Judges Panel
Reem Younis
Co-founder at Alpha Omega Ltd.
Was born (1964) and raised in Nazareth, Israel. Mrs. Younis holds a B.Sc. degree in civil engineering from the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology. Together with her husband founded “Alpha Omega Ltd.” in 1993. Alpha Omega started as an R&D subcontractor and worked with companies and scientists in the Neuroscience fields. Throughout the years AO grew internationally to be one of the leading companies at the neurosurgery field. During 1994 Mrs. Younis Co-founded “Alpha-Cad Ltd.” a company that specializes in supplying complete CAD solutions, mainly for construction businesses. The company made exit in 2003. Currently she is a board member of “Kav Mashve”, an association for the equality of Arab academic graduates in the Israeli employment market. In addition she is also a board member at the “Israel Public Employment Service” a government statutory corporation committed to decreasing unemployment. Mrs. Younis’ aspiration is to promote entrepreneurship among the younger generation, encouraging them to pursue their dreams for a brighter tomorrow. In turn, she believes, this would have a great impact on Nazareth. It would transform this diverse city into a modern and technological place.
Dr. Ehab Farah
Dr. Ehab Farah earned his Master’s and Doctorate degrees from the University of Michigan Law School in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Following his studies in the United States, Mr. Farah practiced for five years at two prestigious New York law firms: Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP and Arnold & Porter LLP focusing on tax and corporate law. Mr. Farah has gained experience in analyzing and structuring investments as well as merger and acquisition agreements, and his clients have included various leading private equity, hedge and venture capital funds. Prior to his practice in the United States, Mr. Farah earned his Bachelor and Master’s degrees from the University of Haifa and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, respectively, and managed his own practice in Israel for 10 years.
Itzik Frid
Itzik Frid is the Managing Partner of Takwin Labs, a new fund and incubator, focusing on investments in Arab entrepreneurs. Takwin is a unique cooperation between Chemi Peres, the Founder of Pitango, Erel Margalit, the Founder of JVP and Imad Telhami, the Founder of Babcom Centers. Prior to joining Takwin, Itzik served as the CEO of Playscape; as the Managing Director of Argoquest Holdings; as a VP Business Affairs for AOL and as the Senior Advisor to the Minister of Finance. He holds a degree in Physics and in Law, both from the Tel Aviv University
Irad Yavneh
Irad Yavne is a professor of Computer Science at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology. His main areas of interest are computation and mathematical and theoretical biology, using physics, biology, and engineering. He holds a BS in Aeronautical Engineering from the Technion, and a Doctoral degree in Applied Mathematics from the Weizmann Institute of Science. Since October, 2013, he has served as Dean of the Department of Computer Science at the Technion.
Tsahi Liberman
Tsahi Liberman is an educational games evangelist, developing learning games for the last 10 years. a devoted gamer who likes his quest log empty and his inventory full, with his own 18 hours gameplay a day record!
Tsahi holds a B.A degree in Instructional technology focusing game design From H.I.T, and currently doing his Masters at Linnaeus University in Sweden.
Tsahi has been holding the position of CTO at HOP-TV internet division, the leading TV channel for children 4-7, R&D Manager for educational games at Compedia, and Lead game developer at BabyFirst TV channel for toddlers. Additionally, he worked as a freelancer with Sesame Workshop, Microsoft, BBC, and game studios in Europe. Tsahi is also a board member at GameIS – the Israeli game industry association, and head of content for the annual conference in December.
These days, Tsahi is establishing a new startup developing a platform for educational games and unique consumer experience.