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Adam Singolda
Founder & CEOAdam Singolda
Founder & CEO
Adam Singolda is founder and CEO of Taboola, the leading discovery platform, serving over 750M unique users monthly.
Prior to founding Taboola in 2007, Adam developed his analytical skills while serving as an officer in an elite mathematical unit of the Israeli National Security Agency.
Adam is an honored alum of the Israeli Defense Forces’ elite computer science training program, graduated first in his class at the Officers Academy of the IDF, was named one of Israel’s top “30 under 30” business managers by TheMarker, and was recently named “Entrepreneur of the Year” by Geektime.
Adam has spoken on stage at TEDx, Collision, Kaltura Connect, Business Insider’s IGNITION, ClickZ LIVE, Advertising Week, 360i Marketing Summit, Web Summit, Landmark Ventures Media Technology Summit, Streaming Media, NAB, NewTeeVee, ELEVATE, Meetup, MIT (Sloan), Bloomberg West, and others.
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Eldad Maniv
President & COOEldad Maniv
President & COO
Eldad leads Taboola’s worldwide operations driving the product development, sales and business development. He has two decades of track record in building technology companies in the US and in Israel. Prior to joining Taboola, Eldad held senior executive positions at BMC Software, Zend Technologies and Identify Software. At Identify Software Eldad played a key role in growing the company’s revenue from initial sales to a run-rate of over $60M.
Earlier in his career Eldad founded NextNine, a leading provider of remote support automation solutions. Eldad is a graduate of the prestigious Talpiot program at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and spent five years in Israeli intelligence.
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David Aber
CFO
David Aber
CFO
David joined Taboola as Chief Financial Officer in March 2014. David brings 18 years of financial experience in the technology and communication industries working at high-growth, pre-IPO, and publicly traded companies. From 2011 to 2014, David served as CFO of Powermat Technologies, a leading company in the wireless power industry. Prior to Powermat Technologies, David held CFO positions at early stage and publicly traded companies, including RRsat Global Communications Ltd. and DSP Communications Inc., the latter of which was ultimately acquired by Intel for $1.6 billion.
David is a licensed certified public accountant and holds a Bachelor of Arts in economics and accounting from Tel Aviv University in Israel.
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Lior Golan
CTO and Taboola Israel GMLior Golan
CTO and Taboola Israel GM
Lior leads Taboola’s product and technical strategy in Israel. Prior to joining Taboola, Lior was co-founder, CTO and VP R&D of Cyota, a leader in consumer Internet security. He was instrumental in Cyota’s pioneering use of machine learning tools within the authentication market. After Cyota was acquired by RSA in 2005, Lior spent two years at RSA as CTO & VP strategy and was responsible for leading the product and business direction of its consumer business. Lior graduated from prestigious Talpiot program at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and spent eight years in Israeli intelligence, where he was presented with the Israel Defense Award. -
Ira Silberstein
SVP Publishers and Client Services
Ira Silberstein
SVP Publishers and Client Services
Ira is responsible for evangelizing Taboola’s video discovery tools, onboarding new clients and managing all publisher relations. A veteran in the internet space, Ira has held senior leadership roles at NYTimes.com, most recently that of VP Product for NYTimes.com, covering its mobile, video, social, email, classified and editorial products. Ira previously served as Director of Business Development at NYTimes.com and as Director Business Development at theglobe.com. He has also worked in film production and distribution at New Line Cinema.
Ira has an MBA from Columbia University and BS in ComputerScience from Hofstra University.
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Paul Jelinek
SVP Business DevelopmentPaul Jelinek
SVP Business Development
Paul oversees new business development for Taboola with a focus on developing strategic partnerships that can help scale the company’s distribution and overall revenue. He has over fifteen years of experience building and operating digital businesses for large media companies including Discovery, Viacom and A&E Television as well as for start-ups. Prior to Taboola, Paul was SVP of global business operations for Ensequence, a leading interactive TV company, and before that he led the digital media division at A&E Television Networks. He has an MBA from NYU’s Stern School and a BA in History from Vassar College.
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Stephen Walker
GM Taboola-XStephen Walker
GM Taboola-X
Stephen heads Taboola’s programmatic business unit, Taboola-X. He came to the company as part of the acquisition of Perfect Market, Inc. and has extensive experience in operations, technology product development, business development and finance. He has held positions in Idealab’s New Ventures Group and also led several of Idealab's portfolio companies, including Perfect Market. Prior to Idealab, Stephen worked in the corporate strategic planning department at Disney and trained in business development, finance and information systems at General Electric, where he completed the company’s Financial Management and Information Systems Management programs. Stephen has a BS in Computer Science and Finance from Boston College and an MBA from the Harvard Business School.
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Michael Lombardi
VP of Publisher SalesMichael Lombardi
VP of Publisher Sales
Michael joined Taboola in 2011 and currently manages the company’s publisher business in the U.S. and Europe. Prior to joining Taboola, Michael led sales at PubMatic, a global RTB platform, and held key roles at Mediaplex (acquired by Conversant, formally ValueClick) and CoStar Group. Michael holds a B.S. with honors from the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland. -
Zev Gollender
VP of Media SalesZev Gollender
VP of Media Sales
Zev Gollender leads Taboola's media business in the US and Europe. Zev joined the company in 2012 and built a global team of sales and account managers, helping to drive more than $200 million in media revenue in 2014. Zev works with thousands of new and existing buyers on Taboola's media platform, including leading brands, publishers, and performance marketers encompassing the digital landscape. -
Ran Buck
VP of Asia PacificRan Buck
VP of Asia Pacific
Ran Buck heads Taboola’s operations in Asia Pacific. Prior to joining Taboola, Ran was the CEO of Marcella, an international trading company for dairy and milk. Before joining Marcella, Ran held a business development executive role at IBM, driving worldwide revenue. Ran is based in Bangkok and holds a BS from the IAF Academy.
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Hagai Gold
VP of Finance
Hagai Gold
VP of Finance
Hagai oversees Taboola’s financial, accounting and operational functions.
Prior to joining Taboola, he served as Finance and Administration manager of RSA Security Israel and as assistant controller at Oracle Israel following three years at Deloitte Israel.
Hagai is a CPA and holds B.A. , M.A. and MBA degrees from Bar-Ilan University.
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Ran Gishri
VP of MarketingRan Gishri
VP of Marketing
Ran heads Taboola's global product marketing, online marketing and field marketing.
Prior to joining Taboola, Ran held executive marketing and product management positions at Zend, BMC Software, Identify Software, MusicGenome and others. Most recently, Ran served as VP Marketing at Leadspace, a pioneer in social lead targeting.
Ran holds an MBA from University of Manchester and BA in Computer Science and Economics from Bar-Ilan University.
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Aviv Sinai
VP of R&DAviv Sinai
VP of R&D
Aviv oversees Taboola’s R&D team in Tel Aviv, Israel. Prior to joining Taboola, he served in the IDF for 6 years in an elite technological unit. While there, Aviv managed a large group of developers. Aviv has vast knowledge and experience in the development and implementation of system critical programming solutions across a wide spectrum of IT services and infrastructures. Aviv is currently completing his MSc in computer science from the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya and earned a B.S. degree cum laude from Bar Ilan University. -
Ariel Pisetzky
VP of ITAriel Pisetzky
VP of IT
Ariel joined Taboola as Vice President of Information Technology in February 2014. With over 20 years of experience in Information Security and IT systems, Ariel leads a team of IT professionals that work to implement state-of-the-art solutions, from Open Source to home grown to traditional enterprise software, across the company’s global infrastructure. Ariel has held multiple positions as CISO and CIO for web-facing companies from startups to publicly traded firms including programmatic ad solution provider myThings and casino, poker and gaming provider 888 Holdings. Ariel writes about security, cloud and IT on his blog. He holds a BSc in Computer Science from Mercy College. -
Lihi Lutan
VP of Professional ServicesLihi Lutan
VP of Professional Services
Lihi joined Taboola in 2012 and currently oversees the company’s professional services group, which offers project management, implementation services and 24/7 global support. Prior to Taboola, Lihi managed global projects at Thomson Reuters and at Fundtech, following 4 years at Cyota (later acquired by RSA security) as a team leader and a project manager. She has a BA in Computer Science and an LLB from Tel Aviv University. -
Ezra Katzen
General Counsel
Ezra Katzen
General Counsel
A veteran lawyer with over 30 years of experience, Ezra joined Taboola in May 2015. Prior to Taboola, Ezra served as General Counsel to several technology companies, including Shopping.com (from its founding through its successful NASDAQ IPO and its subsequent sale to Ebay) and also Powermat Technologies. Previously, he was a partner in major commercial law firms in Tel Aviv and New York State.
Ezra earned his law degree at the University of Chicago. He is a member of the New York Bar and the Israel Bar Association.
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Neomi Farkas
Global Head of HR
Neomi Farkas
Global Head of HR
Neomi is an HR expert, focused on helping Taboola obtain and maintain the best talents and creating an atmosphere of dedication, innovation and motivation among employees. She is in charge of all aspects of human resources at Taboola including recruitment, placement, evaluation, and empowerment and advises management in decision making. Before Taboola Neomi was the HR manager in Ransys LTD, and has consulted several other companies. She holds an MSc in Management Science from Recanati business school in TLV University and written a thesis on founding HR departments in Hi-tech companies.