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FinTech expert

  • Israel
One of the founders of the Reservists Party, "The Miluimnikim", public activist and former high-tech figure, dedicated to pioneering fintech solutions.
Erez Ben Ezra
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Professional Experience

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Roomer Travel
General Manager - Israel at Roomer Travel
  • Oct 2014 - Jan 2017

Achievements at this Role

  • Executing Roomer's dream to change the way we travel by creating unique marketplace for hotel reservations. Leading the online marketing and branding, technology, IP, product innovation, finance operational, HR and legal challenges of the operations site of Roomer in Israel and in NY. Roomer, the marketplace for travel. www.roomertravel.com
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Owner at LightsOn
  • Oct 2016 - Nov 2019
  • Tel Aviv, Israel

Achievements at this Role

  • Conducting an interdisciplinary research with others on how to dramatically increase the integrity of insights resulting from the principles of the wisdom of the crowd. The applications of the wisdom of the crowd have been around for a long time. We want to look at it quite differently, so that much more people could connect with each other and with a higher integrity of the process and results. We incorporate ideas from behavioral studies, neural networks science and arts (Yes, arts ...). Sounds interesting? It is!
Payoneer
VP of Business Operation at Payoneer
  • Dec 2008 - Jan 2011
  • Israel

Achievements at this Role

  • As the Business Operation Manager in this great Fin-tech Fin Tech FinTech company, I’m leading the development of the risk management capability of the company, developing and implementing new financial tools, Measurement and controls abilities, established relationships with international companies and financial institutions and supporting B2B sales. I’m leading a major international operational reform that will enhance the fulfillment ability of the company. I’m also in charge of the adjusting the customer care center to the company’s future international challenges by establishing multi-lingual call center. In charge of 40 managers and employees. As the Business Operation Manager in this great Fin-tech Fin Tech FinTech company, I’m leading the development of the risk management capability of the company, developing and implementing new financial tools, Measurement and controls abilities, established relationships with international companies and financial institutions and supporting B2B sales. I’m leading a major international operational reform that will enhance the fulfillment ability of the company. I’m also in charge of the adjusting the customer care center to the company’s future international challenges by establishing multi-lingual call center. In charge of 40 managers and employees. Skills: Analytical Skills
Simplex
VP Global Expansion and Card Issuing Programs at Simplex
  • Dec 2019 - Sep 2023
  • Tel Aviv, Israel

Achievements at this Role

  • Developed and launched a revolutionary crypto debit card program allowing customers to spend cryptocurrency using Visa or Mastercard debit cards.
  • Led the expansion of onramp and offramp services to emerging cryptocurrency markets.
Autonomous Pivot
Chief Operations Officer (COO) at Autonomous Pivot
  • Jan 2019 - May 2020
  • Tel Aviv, Israel

Achievements at this Role

  • Developing a unique robotic AI agriculture platform in order to support the goal of enabling growers to maximize yield and reduce costs by turning center-pivot irrigation systems into robotics platform for autonomous irrigation, fertigation, and crop protection. Autonomous Pivot’s platform utilizes the world’s first on-pivot Ground Penetrating Radar for continuous noninvasive sensing of soil water content, together with proprietary deep learning and AI agronomist technologies, the platform enables fully automatic symptoms detection and autonomous irrigation, fertigation, and crop protection. Developing a unique robotic AI agriculture platform in order to support the goal of enabling growers to maximize yield and reduce costs by turning center-pivot irrigation systems into robotics platform for autonomous irrigation, fertigation, and crop protection. Autonomous Pivot’s platform utilizes the world’s first on-pivot Ground Penetrating Radar for continuous noninvasive sensing of soil water content, together with proprietary deep learning and AI agronomist technologies, the platform enables fully automatic symptoms detection and autonomous irrigation, fertigation, and crop protection. Skills: Analytical Skills
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Wikibrains.com
Advisory Board Member at Wikibrains.com
  • Apr 2012 - Jan 2016

Achievements at this Role

  • Founded in 2011, WikiBrains (Ltd) is a promising start-up company aiming to change the way knowledge is being presented, processed and utilized. WikiBrains is based on the principles of knowledge sharing, creativity, inter-dependence and interaction between ideas.
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Education & Achievements

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The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
  • Oct 1992 - Oct 1996

LLB, Commercial Law

Tel Aviv University
Tel Aviv University
  • Feb 2004 - Oct 2006

Executive MBA Master of Business Administration

Tel Aviv University
Tel Aviv University
  • Oct 1998 - Jul 2004

MA, Philosophy of sciences and Ideas

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Erez Ben Ezra

FinTech expert

  • Israel
Erez Ben Ezra