Ron Levy
Founder of Bono
Ron Levy
Founder of Bono
Tel Aviv District
Overview
Work Experience
Co-Founder, CPO
2023 - Current
Turn care into action in a tap
Angel investor / advisor
2018
Actively connecting Israeli startups to Atlassian Ventures. Angel investor, advisor and LP: - BitDam (acquired) - Daily.dev - Inworld AI - Zenity - Spinach - Munch - LiveCycle - Ply - Flywheel - Diversion - Kai - Darkmode Ventures
EMEA Lead @ Atlassian Ventures
2022 - 2023
Head of Product (Founder), Jira Work Management
2020 - 2022
Group Product Manager
2019 - 2020
Head of Product (following MyRoll acquisition)
2015 - 2018
Joined AVG following the acquisition of MyRoll. Managed the integration between AVG and MyRoll, leading to a 400% revenue increase YoY. Had full business ownership of a cross-functional team in-charge of the ideation, product roadmap and strategy, design, data and development of products serving over 50M users and generating $15M ARR.
Product Management Lecturer (faculty member), Media Innovation Lab
2014 - 2017
Faculty member (Product Management) in the Communications School. Mentoring and lecturing as part of the GMBA Innovation Track.
CEO & Co-Founder
2011 - 2015
MyRoll was acquired by AVG Technologies in 2015 Founded by technology veterans and entrepreneurs and backed by leading investors, MyRoll is focused on helping users organize, discover and share the photos that matter most to them. Billions of digital photos are taken on mobile devices every day. Using computer vision, machine learning and behavioral & contextual analysis, MyRoll reinvents the photo gallery as an experience that learns about the user and tailors their photos and videos into the moments that matter most.
VP Product & Strategy Consultant
2009 - 2011
CXO level marketing, product and business strategy consultant: - Preparing business plans and investor presentations - Performing industry competitive analyses and devising overall company strategy - Go-to-market planning: value proposition, positioning, messaging, marketing mix - Sample clients: Retalix (acquired by NCR), Trusteer (acquired by IBM), SafeNet, KeyView, Solocate - Served as VP Product at Retalika
Senior Product and Marketing Manager
2007 - 2009
Part of the core team which established and defined modu’s consumer marketing group: - Established a new and innovative consumer brand - Defined modu’s target market: segmentation, personification, consumer behavior - Built and executed joint go-to-market strategies (ATL/BTL) with T1 operators - Drove and analyzed qualitative and quantitative global market research - Producing detailed market briefs leading to the creation of new products
Senior Product Marketing Manager
2005 - 2007
In charge of the international product marketing strategy for the consumer division: - Public speaking at leading conferences (RSA Conference, APACS, IMRG) - Identified country-specific needs and gaps - Led end-to-end sales cycles with global financial institutions - Spearheaded go-to-market launches in the US and EMEA, leading to $30M sales - Conducted internal sales training - Set-up client steering committees and roundtables - Prepared pricing and business models
Product Lead, 3D Secure (Verified by Visa, Mastercard SecureCode)
2004 - 2006
- Product and business owner of Cyota’s cash-cow, growing adoption 5x in 2 years towards a $30M business - Created white-papers, product specifications, MRDs, and presentations - Established global industry contacts with payments associations and banks
Education
Global MBA (GMBA)
2009 - 2011
B.Sc
1999 - 2002