We have to give kudos to this group of wise sages. Together they comprise our sounding board and give us their shpiel when needed. Meet the machers who make jdeal jive.
Michelle Chandler Bronstein
Michelle’s background and varied experience in the fast-paced world of marketing has been built on multiple levels of accomplishment spanning international markets. Michelle has specialized in corporate communications, strategy and branding that she achieved at top-tier consulting firms and in corporate businesses. The bulk of her career has been concentrated on launching breakthrough enterprises, working with business brands that span across industries such as Mobile Communications, Entertainment, Finance, Education and Non-profits.
Michelle’s experience ranges across public relations, branding, thought leadership marketing, event management, sponsorships, online marketing, advertising and social media. Having worked as a marketing pioneer in the launch of digital mobile communications, Michelle has spent more recent years breaking ground in highly competitive marketplaces, including Wall Street and on Capitol Hill, and has executed a variety of visibility-raising strategies for start-up and established organizations. In addition to leveraging numerous businesses across the digital media space, Michelle continues to influence a number of successful philanthropic endeavors in the UK and the US, and serves as an advisory board member to various non-profit enterprises.
Mark Dresdner
Mark’s passion is designing and delivering business growth for companies. Currently he has a leadership role driving profit growth as Division VP, Revenue Strategies at Universal Weather & Aviation, via new products, pricing, and marketing. He has had a hands-on role developing and deploying growth strategies for portfolio companies of the private equity firms Macquarie Group and Rein Capital as well as managing revenue strategies worldwide for Starwood. Mark became addicted to developing and implementing business strategies while at Accenture.
Nina Fixler
Nina has been working in the non-profit world of Jewish education and leadership since 1999. For several years prior, Nina worked in the food industry managing well-known Jerusalem food establishments and running her own catering business for seven years.
Gavin Samuels
Gavin has wide-ranging experience in worldwide business development, strategic investments and product development. He is a Senior Partnering Director for Teva Innovative Ventures, the proprietary division of Teva Pharmaceuticals. In this role, he is responsible for identifying and licensing early stage compounds from small biotech companies and academic institutions. Before joining Teva, he worked at Quark Pharmaceuticals as Senior VP, Business Development & Investor Relations and held positions at Pfizer (2000-2006) and Merck (1998-2000).
Frances Zelazny
Frances is currently the Corporate Vice President of Marketing & Strategic Operations for L-1 (a premier biometrics and identification solutions provider) where her focus is on developing strategic marketing plans, focusing on new and emerging markets, coordinating cross-divisional marketing activities and managing long-range and multi-faceted marketing campaigns. She is a frequent speaker at industry conferences and has appeared extensively in the media, lending her expertise on industry trends and policy matters. Before joining L-1 Identity Solutions, Frances was responsible for creating growth plans and developing marketing strategies for two other startups.
Dov Zmood
Dov is a Partner & Associate Creative Director at the world famous advertising agency Ogilvy & Mather where he tries to make everything more awesome, stealing from the engines of innovation, technology and culture to deliver smart, effective and uncommon solutions for clients. Naturally then Dov has developed creative and effective campaigns for some of the world’s biggest brands.
