Board of Directors

Michael Eisenberg, General Partner, Benchmark Capital

Michael Eisenberg has been a key figure in Internet and software investing in Israel since 1995, playing a central role in the development of many of Israel’s leading companies and startups. Prior to joining Benchmark, Michael was a partner at Israel Seed Partners for eight years. Michael joined Israel Seed in 1997 from Jerusalem Global, where he started and headed the firm’s successful investment banking group and partnership with Montgomery Securities. Michael serves on the board of Snunit, Israel’s foremost nonprofit organization, specializing in integrating technology and the Internet into Israel’s elementary schools. Michael also lectures frequently on the topics of venture capital and entrepreneurship at Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Michael holds a BA in Political Science from Yeshiva University in New York.

Navin Chaddha, Managing Director, Mayfield Fund

Navin is a proven serial entrepreneur, corporate executive and venture investor. Navin was named on the Forbes Midas List as a top 100 dealmaker in 2007 and as a top 10 dealmaker in 2008. He invests in the software, enterprise infrastructure, networking systems, communications, Internet infrastructure and semiconductor sectors in the U.S. Navin leads Mayfield’s investments in India. Navin holds an MS degree in electrical engineering from Stanford University (received the Stanford and IBM Graduate Fellowships) and a B.Tech degree in electrical engineering from IIT Delhi (received the Director’s Medal for being first in his class) and was honored with the prestigious distinguished IIT Alumni Award in 2006. He holds over 35 patents and has been recognized as an industry thought leader by several publications including Aspatore Books, Business 2.0, Forbes, Fortune, Upside and The Wall Street Journal.

Jake Winebaum, Founder and CEO, Business.com

Jake is the founder and chief executive officer of Business.com. Jake is also co-founder of eCompanies which is a shareholder in Business.com. In addition to Business.com, eCompanies founded Jamdat (JMDT, sold to EA), Boingo, USBX Advisory Services, LLC and was the lead investor in Lower My Bills (sold to Experian). Prior to Business.com and eCompanies, Jake worked for The Walt Disney Company for several years. He served as chairman of Buena Vista Internet Group (BVIG), which included Disney.com, ESPN.com, ABCNews.com, ABC.com, and Family.com. Prior to that role, Jake served as president of Disney Online, where he led the team that developed and executed the expansion of the Disney brand onto the Internet beginning in 1994. Before Disney Online, Jake was president of Walt Disney Magazine Publishing. He also founded both FamilyFun and FamilyPC magazines and served as president, editor and publisher of both publications. Jake sold FamilyFun to The Walt Disney Company in 1992.

David A. Yovanno, CEO, Gigya

As chief executive officer, David is responsible for Gigya's overall business strategy and day-to-day operations. Most recently, David served as chief operating officer of U.S. media for ValueClick, Inc., one of the industry's largest and most diversified online advertising networks. Over more than eight years of building ValueClick's media businesses, David held a number of positions; including, general manager, executive vice president of sales and marketing and vice president of sales. Prior to ValueClick, David served as a lieutenant and chief information officer in the United States Navy for a naval hospital in the Pacific Northwest. He also held project management roles in the corporate information technology division of St. Joseph Health System in Southern California. David has served on the board of directors for the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB), and holds both bachelor's and master's degrees from The George Washington University, Washington, D.C.

Eyal Magen, Co-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer, Gigya

Eyal has more than nine years of experience in Internet executive positions. Prior to Gigya he served as VP Products and General Manger of Hotbar.com, a leading contextual advertising company with more than 10MM active users and a revenue stream of $25MM/year. Before that Eyal served as Director of Business Development at, Kidum ltd, a leading global eLearning enterprise. Eyal holds a B.A. in psychology and sociology from Tel Aviv University.

Eran Kutner, Co-founder and CTO, Gigya

Eran has a B.Sc. degree in computer science from the Technion Israel Institute of Technology and a MBA degree from the Recanati School of Business Administration in Tel-Aviv University. Eran has 15 years of experience in software development and management. He served for six years as an officer in the software division of the Israeli Air Force. Later, Eran joined Commtouch (CTCH), a leading provider of web based Email solutions. Before co-founding Gigya, he served as VP of R&D at Hotbar.com, where he built the entire technological infrastructure of the company from the ground up.