Speaker

Omer Keilaf has spent the majority of his career driving cutting edge technologies from inception to commercialization. As the co-founder and CEO of Innoviz Technologies, a leading Tier-1 direct supplier of LiDAR sensors and perception software, Mr. Keilaf is helping enable the mass commercialization of autonomous vehicles by providing high-performance, automotive-grade LiDAR at mass market prices. In March 2024, BMW launched its Personal Pilot function enabled by Innoviz’s LiDAR, one of the first series production L3 autonomous vehicles to drive on Germany highways. Mr. Keilaf spearheaded the company’s rapid growth as it raised $252 million and expanded to over 400 employees to date. In April 2021, Innoviz Technologies became the first Israeli company to become public via a SPAC merger. 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). Thereafter, he 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. He holds a BSc and MSc in Electrical Engineering and an MBA, all from Tel Aviv University, where he has also served as a lecturer.