Tal Slobodkin

I'm a Managing Partner at StageOne Ventures, a $500M AUM VC fund focused on seed and early stage deep technology investments in B2B focused companies. Previously I led Cisco's corporate development (M&A/Investment) activities in Israel and Russia, as well as headed Cisco's corporate development activities for Connected Energy Networks (fka Smart Grid) globally. Before at Cisco, I was focused on some of Cisco's data center corporate development activities. I am a 2008 Wharton MBA graduate (Finance major). Prior to my studies, I worked at BigBand Networks as the product manager of the company's IPTV platform. Before BigBand Networks, I led several software development teams (ranging from 5 to 20 engineers) at Unit 81, the Technology Unit of the Israeli Intelligence Corps. I managed more than 30 projects, at the field of network & computer security. These projects were developed under severe time-to-market & code perfection constrains. I serve today as the chairman of AMIT, the unit-81 Alumni organization. Finally, I am a Talpiot military academy graduate, with B.Sc. in Math, Physics and Computer Science. I also serve at the advisory board of Tmura, a foundation which was founded in 2002 to increase the involvement of the high-tech community in non-profit activity in Israel. Specialties: Corporate Business Development, Corporate Strategy, Investment Banking, Corporate Finance, Product Management, Computer Security, Network security, operating systems, software development, internet protocol, software architecture, programming, cellular phones, cellular software, Cable networks, IPTV, Switched Broadcast, leadership, team leading, project management, fast learner, independent, communication skills