MIT Enterprise Forum Cambridge

MIT Enterprise Forum Cambridge


Avner Halperin on Pivots, Diversity, Sustainability and the Future of Medical AI

June 02, 2020

Avener Halperin is a veteran high tech executive. He has served in several senior management positions including CEO of Emmunet, VP Marketing at Radcom (NASDAQ: RDCM), and VP of Business Development at Lenslet. He also led the R&D team at Eldat Communications (acquired by Pricer) and was the Department Head of an R&D Unit in the IDF Intelligence Corps where he won the Intelligence Innovation Award.

He was part of EarlySense’s founding team in 2004 and served as CEO of the company until 2019. EarlySense developed breakthrough medical sensing and AI platform, that saves tens of thousands of lives every year.

Originally intended to help overcome the Asthma of the co-founders' kids, EarlySense has already been used to improve the care of patients, including COVID-19 patients.

In this podcast, Avner shares the exciting story of inventing and continuously pivoting a digital health startup until success is found. He also shares some takeaways on diversity, sustainability, and the future of medical AI.

We were thrilled to collaborate with our friends at the MIT Enterprise Forum Israel to bring this conversation with Avner to you, moderated by Ayla Matalon. As a member of the Israeli Advisory Board of the MIT Enterprise Forum, Avner provides a fresh perspective on innovation and entrepreneurship in Israel.