Driving Innovation: Fireside Chat with Gero Kempf, EVP Audi Engineering & CEO Omer Keilaf | Omer David Keilaf - CEO of Innoviz Technologies 00:10:00
Omer Keilaf has spent the last 22 years driving cutting edge technologies from inception to commercialization. As the co-founder and CEO of Innoviz Technologies, a leading provider of LiDAR sensing solutions, Mr. Keilaf has overseen the company’s success in obtaining design win nomination with the world’s leading OEM manufacturers such as the BMW group and the VW group. In April 2021, Innoviz Technologies became the first Israeli company to become public via a SPAC merger. Mr. Keilaf spearheaded the company’s rapid growth as it raised $371 million and expanded to over 400 employees. Prior to co-founding Innoviz, Omer served as an officer in an elite technological unit of the Intelligence Corps of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). He also held senior leadership roles at companies including Consumer Physics, STMicroelectronics and IDF, where he served as the System and Product Team Manager, R&D manager, and Project Manager and System Architecture Manager, respectively. Mr. Keil holds a BSc and MSc in Electrical Engineering and an MBA from the Tel Aviv University.