Ron Kerbs

CEO

New York City, New York, United States14 yrs 6 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Founder of Kidas, leveraging AI for safety.
Experienced in managing cross-functional teams.
Strong background in big data technologies.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS entrepreneur with expertise in AI and big data solutions.

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Skills

Core Skills

Start-upsInformation TechnologyVenture CapitalBig Data

Other Skills

Information RetrievalJavaObject-Oriented Programming (OOP)TomcatC#Apache SolrApache HBaseHadoopHiveSpark

About

I started Kidas because I am passionate about using AI to make people's lives safer and better. I am a seasoned team Leader with experience in executing complicated projects in challenging environments. I have a strong information technology background (Technion MSc, IDF's top technology unit), business experience within various major startup scenes (Israel, Germany, and the US), and experience managing cross-functional teams: R&D, product, marketing, and operations.

Experience

14 yrs 6 mos

Total Experience

3 yrs 8 mos

Average Tenure

6 yrs 4 mos

Current Experience

Kidas

CEO

Jan 2020 – Present · 6 yrs 4 mos · New York City Metropolitan Area

Kidas helps brands protect their customers from scams and online threats in voice and text communication

Information RetrievalBig DataJavaStart-upsVenture CapitalInformation Technology+3

The mba fund

Campus Investment Partner

Nov 2018 – Jun 2020 · 1 yr 7 mos · Greater Philadelphia Area

Our mission is to cultivate a leading start-up ecosystem among MBA programs by providing founders with mentorship and capital at the earliest stages of development.
The MBA Fund is a community of entrepreneurs and investors that are passionate about building great businesses. We are not afraid to dig in at Day 0 and take the riskiest leaps with founders who are just getting started.

Venture Capital

Capnamic ventures

Venture Capital Intern

Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 · 0 mo · Berlin Area, Germany

Idf - israel defence forces

4 roles

R&D Team Leader

Promoted

Jan 2015 – Jan 2017 · 2 yrs

Commanded a team of 11 officers and soldiers.
Vast experience in managing big data projects using cut edge technologies (Apache solr, Apache Hbase, Hadoop,Hive, Spark)

Big DataApache SolrApache HBaseHadoopHiveSpark

Software Developer

Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 · 1 yr

Information Systems Analysts Team Leader

Promoted

Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 · 1 yr

Commanded a team of six soldiers and officers that analyzed HR inner process and systems

Information Systems Analyst

Jan 2011 – Jan 2013 · 2 yrs

Experienced in analyzing user needs and translating it to information systems processes

Technion - israel institute of technology

Database Management Teaching Assistant

Jan 2011 – Jan 2011 · 0 mo

Michlol

Board Member

Jan 2010 – Jan 2011 · 1 yr

Michlol is a student owned Israeli nationwide chain of stores whose branches are located in academic institutions. The stores supply products according to the needs of students and staff in institutions and office equipment for businesses.
I was representing the Technion student council at the company