecurity and privacy compliance; content platforms and social networks; data enrichment and authentication tools; digital health and lifestyle technologies.

Ran Hai Co-Heads the Corporate and Securities department. Ran has substantial experience in all aspects of domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, investment and joint venture transactions. He has advised on several of the largest M&A and corporate transactions to take place in Israel in recent years, involving both local and major foreign companies, including multi-nationals. Ran also represents on a regular basis some of the largest private equity and venture capital funds in their portfolio investments and provides ongoing corporate and transactional advice to a number of the firm’s leading clients. Ran was recognized as a leading practitioner for his M&A and private-equity work by Chambers and Partners, Legal500 and the International Financial Law Review (IFLR).

Ran previously worked in the corporate department at the London offices of Freshfields, Bruckhaus, Deringer, where his practice focused on cross-border mergers and acquisitions, dispositions and private-equity transactions.

Shlomi Avivi, CISO, has over 15 years of experience in building and managing security organizations in high-risk situation and within regulated industries. Shlomi started his path with the IDF and has since worked with many of the biggest technology players based in Israel. Now with Israel’s First Digital Bank, Shlomi’s diverse experience and deep understanding in the various aspects of security underpin his success in driving security for this special new bank.

Mr. Danny Seker is the Senior Director of Digital Technologies, Civil Security, Industry and Space programs at ISERD at the Israel Innovation Authority. Mr. Seker has 25 years of experience at the Information Technology and Cyber Security industry at various positions such as CEO of Gita Technologies, SPM at Verint systems and CS Director of Secure Islands (acquired by Microsoft). Mr. Seker holds Bsc. In Economic and Computer Science from Bar Ilan University and MSC. In Business Management from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

With nearly 25 years of experience in the cyber-security industry, Guy held various positions in both corporates and startups. In his role as the CTO for the Cyber crisis management firm Profero his focus is making incident response fast and scalable, harnessing the latest technologies and a cloud native approach.

Dror Bin is the CEO of the Israel Innovation Authority, an independent public entity that operates to nurture and develop the Israeli innovation ecosystem, while enabling progressive governmental policy, creating necessary infrastructures and making direct investments in the industry. Prior to his role at the Innovation Authority, Dror Bin has served as President and CEO of RAD, a leading global telecom network solutions company, headquartered in Tel Aviv, with a manufacturing center in Jerusalem and R&D center in Beer Sheva as well as dozens of corporate branches around the world.

Bin also served in a series of positions for close to a decade at Comverse, the last one as a member of the global management team and VP of Global Sales. Following this, Mr. Bin served as a venture partner at Viola Ventures. In addition, Mr. Bin served as a partner at Shaldor, a leading top management consulting firm in Israel, where he led the development and implementation of business and marketing strategies for major organizations in the high-tech, industry, commerce, services and more. Bin holds two bachelor’s degrees from the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology: one in information systems engineering and the other in industrial engineering, as well as an MBA (marketing and financing) from the Tel Aviv University.

Dr. Haim Assa, Mathematics (Hebrew University, Jerusalem), Operations research (Technion, Haifa), Philosophy (Haifa University), Chairman and CTO of Sayiqan Ltd., Head of Simlab (TAU), Strategic adviser and head of National Security Team for Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin.

Mr. Dolev is the CEO and founder of ClearSky cyber security established in 2011. Mr. Dolev is the former Israeli e-Government CEO and was responsible for creating the methodology and the infrastructure of e-Government services. Mr. Dolev is a leading expert in cyber defense, for more than twenty five years. He designed and built the first cyber soc for the government of Israel.

Aaron Kohn has been with TD Bank since 2001, and most recently with the AML group in progressive roles within the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) and Advisory team since 2010. Over the course of his tenure in AML, he has worked on investigations related to Politically Exposed Persons (PEP's) both domestic and foreign, as well as those concerning drug and sex trafficking, terrorism, and International sanctions related matters. Throughout his time with the bank he has worked closely with other business units to ensure AML compliance and has provided AML related training to those in the FIU. Aaron is an accredited member with ACAMS, and holds an Honours Bachelor of Arts degree specializing in Political Science and International Relations.

Jessica Blazer is the Chief Privacy Officer of Playtika, an Israeli-headquartered international pioneer in the games industry.  At Playtika, Jessica is responsible for setting the global privacy strategy, enhancing privacy awareness and knowledge across the organization, and supporting Playtika’s response to applicable privacy laws and rules. She has over 20 years of privacy experience with a focus on creating and maturing privacy programs for companies ranging in maturity from start-ups to multi-national Fortune 500 corporations. In addition, as an adjunct professor, Jessica developed and taught multiple upper-level international privacy law courses and served as the Privacy Program Co-Director at Golden Gate University.  She holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Texas and a Juris Doctorate from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law.

A former BBC international award-winning journalist with multiple areas of expertise when it comes to crisis management and communicating challenging cases. For the past 9 years, Keren has worked in the Tech and Data turbo-paced industry serving in versatile marketing & communication leadership roles.

Currently Nitzan directs the Robustness unit in Israel National Cyber Directorate. Nitzan is responsible for the Overall Robustness of the Israeli Civil and Critical Infrastructures against Cyber Attacks. In addition, Nitzan is a retired IDF Col., served over 30 years in various command and staff positions at IDF’s Ground forces and General staff. He was the Head of the Planning and Organization Department in the C4I and Cyber Defense Division, Commander of the National School for C4I and Cyber and Commander of the Center for Electronic and and Spectrum warfare.Nitzan holds a B.Sc in Industrial Engineering and Management at Ben-Gurion University and M.A in Business Administration at the Peres Academic Center.

Oren Sagi is an experienced General Manager with over 20 years of experience in senior management positions. He is passionate about creating value and growth through the transformation of people, teams and businesses

Prior to joining Cisco, Sagi held management positions of VP sales and Business Development in Software and System integration companies. As an entrepreneur, he established his own startup companies focused on Cybersecurity and provided strategic business development consultancy for Israeli Start-ups and international investors.

Sagi started his career as an attorney, practicing corporate law and intellectual property litigation.
Today, in addition to his responsibilities at Cisco, Sagi serves as a business mentor and guest lecturer, holds board member positions and is a member of Prime Minster round table.

Sharon brings over 20 years of experience in cyber, intelligence, homeland security. and strategic planning. Before joining Sygnia, he trained cyber security leaders at security organizations and academia. Sharon was a Corporate Business Development Manager in the defense and aerospace sector. Prior to this, he held various command positions in Israel Defense Forces (IDF), among them Chief Intelligence Officer and CISO of the Home Front Command. He holds a Bachelor and Master’s degrees (magna cum laude) from Tel Aviv University, as well as CISSP, CISM, CDSPE, and CISO certificates.