Chief Technology Officer, Co-founder @ Echo Labs develops technology that provides real time insight into the human body, by acquiring and analyzing physiological signals.
Thesis
Fitness and health wearables have huge potential for behavioral change but current execution is poor. User engagement drops significantly a few months after purchase, signaling that consumer benefits beyond novelty don’t exist. We believe that wide adoption of wearables requires closing a feedback loop: measuring relevant data and providing meaningful insights and recommendations that lead to results for the user.
Technology
We measure the most meaningful data – physiology. Instead of looking at health and fitness through the narrow lens of step counting, we take a holistic view of health by measuring the impact of daily choices directly in the body. We use optical sensors and spectrometry to measure and analyze biometrics in the blood flow, leading to unparalleled understanding of the user’s physiology, in real-time and regardless of external noise (movement, light, sweat, skin color). From July 2014 to Present (1 year 6 months) MBA Student @ Elad is the founder and president of Echo Labs, Inc, a Stanford MBA and an entrepreneur in the Stanford Startup Garage and Venture Studio programs. Previously, Elad graduated of the Stanford Biodesign Innovation program, where he created GripRight - a rehabilitation medical device, together with a team of doctors and engineers. GripRight was ranked #12 out of more than 140 inventions to come out of Stanford in the 2012-2013 academic year in the BASES Product Showcase competition, and is currently under commercialization. From September 2012 to June 2014 (1 year 10 months) Internship - Venture Capital @ Founded in 2010 by Google Chairman Eric Schmidt and Dror Berman, Innovation Endeavors is an early stage venture fund focused on advancing the world by providing high-impact entrepreneurs with the capital, coaching and network to build game-changing ventures. Innovation Endeavors has invested in more than 30 companies around the world in various industries. Innovation Endeavors is based in Palo Alto with an office in Tel Aviv. From May 2012 to August 2012 (4 months) Product Manager @ Product Manager of a major Command and Control project; Manage various aspects in development of IT infrastructure, command and control software, real-time and autonomous systems. Build tailor-made solutions for customers with close escort through development stages - needs definition, systems architecture, development, testing and verification, trial stages and operationalization. From July 2009 to June 2012 (3 years) Space Mission Lead @ Lead the team which designs and analyses of the entire SpaceIL mission logic. The team is composed of three groups which analyse three main mission stages. Work closely with the entire Engineering Division within SpaceIL.
SpaceIL is a registered Israeli nonprofit competing in the Google Lunar X Prize (a privately funded, unmanned race to the moon). We intend to donate all prize money ($20 million for the team who will get to the moon first plus potential bonuses) to promote science and technology education. We seek to inspire the next generation as the Apollo mission did in the late 60's and create the next generation of scientists. From December 2011 to May 2012 (6 months) Chief of Product and Systems Engineering @ Led the analysis of leading technologies and proof of concepts in a unique space mission - reaching the moon. Created and led key teams in the Engineering Division, in fields of Communications, Optics, Mission Control, Avionics, Navigation, Software, Energy and Mechanics as Chief Systems Engineer.
SpaceIL is a registered Israeli nonprofit competing in the Google Lunar X Prize (a privately funded, unmanned race to the moon). We intend to donate all prize money ($20 million for the team who will get to the moon first plus potential bonuses) to promote science and technology education. We seek to inspire the next generation as the Apollo mission did in the late 60's and create the next generation of scientists. From October 2010 to December 2011 (1 year 3 months) Project Leader and Systems Engineer @ Manage several small and futuristic projects in the technological fields of command and control software and unmanned aerial vehicles.
The Israeli Air Force (IAF; Hebrew: זרוע האוויר והחלל, Zroa HaAvir VeHahalal, "Air and Space Arm", commonly known as חיל האוויר, Kheil HaAvir, "Air Corps") is the air force of the State of Israel and the aerial arm of the Israel Defense Forces. From December 2006 to July 2009 (2 years 8 months) Algorithm Developer @ Develop and implement innovative machine learning algorithms in C++ and Matlab.
Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd, designs, develops, manufactures and supplies a wide range of high-tech defense systems for air, land, sea and space applications. From December 2006 to May 2007 (6 months) IsraelCadet, Talpiot excellence program @ Cadet in the Talpiot excellence program; finished advanced infantry training, field command courses and officers course. Graduated from Israel's Officer Academy with commendation.
"[Talpiot] - The country's most selective institution" Wall Street Journal, 2007
"Israel's top young minds are being identified and put to work early with the goal of introducing radically new ideas and concepts of operation that can be applied to rapidly changing threats and technological innovation. The program, called Talpiot, finds these youngsters with the same screening process that the nation uses to identify its elite fighter pilots. In this case, it is designed by the government to institutionalize creativity across the spectrum of military, political, industrial and intelligence organizations." Aviation Week and Space Technology, 2010. From July 2003 to December 2006 (3 years 6 months) Israel
Master of Business Administration (MBA) @ Stanford University Graduate School of Business From 2012 to 2014 M.Eng, Systems Engineering @ Technion-Machon Technologi Le' Israel From 2009 to 2011 B.Sc, Physics, Mathematics @ The Hebrew University From 2003 to 2006 B.Sc, Computer Science (Incomplete) @ Technion-Machon Technologi Le' Israel From 2000 to 2002 Elad Ferber is skilled in: Team Leadership, Conceptual Design, Systems Architecture, Systems Engineering, Software Design, Algorithms, Negotiation, Systems Analysis, Engineering, Matlab, Software Development, C++, Entrepreneurship, Product Management, Software Engineering