As an internet pioneer — having founded an internet start-up in New York City in the early 90s– Michal Zeevi-Bender has been growing businesses in cut-throat tech environments for three decades. Michal has led strategic innovation initiatives for businesses from struggling start-ups to well-established global enterprises in fields ranging from industrial manufacturing and telecom to online gaming and luxury goods. For the last decade, Michal has focused on strategic innovation with organizations making a global IMPACT and driving the future of their respective fields, from education and health to sustainability and early childhood. She has lectured at Reichman University’s Efi Arazi Computer Science department, the Undergraduate Honors Program, and the Zell Entrepreneurship Program, and built a course for international students at Haifa University on the topic of Strategic Innovation.