Episodes
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Our guest today serves around 70 days in reserve duty every year!
He is a helicopter and water senior instructor for more than 20 years.
He is a Scientific and Business Consulting in Medical Device development.
He co-founded and managed a few companies, and today he has 2 working companies in the industry.
He is a teacher at Ben Gurion University in the Negev, and above all that he is a husband and a father!
Micha Oestereich's LinkedIn profile
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Our guest served in team 42, he made Aliya from Toronto Canada, and served as a lone soldier.
After the military service, he proceeded to medical school asa scholarship recipient from our alumni organization.
He was called on Oct. 7th while was in the US for his studies, and served since then in Gaza for 270 days in a row in our special vehicles division and participated in hundreds ofrescue missions during the war.
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Our guest served in team 35, then he became a combat paramedic, and today he is a combat physician, an Orthopedic Surgeon Resident at the Tel Aviv MedicalCenter and is the Head of Research at the Levin Center of Surgical Innovation & 3D Printing.
He was called on Oct. 7th and served for 152 days in Gaza in a row in our special vehicles division and participated in hundreds of rescue missions during the war.
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Our guest served in team 30, he is a professional photographer that decided to volunteer when the war started to document it from inside Gaza and show the IDF and especially Unit 669 from behind the camera.
He has more than 120 GB of footage and he is already created a book that will be in the stores soon.
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Our guest has served in Team 35 of Unit 669 as a combat soldier and a commander. Additionally, he served as the Unit’s R&D department manager.
He is an entrepreneur, who founded a successful company in the internet advertising industry, ad tech 8 year ago and serves as its Co-CEO until today. Under and additional to this company, they founded another few sub companies that are working in the same in industry but on different products.
Moshe's LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/moshe-cohen-53521a6a/
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Yoram Behiri served as the Chairman, President& CEO of Tnuva USA, Inc. He established and managed a strong distribution network and supply chain in the US and Canada, and working alongside largedistributors like Kroger, Costco, and Shoprite.
Yoram has served as an officer in the IsraelDefense Force.
Yoram is one of our donors and for the last 4years, serves as a board member and is the treasurer of the AFU669.
Yoram's LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/yorambehiri/
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In this episode, we invite you to join Bar Reuven, the Co-founder of the CAT 669 Alumni Association and the Executive Vice President of Development for the American Friends of Unit 669 (AFU669). Bar is also an accomplished entrepreneur, having sold his first startup, Mishlohof, a few years ago. Currently, he serves as the Co-founder and CEO of Dishare.
Accompanying him is Dr. Jonathan Feffer, an innovation and mentoring expert who assists US and Israeli startups and multinationals in designing and implementing their innovation strategies.
Dr. Feffer is actively involved in mentoring and judging at Harvard’s Innovation Lab and serves as a mentoring supervisor at the Cat 669 Alumni Association. Additionally, he imparts knowledge in innovation management and strategy at Reichman University.
Their guest for this episode is Amitai Serphos, who has served in Team 33 of Unit 669 and has since forged a successful career working with prominent companies such as Moovit and Lili. Amitai holds a Bachelor’s degree in economics and philosophy from Tel Aviv University and an MBA in data-driven business specialization from Reichman University. He specializes in growth and marketing.
Special thanks to the Ariela House Radio Studio in Tel Aviv for hosting us, and gratitude to Jonathan.
For access to our newsletter, podcasts, or to get involved, please join our mailing list or reach out to us through our website at: WWW.AFU669.ORG.
Thank you once again, stay well, and we eagerly anticipate our next episode.
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Our guest has served in a large range of roles in law enforcement, worldmilitaries, and special task forces including Unit 669.
He has an extensive education in medicine and received his Master’s degree in Extreme Medicine and Humanitarian Aid from the University of Exeter in England.
For the last 16 years he has been working for one of the wealthiest and well-known families in the world, the Adelson family from Las Vegas.
His current role in the company is Vice President of Global Health, Humanitarian Aid & Disaster Relief.
He is the founder of the Team 5 foundation and runs international projects all around the world.
Eric's LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ericslinder/
Team 5:
https://www.team-5.org/
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Our guest served as a combat soldier in 38 team.
He is probably the only person ever who served in Unit 8200 and then in Unit 669.
He holds a bachelor’s and Master’s degree in computer science from Stanford University.
He worked in Stanford and Lyft, and today he serves as a Senior software engineer at Apple and lives in Silicon Valley.
Guy Amdur's LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/guy-amdur-9ab356a2/
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Our guest served as a combat soldier in the 21st team.
He grew up in Tel Aviv, started unprofessionally his career when he was 12 years old, and then again when he was 28 years old.
He is a film director and screenwriter with movies that won many awards and festivals.
In 2001 he started working with the big players in Hollywood such as Gerard Butler who played in his movie.
He has been the creative force behind a number of projects including feature films and documentaries, and has directed, written, and produced projects from major production entities such as Netflix and Warner Bros.
In his spare time, he is a DJ, and a great one.
Ariel's Wikipedia page:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariel_VromenAriel's IMDB profile:https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1033517/
Ariel's Soundcloud profile:https://soundcloud.com/user-948019924
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Our guest served as a combat rescue soldier in the 32nd team.
He served as an officer and a team leader.
He holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting and economics from Tel Aviv University and MBA from MIT.
He is a Senior Manager of Product Management - Supply Chain by Amazon and lives in Santa Barbara with his family.Johnathan Soreff 's LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnathan-johnny-soreff-194142b2/
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Our guest served as a combat soldier in the unit, team 34.
He grew up in an orthodox family, worked at the Israel Ministry of Finance, and since then moved his life to Gibraltar and London, to pursue a career in the gaming – gambling industry. Shahar represents the unit and the alumni organization in London and the area, and along with his team, he participated in our PTSD workshop.
Shahar's LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/shahar-yanai/
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Our guest is a big Zionist, he served as our annual gala chairman in 2022, he is one of our major donors and one of the first board members of AFU669.
He started his 33-year career in the Financial Services industry in 1982 at Oppenheimer & Co. Inc and climb up and served in many management roles in the company and in the industry.
In 2015 he decided to pursue an entrepreneurial path and founded a few companies and a venture capital.
Peter Feinberg's LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/peter-feinberg-5737b7131/
Boxcar Partners:
https://www.boxcarpartners.com/
Immuneering:
https://immuneering.com/
Bridge Bio:
https://bridgebio.com/
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Our guest served as a combat soldier in the unit’s first team.
He is originally from South Africa, he and his wife Linda have two kids and four grandkids.
He likes to travel and he likes Polo and Car racing.
Brian had a successful real estate business, and in the last few years he invests in startups. Most importantly for us, Brian has been one of the first donors to our organizations, since early 2015.
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Our guest served as a combat soldier in the unit, in team 33.
He managed the lectures project successfully of our organization a few years back and he participated in our mentoring program as a mentee.
He is married to Hadar and a father of two.
Tal is an entrepreneur; he is the co-founder and the CEO of NoTraffic.
NoTraffic is the world’s Leading Mobility Platform,
The platform is installed at signalized intersections, and it serves as a critical digital foundation for the majority of advanced mobility applications in urban environments.
The company serves some of the largest states, including California, Texas, and Pennsylvania.
In 2022 the company was awarded a prestigious place on the TIME 100 World Most Influential Companies list.Tal's LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/tal-kreisler/
NoTraffic website:
https://notraffic.tech/
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Our guest served as a combat soldier in the unit, team 22.
Dr. Ofer Daphna is an inventor, entrepreneur, and researcher, owner of several patents in the field of ophthalmology. He specializes in corneal and cataract surgery and is currently a senior Ophthalmologist at Assuta medical center, Tel-Aviv, Israel. Dr. Daphna is a high-volume cataract and corneal surgeon, conducting over 1000 operations per year. He is the inventor of the EndoArt implant and the Hyper-CL™ therapeutic contact lens, as well as a co-founder of EyeYon Medical.
Besides serving as Medical Director, he is also a Board Member.
Dr. Daphan's LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ofer-daphnah-3bba6339/
Company’s website:
https://eye-yon.com/
An article about the company:
https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3899001,00.html
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Our guest in this episode has a different angle and point of view about the combat rescue operation of unit 669 and the Israeli Air Force, from above.
Lieutenant colonel Meidan Bar served as a combat helicopter pilot and lead many rescue missions with unit 669, mostly behind enemy lines and in Lebanon territory.
Meidan is an El Al Airlines pilot for 17 years and serve as the chairman of the Israel Airline Aviators Association for the last 5 years.
A few months ago, Meidan published his first book, “Crossing permit”, where he shares his experience as a combat rescue pilot and all the impact on his life around it.
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Eugene is a big Zionist and one of our donors for many years.
He is a successful optometrist with 15 clinics in NY, and he is the CEO of his own startup company that invented a patent for a medical device.
He served in the Soviet Union’s army during Chernobyl as a nurse, and understand deeply the importance of medical force in the army.
He is highly trained in Krav Maga and believes that everybody needs to know Krav Maga and how to protect themselves.
Eugene Orloff's LinkedIn profile:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/eugene-orloff-a9479a1aa/
Eugene Orloff's Startup company:
https://tear-dx.com/
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Our guest served as a combat medic in the unit.
Yoav is a business owner who trains thousands of young people before their military service on how to maximize their potential and be prepared to serve in the IDF and elite units.
Yoav has been on both sides of the mission- as part of the rescue team for many years, but he was also medically evacuated after a 162 kv straight strike to the body with a high-power line, during a routine training exercise with his group.
Yoav will also be one of our speakers at our annual event of this year on Nov. 10th.
Tickets to our annual event:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-annual-event-of-tribute-of-the-american-friends-of-unit-669-tickets-366636127527
Yoav's LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/yoav-asa-23288637/
Yoav's TEDx talk:
https://youtu.be/Su12fq1sdiU
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