The Team
Introducing the impacX team
We come from different backgrounds and have different expertise. This is what makes our team unique.
CEO & Co-Founder: Kobi Bentkovski
Kobi is a senior high technology executive with 15+ years’ experience in the management of complex multi-discipline development departments such as R&D, Engineering, Operations and Business Development. Over the course of his career, Kobi acted as Co-founder and VP R&D at MTeye Security Ltd (acquired by Pima), and Director, R&D at MTI Computers and Software Services Ltd. Mr. Bentkovski holds an M.Sc in Electrical engineering from Tel Aviv University, and an Executive MBA from the Ben Gurion University of the Negev.
VP Sales & Business Development, Co-Founder: Yoav Hoshen
Yoav is a serial entrepreneur and a hi-tech business development professional with two decades of diverse international experience in building and accelerating technology start-up businesses from conceptual stage to profitability. He has groundbreaking experience in leading and closing 8-digit USD deals for disruptive technologies. Yoav co-founded co-founded both Beyond Verbal (emotions, wellness and mHelath analytics worldwide leader based on tone of human voice) and Superb Reality (Virtual and Augmented Reality computer vision solutions). Mr. Hoshen holds an LLB from Tel Aviv University.
CTO & Co-Founder: Nimrod Kaplan
Nimrod boasts remarkable technological versatility. With tremendous experience in various products, platforms and technical languages, Nimrod is comfortable in any technical environment. Prior to Water.IO, Nimrod was founding CTO to Backed Inc., where he helped build a world class personal lending platform from the ground up. Nimrod has also acted as the founding CTO & COO at ezbob a leading UK business lender, and VP R&D at the Investment Technology Group, Inc. Mr. Kaplan holds a B.sc computer science & statistics from Bar Ilan University.