Nir Kol
General Manager, Copia Israel
Driving results and reducing risks for software industry startups and enterprises.
Nir is a result-driven executive and a leader of innovative award-winning enterprise software products. He has an exceptional mix of leadership and hands-on execution skills, with a proven track record in large corporations and startups in the U.S. and Israel through general management, strategy & product management leadership, partnerships, R&D, operations and professional services. Nir is also the founder of product-alliance.com, a Boutique, Startup Oriented, Strategy & Product Consulting Firm.
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Nir is a result-driven executive, and a leader of innovative award-winning enterprise software products.
Nir returned to the “start-up nation” of Israel after 10 years in California’s Bay Area, where he lead one of the most successful B2B software launches (“Duet by SAP and Microsoft”) a joint venture which sold over $100m in its first year.
During the last 20+ years, Nir worked on B2B software products from almost every angle, in startups and enterprises, in Israel and abroad, as VP Product Management, VP R&D, Head of Services and other leadership roles. He lead product strategy, development and rollout of new products (“New Product Introduction”- NPI) and mature businesses like NICE’s enterprise division ($600m business).
Nir has an exceptional mix of leadership and hands-on execution skills and above all great interpersonal skills and passion. He mentors early-stage startups at Google launchpad and helps others to “Cross the chasm”.
Nir graduated his MBA and BA in economics and business administration with honors at the Hebrew university of Jerusalem.