Zvi Schreiber

Zvi Schreiber (/ˈtsviː/ TSVEE SHRYBUR; born 9 June 1969) is a British-Israeli serial entrepreneur, executive, and author. He has 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] He is the brother of Daniel Schreiber, CEO and co-founder of Lemonade.

Zvi Schreiber
Personal details
Born (1969-06-09) 9 June 1969
London, England
NationalityBritish-Israeli
Spouse(s)Rina Frei Schreiber
Residence

He is currently the CEO of startup logistics technology company Freightos, a "leading sales automation platform for the logistics industry"[5] that he describes as the "equivalent of Expedia/Orbitz/Kayak for the shipment of goods rather than people".[6]

Startups

Schreiber has founded the following companies:

Executive positions

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]

Other activities and achievements

Schreiber has spoken at software industry events[13][14][15] and at some economic conferences,[16] and is a co-inventor of several patents and patent applications.[17] He is the author of a paper presenting a Distributed Ledger Technology (Blockchain) algorithm named k-root-n.[18]

Books

Schreiber is the author of two books:

Education

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.[22]

References
  1. One team, two offices: Israel and Palestine Fortune Small Business, 10 March 2009.
  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. "About Us". FreightOS.
  6. Abel, Shira (9 June 2013). "FreightOS: Bringing Sexy Back to the Freight Industry". The Next Web.
  7. VerticalNet Buys B2B Trading Partner Internet News, 8 March 2000.
  8. "IBM Acquires Yet Another Business Intelligence ISV", Enterprise Systems, 17 May 2006
  9. "Israelis and Palestinians Launch Web Start-Up", New York Times, 29 May 2008.
  10. Lightech's website
  11. Lightech's team as of 2010
  13. "The Entire D6 G.ho.st Demo", Wall Street Journal, D: All Things Digital conference 2008
  14. G.ho.st at Demo 2008 conference
  15. Innovate Europe 2007
  16. Milken Institute Global Conference 2009
  17. US Patent Office search
  18. 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.
  19. Bad Hair Day? (Mini Book in the Charming Petite Series)
  20. Fizz web site
  21. Fizz on Amazon
  22. "The Nine Lives of Schroedinger's Cat", MSc thesis, Imperial College, January 1995.

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