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Michal Tsur

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Dr. Michal Tsur

Michal Tsur (Hebrew: מיכל צור) is an Israeli serial entrepreneur, that lived for many years in NYC. She is the co-founder, and president of Kaltura, Nasdaq: KLTR, co-founder and vice-president of Cyota, acquired by RSA Security Nasdaq: RSAS and co-founder and chairperson of Remepy.

Biography

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Early life and education

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Tsur was born in Jerusalem.[1] She completed a doctoral degree in Law, focusing on game theoretic economic analysis of law from New York University. Moreover, she was a post-doctoral fellow at Yale Law School's Information Society Project.[1]

Career

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Tsur launched her career in the law sector as a clerk at the Supreme Court of Israel.[2] She was driven by research, working at Hebrew University in Jerusalem[1] and the Israeli Democracy Institute.

In 1999, Tsur co-founded Cyota, a cybersecurity company, together with Ben Enosh, Lior Golan and Naftali Bennett. Cyota was acquired by RSA Security in 2005 .

Attracted by the tech field, Tsur and a few friends decided to venture into the tech industry.[3] In 2006, Tsur co-founded Kaltura, an open source video platform.[3][4][5] Kaltura was listed on Nasdaq:KLTR in 2021. [6]

Tsur has authored and contributed to many articles regarding women in tech.[7][8][9][10]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Michal Tsur". Forbes. Retrieved 2019-01-29.
  2. ^ "Rising Stars Israel's Top Female Tech Warrior". Retrieved 15 January 2020.
  3. ^ a b Huhman, Heather R. "Kaltura's Michal Tsur On Female Leadership In The Tech Industry". Forbes. Retrieved 2019-01-29.
  4. ^ "Michal Tsur". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2019-01-29.
  5. ^ "These 15 Emerging Female Tech Executives Are Ones to Follow". Inc.com. 2017-06-30. Retrieved 2019-01-29.
  6. ^ "Kaltura Valued at $1.24 Billion After IPO". Streamingmedia.com. 2021-07-22. Retrieved 2023-12-26.
  7. ^ Tsur, Michal (2012-09-12). "How to Employ Women in the Tech Industry". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2019-01-29.
  8. ^ Tsur, Michal (2017-06-04). "We Have a Job/Education Matching Problem". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2019-01-29.
  9. ^ "Michal Tsur | HuffPost". www.huffingtonpost.com. Retrieved 2019-01-29.
  10. ^ "IsraCast: ISRAEL'S WOMAN OF THE TECH INDUSTRY â€" HOW MULTIMEDIA IS CHANGING THE RULES OF THE GAME". www.isracast.com. Retrieved 2019-01-29.
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