Zvi Schreiber Explained

Zvi Schreiber
Image Name:Zvi Schreiber.JPG
Birth Date:9 June 1969
Birth Place:London, England
Nationality:British-Israeli
Spouse:Rina Frei Schreiber

Zvi Schreiber ((born 9 June 1969) is a British-Israeli businessman, executive, and author. He 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]

Biography

Zvi Schreiber has a BA in Mathematics from the University of Cambridge, an MSc in Theoretical Physics (Quantum Fields) from Imperial College London, and a PhD in Computer Science from Imperial College London.[5] He is the brother of Daniel Schreiber, CEO and co-founder of Lemonade. Schreiber also studied at Yeshivat Har Etzion.

Business career

Schreiber is the CEO of startup logistics technology company Freightos, a digital booking platform for international air and ocean freight[6] that he describes as the "equivalent of Expedia/Orbitz/Kayak for the shipment of goods rather than people".[7] Under Schreiber's leadership Freightos also acquired WebCargo[8] which is a booking platform for freight forwarders, airlines and ocean liners, and launched the daily Freightos Baltic Index (FBX) of containerized shipping prices.[9]

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]

Schreiber founded the following companies:

Schreiber has been invited to speak at software industry events[16] [17] [18] and economic conferences.[19]

He is a co-inventor of several patents and patent applications.[20] He is the author of a paper presenting a Distributed Ledger Technology (Blockchain) algorithm named k-root-n.[21]

Published works

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://money.cnn.com/2009/03/09/smallbusiness/a_fighting_chance.fsb/index.htm One team, two offices: Israel and Palestine
  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. "The Nine Lives of Schroedinger's Cat", MSc thesis, Imperial College, January 1995.
  6. Web site: About Us. Freightos.
  7. News: Abel. Shira. Freightos: Bringing Sexy Back to the Freight Industry. The Next Web. 9 June 2013.
  8. News: Wall Street Journal. Freightos Buys Air-Cargo Rival to Boost Online Marketplace. 31 August 2016.
  9. News: Reuters. Container freight rates soar on consumer goods boom, supply chain kinks. 18 November 2020.
  10. http://lightechinc.com/
  11. http://lightechinc.com/team/
  12. Web site: GE Lighting buys LED co Lightech for $20m - Globes. 20 July 2011.
  13. http://www.internetnews.com/ec-news/article.php/317051 VerticalNet Buys B2B Trading Partner
  14. "IBM Acquires Yet Another Business Intelligence ISV", Enterprise Systems, 17 May 2006
  15. "Israelis and Palestinians Launch Web Start-Up", New York Times, 29 May 2008.
  16. "The Entire D6 G.ho.st Demo", Wall Street Journal, D: All Things Digital conference 2008
  17. http://www.demo.com/watchlisten/videolibrary.html?bcpid=1127798146&bclid=1774292996&bctid=1778578821 G.ho.st
  18. http://www.innovate-events.com/2007/showcase/showcase.html Innovate Europe 2007
  19. http://www.milkeninstitute.org/events/gcprogram.taf?function=bio&EventID=GC09&SPID=4139 Milken Institute Global Conference 2009
  20. http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-adv.htm&r=0&p=1&f=S&l=50&Query=IN%2F((zvi+or+marcel)+and+schreiber)&d=PTXT US Patent Office search
  21. Schreiber . Zvi . February 2020 . k-root-n: An Efficient Algorithm for Avoiding Short Term Double-Spending Alongside Distributed Ledger Technologies such as Blockchain . Information . 11 . 2 . 90. 10.3390/info11020090 . free .
  22. https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/zvi-schreiber/money-going-out-of-style/

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