LEADERSHIP

The people behind the bridge

Naftali Dratman

CEO

Naftali has spent years at the leading edge of innovation inside companies such as General Motors, LG Electronics, Airbus and Oppo/OnePlus. He has led large corporate innovation programs, including night vision for cars and Advanced Air Mobility, with the Israeli startup ecosystem.

He has also initiated joint projects between corporates and academia in Israel and around the world.

Brian Wallace

CMO & INNOVATION ARCHITECT

Brian is the Founder and President of NowSourcing, an industry-leading content marketing agency that makes complexity simple, visual, and influential. He has been named a Google Small Business Advisor since 2016 and joined the SXSW Advisory Board in 2019.

He became an SMB Advisor for Lexmark in 2023 and is the Founder of The Innovate Summit, which successfully launched in May 2024.

Matthew Silverman

PARTNER

Matthew Silverman helps scaling international companies establish and expand their commercial footprint in the United States. Combining deep expertise in ABM, paid acquisition, and RevOps, he builds high-converting growth engines that align modern marketing directly with revenue generation. Matthew equips foreign founders and executive teams with the strategy and execution required to navigate US buying behaviors, secure traction, and achieve predictable market penetration.

Russell Krayz

Business Strategy Partner

Russell works at the intersection of innovation and partnership-building, connecting startups, advisors, institutions, non-profits, and government bodies to grow the US-Israel innovation corridor. He specializes in translating relationships across the North American market into practical outcomes, linking the right stakeholders to the right ideas and helping initiatives move from concept to traction.

ADVISORY BOARD

Guiding the way

Tal Malca Salhuv

Strategic Advisor, Ag-Tech & Food-Tech

Sergey Vasilenko

Strategic Advisor, Healthtech

Aviran Yaacov

Strategic Advisor, Physical AI, IoT and I4.0