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Asaf Somekh

Co-Founder & Leader, Iguazio, Herzliya

Leads Iguazio, McKinsey’s AI platform, and helps enterprises across industries rapidly develop, deploy, and manage their AI and gen AI applications at scale

Asaf is a serial entrepreneur who has been at the helm of the tech, data, and AI scene for over 30 years. In 2014, after a successful exit at Voltaire (which floated on NASDAQ in 2007 and was later acquired by Mellanox), Asaf co-founded the AI company Iguazio and served as CEO. In January 2023, Iguazio was acquired by McKinsey. Iguazio is now a part of QuantumBlack, McKinsey’s AI arm. Prior to Iguazio, Asaf held various leadership roles in both software management and business. His experience spans early stage start-ups as well as public corporations across divisions—from R&D to marketing and business development.

Asaf applies his leadership and technological experience in the fields of AI and gen AI implementation to collaborate with large enterprises across regions and industries, helping them implement AI and gen AI applications at scale. He has vast experience in data and AI strategy and implementation for banking, insurance, telecommunications, manufacturing, retail, technology, and more.

PAST EXPERIENCE

Iguazio
Founder and CEO

Compass-EOS
VP marketing and business development

Mellanox Technologies
Vice president, solution marketing

Voltaire
Vice president, marketing

Nexus Telocation
Director, software R&D

Aptel
Software management

EDUCATION

International Institute for Management Development (IMD)
MBA

Technion Israel Institute of Technology
BSc, computer engineering