Zvi Schreiber

Zvi Schreiber
Personal details
Born 9 June 1969
London, England
Nationality British-Israeli
Spouse(s) Rina Frei Schreiber
Residence Jerusalem, Israel
Zvi Schreiber

Zvi Schreiber, (/ˈtsv ˈʃrbər/ TSVEE SHRY-bər; born 9 June 1969) is a British-Israeli serial entrepreneur, executive, and author. He has founded high-tech startups like G.ho.st, which at the time was considered the only high-tech startup with a joint Palestinian–Israeli team.[1][2][3] In 2011 Schreiber was CEO of Lightech which he sold to GE Lighting.[4]

He is currently the CEO of startup logistics technology company Freightos (registered as Tradeos Limited), a "leading sales automation platform for the logistics industry"[5] that he describes as the "equivalent of Expedia/Orbitz/Kayak for the shipment of goods rather than people".[6]

Startups

Schreiber has founded the following companies:

Executive positions

In 2011 Schreiber was CEO of Lightech Electronic Industries Ltd,[10] based in Israel, where he had served as a director since 1996. His father David Schreiber, an experienced businessman and investor, chaired the board.[11] Lightech was acquired by GE Lighting at the end of 2011, during Schreiber's tenure.[12]

Other activities and achievements

Schreiber has spoken at software industry events[13][14][15] and at some economic conferences,[16] and is a co-inventor of several patents and patent applications.[17]

Books

Schreiber is the author of two books:

Education

Schreiber has a BA in Mathematics from the University of Cambridge, a PhD in Computer Science from Imperial College London, and an MSc in Theoretical Physics (Quantum Fields) from Imperial College London.[21]

External links

References

  1. One team, two offices: Israel and Palestine Fortune Small Business, 10 March 2009.
  2. "Tech Startup Bridges Mideast Divide", BusinessWeek, 27 December 2007
  3. "Co-operation in the ether", The Economist, 23 July 2009
  4. "Lightech Announces Zvi Schreiber as CEO", Edison Report, 1 February 2011
  5. "About Us". FreightOS.
  6. Abel, Shira (9 June 2013). "FreightOS: Bringing Sexy Back to the Freight Industry". The Next Web.
  7. VerticalNet Buys B2B Trading Partner Internet News, 8 March 2000.
  8. "IBM Acquires Yet Another Business Intelligence ISV", Enterprise Systems, 17 May 2006
  9. "Israelis and Palestinians Launch Web Start-Up", New York Times, 29 May 2008.
  10. Lightech's website
  11. Lightech's team as of 2010
  12. "The Entire D6 G.ho.st Demo", Wall Street Journal, D: All Things Digital conference 2008
  13. G.ho.st at Demo 2008 conference
  14. Innovate Europe 2007
  15. Milken Institute Global Conference 2009
  16. US Patent Office search
  17. Bad Hair Day? (Mini Book in the Charming Petite Series)
  18. Fizz web site
  19. Fizz on Amazon
  20. "The Nine Lives of Schroedinger's Cat", MSc thesis, Imperial College, January 1995.