The NGA Show 2020

Dov Yarkoni
President
Nielsen Innovate


Dov is the CEO and Managing Director of Nielsen Innovate, an early stage investment arm of Nielsen. At Nielsen Innovate, Dov leads investment in early stage technologies focused on retail, research marketing and media technologies. He has twenty years' experience in growing businesses from startup phase to maturity and exits. Dov is passionate about helping entrepreneurs realize their dreams of building great companies by providing support, guidance and resources to get them there faster. Prior to Nielsen, Dov was SVP of Business Development and Sales at Matomy Media Group, one of the world’s largest performance media companies. Previous to Matomy, Dov was a founding executive and VP of Client Services at Amadesa, a leading website optimization and eCommerce merchandising company. In this role, Dov oversaw strategic planning and consulting, creative services, production management and implementation, account management and customer service for all of Amadesa's clients. He also founded their USA operations and was the VP of Sales and Business Development. Dov is a certified Industrial Engineer and holds a Bachelor of Technology in Industrial Engineering and Management from Shenkar. Dov lives on a Kibbutz in Emek Hefer with his wife and three daughters and enjoys to Surf Skiing, SUP Surfing and Snowboarding. He lived for 20 years in the USA and holds dual citizenship.

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