Summary
Ariel Horowitz is a healthcare entrepreneur and CEO with 15+ years of strategic leadership and nine years of hands-on operational experience building medical and commercial programs across startups and multinational firms. He currently leads Smartest Technologies, steering product development, clinical validation and regulatory strategy for a patented, pain-reduction capillary blood diagnostics platform with active clinical collaborations and market partnerships. Previously he drove business development and complex hospital digital-health projects at Elad Health and managed commercial operations for global players like Teva, Siemens and 3M, consistently delivering revenue growth and large-scale integrations. Ariel combines commercial rigor (P&L, distributor networks, negotiations) with technical curiosity—he’s a self-described Rust, Python and Linux enthusiast—which helps him bridge clinical, engineering and go-to-market teams. Educated in industrial engineering and business (MBA), he also completed director and distributor management courses, reflecting a blend of operational discipline and corporate governance. Known for turning clinical innovation into scalable market strategies, he’s currently fundraising to bring Smartest’s CE/FDA-ready product to global launch.
8 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Distributor Management Course, Distributor Management Course at University of Derby
Directors Course, Directors Course at The Center for Management
Industrial Engineering, Majoring in Information Systems, Industrial Engineering, Majoring in Information Systems at Ruppin Academic Center
Advanced Courses in Internal Management, Advanced Courses in Internal Management at 3M
M.B.A, Business Administration, M.B.A, Business Administration at Ariel University
Hebrew, English