CHAPTER 17Shai-Lee Spiegelman: Israel
Shai-Lee Spiegelman last served until the end of 2021 as director-general of the Ministry of Innovation, Science and Technology in government of Israel, leading the formulation of long-term science, tech, and innovation strategy.
In her previous role as head of the Israeli National Digital initiative (Digital Israel), Shai-Lee led the formulation of the government's National Digital Plan, and its implementation in collaboration with various government ministries.
She first joined Digital Israel in 2014 as vice president for planning and external relations, after extensive experience in the high-tech world. Before government, she served last as VP of marketing at Microsoft's R&D Center in Israel and previously also as director of regulation and corporate affairs in Microsoft Israel.
Shai-Lee has a Bachelor's degree in Law from Tel Aviv University, and a Master's degree in Public Policy from Harvard University in the United States.
I probably have to use the prefix of “super” a lot now to try and describe Shai-Lee. She simply is a Superwoman in many ways.
She is super-energetic. Talks fast, decides fast, delivers fast. Shai-Lee seems to get energized from fighting bureaucracy, which Israel and governments anywhere have a lot of, and which usually is tiresome instead. Because Israel is a “start-up nation,” Shai-Lee truly managed to ...
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