טל סלובודקין

I'm a Managing Partner at StageOne Ventures, focusing on seed and early stage Information and Communication innovation in Israel. 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 the Israel Defense Force. Furthermore, 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. Finally, I am a Talpiot military academy graduate, with B.Sc. in Math, Physics and Computer Science. 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