Guy Levy-Yurista, Brain Drain or Brain Circulation
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Guy Levy-Yurista
Dr. Guy Levy-Yurista is Director, Market Development, Messaging, AOL. In
his previous role, he led AOL’s Anti-Malware product team, responsible
for launching AOL’s key security products including anti-virus, firewall,
spyware and phishing protection.. Prior to joining AOL, he led Market Development
for the Israeli-American start-up CeLight, a revolutionary optical communications
company. At CeLight he led the company’s successful transformation into
the Defense market, securing millions of dollars in R & D budget allocations.
Dr. Levy-Yurista specializes in commercializing advanced technologies in dynamic
market environments. He holds in-depth knowledge of internet, communications,
cyber-security and optical technologies. He is an experienced entrepreneur
and a venture capitalist having served in a $150 Israeli venture fund, leading
its optical communications investment strategy.
Dr. Levy-Yurista holds a PhD in Physics and is about earn his MBA from the
Wharton business school (University of Pennsylvania). He is a Captain (reserve)
in the Intelligence Corps of the Israeli Defense Forces, where he served for
8 years as a graduate of the elite academic military program “Talpiot.” Forbes described
"Talpiot" in
a June 1998 article as: “Talpiot is like having a Rhodes scholarship, a
presidential fellowship, and a Harvard MBA rolled into one.”
