Omer Dror, CEO and co-founder of Lynx.MD, is a repeat entrepreneur and a leader at the intersection of data science and cybersecurity. He spent his early career leading cybersecurity solution development and promoting secure data solutions. After which, he started a company that used advanced natural language algorithms and big data technologies to predict trends in social media. Omer served as its Chief Technology Officer, was the General Manager of the Israeli site, and built one of the leading tech teams in Israel, with expertise in running scalable machine learning. Omer has a BSc in EE from Tel Aviv University and an MSc from the Weizmann Institute of Science, where his research focused on Ensemble Learning techniques in Machine Learning. He is a data and privacy enthusiast and believes that the right balance between protecting and sharing data is achievable and will transform modern medicine.
Israel has a powerful tech ecosystem combined with practical government support. The nation's leaders don’t tell entrepreneurs what to do — but they do provide clarity around the challenges that the healthcare sector is facing, and help gently steer innovation in the right direction.
While most policy makers made “follow the data” a mantra, it turns out that most didn't – not because they didn't want to, but because they didn't have access to the complete set of data they needed to accurately evaluate.
Munck Wilson Mandala Partner Greg Howison shared his perspective on some of the legal ramifications around AI, IP, connected devices and the data they generate, in response to emailed questions.