Shai Kivity is the VP of Strategy & Operations at Somite Therapeutics (Somite.ai). He is an accomplished tech executive with a strong track record in building successful startups from the ground up. His experience includes launching products, creating partnerships, and successfully scaling up multiple GTM and finance organizations. Before joining Somite, he was the first US hire and Chief of Staff at 4M Analytics and served as a turnaround and restructuring manager at Alvarez & Marsal. Shai is an alumnus of Talpiot, the Israeli Defense Forces' elite technology unit. His work in the IDF received multiple awards, including the Israeli Defense Award, the Nation’s highest security award, akin to the USA's Medal of Freedom. He holds 4 degrees: an MBA from Wharton (Summa Cum Laude), an MPA from the Harvard Kennedy School, an MA in International Relations with a dissertation in International Political Economy (IPE), and a BSc in Physics and Computer Science from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.