Yaron Samid
Chief of Justice, BillGuard
I'm Yoav and Itai's proud Dad and Orly's lucky
man. I build Internets of things and people.
Currently leading an incredible team and
people-powered movement at BillGuard,
an ambitious project to build the world's
first collective vigilance brain capable of
protecting us all from unfair and
unauthorized charges on our bills.
I previously co-founded Pando and
DeskSite and led product and marketing
teams at startups that became publicly
traded companies. My labor of love is
TechAviv, the global Israeli startup founders
club. I was born in Israel, grew up in the
states, and currently play in NYC.
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- SummaryYaron Samid has been building successful consumer-empowering products and companies since 1997. A three-time entrepreneur, Yaron is driven to better the world by combining his passions for disruptive Internet technologies and simple user experience design. As founder and CEO of BillGuard, the personal finance security company, Yaron leads a world-class team of data science pioneers protecting consumers from unfair and unauthorized charges on their bills by harnessing our collective vigilance. In 2012 BillGuard was inducted into Online Banking Report's Hall of Fame as one of the top online banking innovations of all time.
Yaron previously co-founded Pando and DeskSite, bringing his award-winning products to over 50 million users worldwide, and held senior product management and marketing positions at BackWeb, Zend and Register.com. He currently serves on the boards of Pond5 and cloud data security leader CloudLock, and is the founder and organizer of TechAviv, the global Israeli startup founders club.
In 2012 New York's Mayor Bloomberg honored Yaron with the prestigious NYC Venture Fellow Award for entrepreneurial achievement. Yaron has been featured in the The Economist, Wall Street Journal, BusinessWeek, New York Times and Forbes, and is a personal finance security contributor on ABC News, Fox News and AP News.Specialties: Fintech, Big-Data, Crowdsourcing, Personal Finance, Security, Entrepreneurship, Internet, UX and UI Design, Product Management, Business Development, Marketing.Experience- Nov 2009 - PresentFounder & CEO / BillGuardBillGuard is an award winning online bill monitoring and resolution management provider, serving consumers and the financial services community. Through patent-pending big-data analytics and advanced crowdsourcing techniques, BillGuard alerts consumers to deceptive, erroneous and unauthorized charges on their credit card, debit card and phone bills, and facilitates direct-to-merchant resolution. BillGuard FI, the company's flagship bank product, enables card-issuers to generate new value-add service revenue while lowering transaction inquiry/dispute processing costs by offering BillGuard's 24/7 bill monitoring and resolution management service to their customers. The company was recently named by Online Banking Report as one of the top online banking innovations of all time.
- Jan 2008 - PresentBoard Member / CloudLockCloudLock makes Google Apps and other cloud-based document/app platforms enterprise-grade secure! It's literally a must-have for companies.
- Jan 2008 - PresentBoard Member / Pond5Pond5.com, the world’s first open marketplace for royalty-free stock video footage, is the best way for video professionals to buy or sell stock footage.
- Aug 2007 - PresentFounder / TechAvivTechAviv is the largest global organization of Israeli hi-tech startup founders, executives and investors, with over 2,000 members worldwide by invitation only. We meet monthly in Israel, New York, Silicon Valley and Boston to showcase, discuss and help fellow Israeli startups succeed. Each month, in each of our four locations, founders demo their products followed by bi-directional Q&A with local peers. Casual networking happens before and after the demos. Our mission is to bring the Israeli hi-tech community closer together, creating a global support system for founders by harnessing our extensive collective experience and contacts.
- Jun 2006 - PresentFounder / NYVideo.orgNY Video is the world’s largest grassroots organization of web video entrepreneurs with over 3,200 members. We’re a peer group of startups, content producers, media companies and advertisers that meet monthly to showcase and discuss new products and emerging trends in web video. Each month selected members get 5 minutes to demo their products, followed by Q&A with the group. Casual networking happens before and after the product demos.
- Mar 2004 - Mar 2008Founder & CMO / Pando NetworksPando Networks is the world's leading commercial P2P content delivery company with over 50 million users and Fortune 500 customers.
- Jan 2003 - Mar 2004Founder & President / DeskSiteDeskSite provides branded content delivery and monetization services for major artists and record labels including Vivendi Universal, Interscope and Bertelsmann. Sample Artist Channels: www.50centdesksite.com www.eminemdesksite.com
- Dec 2001 - Dec 2002VP, Marketing / Zend Technologieswww.zend.com
- Jan 1997 - Dec 2001Director, Product Management / BackWeb Technologieswww.backweb.com
- Jan 1996 - Jan 1997Director, Marketing / Register.comwww.register.com
Education-
1991 - 1995University of Maryland College ParkB.Sc in Marketing
Activities: Co-Captain of Men's National Champion Volleyball Team. All American and East Coast MVP. - Technion-Machon Technologi Le' IsraelInternational Marketing & Project Management
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Interests:Hanging out with contagiously creative people that dare to chase their dreams.
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Tweets
- Hey New York, let's show @PandoDaily how we do a meetup. PandoMonthly NYC Is Next Week. http://t.co/pvQPL992 via @sarahcuda"
- Awesome @BessemerVP portfolio dinner on @BillGuard TLV's roof deck with @Soluto, @FiverrHQ etc. [pic] — http://t.co/cTwPzBsW
- Video: Giving a sneak peak of @BillGuard’s upcoming Transaction Resolution Center to @2MinuteFinance after... http://t.co/XU5WbFC3
- Our local watering hole, ground floor of the @BillGuard TLV office. (@ Shampina) [pic]: http://t.co/nMeBoawE
- Starting the night shift @BillGuard TLV with @raphaelouzan. (with @raphaelouzan at @BillGuard) [pic] — http://t.co/ue4LX2JW
- BillGuard TLV here I come! What an exciting time. (@ Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) w/ 71 others) http://t.co/5gtjru0K
- Happy Mamma Day. (at Hudson Beach) [pic] — http://t.co/9tHHSqPX
- Photo: ABB: Always Be Branding. http://t.co/na3pbI2Y
- Photo: Making memories. With brother in arms @RaphaelOuzan giving the Best of Show winning presentation of... http://t.co/wnkY4Yhm
- “@BillGuard: Wow!! We won BEST OF SHOW at @Finovate! Congrats to the other winners. #Honored just to be among you. http://t.co/UaraE4Kc”
- Just wrapped up a talk at Stanford, now attending a dinner in honor of @vkhosla and Gordon Moore. What a day. [pic]: http://t.co/BLfep4ad
- Spring Fair with the kids. Parents everywhere freezing memories with iPhones. Wonder what the impact on the digital camera market has been.
- Staring at a medical form in a drs office wondering when I'll be able to wave my phone & make it go away. cc @zocdoc. http://t.co/9ef98hTq
- @infoarbitrage love you too man.
- Big win for our @BessemerVP portfolio mates @Pinterest. Congrats @SarahTavel on joining the team! http://t.co/ulITdhZS
- RT @billguard: BillGuard in @TIME Magazine today! "Mysterious Credit Card Charges: Why You Need to Check Your Bills" http://t.co/7b8uMVlN
- Photo: Magic boy. http://t.co/UJuT1OoK
- Just finished up a fun panel with the @TechStars of NYC. Thx for the invite @davetisch! (@ TechStars HQ) [pic]: http://t.co/2rRGOaEt
- Photo: Ema. The hardest, best job in the world. http://t.co/lC9mpX1n
- This Is The Most Powerful Photo Of Obama We've Seen All Year http://t.co/H9XTLXab via @bi_politics
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Giving a sneak peak of @BillGuard’s upcoming Transaction Resolution Center to @2MinuteFinance after presenting on stage @Finovate.
Making memories. With brother in arms @RaphaelOuzan giving the Best of Show winning presentation of BillGuard at @Finovate Spring 2012.
Just got my NYC Venture Fellows award from Mayor Bloomberg’s office. Thx @FredWilson for nominating me. #Honored
My first “visit” to @BillGuard’s new Tel Aviv office. Our bi-weekly company-wide meeting via Skype video.
Was just interviewed by Associated Press TV regarding the massive GPN card data breach. BillGuard was built just in time for these increasingly common security breaches.
Awesome keynote at White House event on Smart Disclosure, @TimOreilly says @BillGuard is his favorite example of smart data disclosure! cc @CFPB. #honored
