Yovel is the author of No Child Held Back, a manifesto for inspiring all students to reach their full personal and academic potential. It is a call for ensuring that no child was ever held back from optimal achievement instead of focusing our education efforts only on minimum acceptable requirements.

Before founding NaMaYa, Yovel spent more than15 years connecting companies and technology as a business leader and entrepreneur. He originally relocated to the United States to lead the operations for Sabratec Technologies, an Israeli innovator in legacy modernization. The strategic partnership he built with Software AG eventually led to Sabratec’s acquisition.

As Vice-President of United States Operations and a founding employee at Intellinx Software , a leader in the insider threat security market, Yovel was responsible for the development of strategic relationships with technology partners, as well as overseeing sales and in the United States. He also played a significant role in educating vertical markets like healthcare, banking, finance, insurance and government agencies on possible threats posed by insider’s activities.

Prior to coming to America, Yovel held key sales and marketing positions in several technology and real-estate companies in Israel. Yovel holds a B.Sc. Cum Laude in Computer Science and Management from the Open University in Tel Aviv.
Throughout his career in North America, Yovel has successfully connected the companies he represented with leading technology companies including IBM, Microsoft, Google, CA, Compuware, Software AG, and Yahoo. Today he is using that expertise to help educators connect with the technologies that can transform their education communities.