Michael “Sveder” Sverdlin is a software developer, GDG Tel Aviv lead, startup mentor and lecturer. He is a 10 year veteran of the Israeli startup scene, both as an early employee creating outstanding development teams and as startup mentor through the Google Launchpad program, under which he helped tens of startups with their MVPs, technology choices and product ideas. As a software developer Michael Shipped products on all the major consumer platforms – the web, iOS, Android and Windows, as well as worked on website backend systems, OS internals, and cyber security. His work experience includes startups like Lightricks, Neocleus and Zimperium, as well as big organizations like Intel and the Israeli Defense Forces intelligence unit.