Michal Tsur

Michal Tsur (Hebrew: מיכל צור‎) is the Co-founder, President and General Manager of Kaltura (2006),[1][2][3] which is an open source video platform.[4][5]

Michal Tsur is not at her first success.[4] She also is the cofounder of Cyota (1999),[6][5] a cybersecurity company, currently owned by RSA Security since 2005.

Biography

Born in Jerusalem,[4] Tsur started to work in the law sector and clerked at the Supreme Court of Israel.[7] She also was driven by research and she worked at Hebrew University in Jerusalem[4] and in the Israeli Democracy Institute.

Attracted not only by the technology but also by "the idea, the opportunity to create change in the world, to disrupt an industry, to build something new, and to have fun", she and some friends, embarked on the adventure of the tech industry.[5]

Michal Tsur is a woman who had an impact on reducing the gender gap in the tech industry by creating such a world wild entreprise.[5] She should be more shown as an example to the young girls and women who would like to follow her steps.[5]

She is also author and contributor of some articles[8][9][10] and give significant advice on how recruit women in the tech industry.[8][11] She also encourages women to apply for positions in the field.[12]

Education

Tsur did a PhD degree's in application of game theoretic models to law, another one in Economic Analysis of Law from New York University. Moreover, she was a post-doctoral fellow at Yale Law School's Information Society Project.[4]

Career

Tsur has accurate knowledge in the technology startup work. She is currently the President and general Manager, Enterprise & Learning.[2]

Quotes

“Technology was merely the tool needed to execute our ideas.”[5]

“We advertise the ‘tech’ part of the startup world, with tech as the tool, the skill, the medium. Maybe what gets lost is the thrill of just solving big problems and the excitement of being part of a startup.”[5]

"The tech industry needs female talent, and cannot afford to miss out on this segment of the population. Why wait to solve this problem? Enough talking about only long-term solutions, particularly when our country is failing in basic science education anyway. [...] The added talent and increased diversity will have positive effects on our companies, economy and society overall."[8]

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References
  1. "Michal Tsur". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2019-01-29.
  2. "Kaltura Team". Video Platform | Kaltura. Retrieved 2019-01-29.
  3. "These 15 Emerging Female Tech Executives Are Ones to Follow". Inc.com. 2017-06-30. Retrieved 2019-01-29.
  4. "Michal Tsur". Forbes. Retrieved 2019-01-29.
  5. Huhman, Heather R. "Kaltura's Michal Tsur On Female Leadership In The Tech Industry". Forbes. Retrieved 2019-01-29.
  6. "Cyota". Crunchbase. Retrieved 2019-01-29.
  7. "Rising Stars Israel's Top Female Tech Warrior". Retrieved 15 January 2020.
  8. Tsur, Michal (2012-09-12). "How to Employ Women in the Tech Industry". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2019-01-29.
  9. Tsur, Michal (2016-08-08). "Webcasting Approaches Maturity". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2019-01-29.
  10. "Michal Tsur | HuffPost". www.huffingtonpost.com. Retrieved 2019-01-29.
  11. Tsur, Michal (2017-06-04). "We Have a Job/Education Matching Problem". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2019-01-29.
  12. "IsraCast: ISRAEL'S WOMAN OF THE TECH INDUSTRY â€" HOW MULTIMEDIA IS CHANGING THE RULES OF THE GAME". www.isracast.com. Retrieved 2019-01-29.
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