Member, Steering Committee
ICON – Israel Collaboration Network

Global Executive MBA

Class of 2010

Council Affiliation:

Russia/CIS Regional Advisory Board

Location:

San Francisco Bay Area, USA

Bio

Diana is an angel investor, a startup mentor and advisor, and an experienced technology executive who has successfully done business and led teams in the U.S. and internationally, in emerging markets with a focus on consumer internet and mobile apps startups.

Prior to joining ICON in San Francisco, she served as Chief Revenue Officer of Zeptolab, a game developer behind 'Cut the Rope' gaming fame. Before Zeptolab, she has launched and ran OLX in Russia and CIS (Naspers/AVITO marketplace), and she did business development at Yandex (Russia's #1 search engine and search advertising company), and worked on the advertising side of Google in Mountain View, CA in the earlier days.

She is a frequent speaker at top industry conferences. She holds an MBA degree from Duke University's Fuqua School of Business (Global Executive MBA '10) and a Bachelor’s degree in Business from Santa Clara University. She is passionate about innovative consumer technology, bridging Russia/CIS with Silicon Valley, international cultures and travel.