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Guy Yehiav

Experienced CEO & Board Director for IoT, SaaS and Supply‑Chain Companies

ABOUT

CEO Profitect

Let me help you navigate complexity.

Companies at any stage face shifting markets, evolving technologies and increasing regulatory demands. Without a clear strategy linked to disciplined execution, even established organizations can lose momentum.

Effective boards look ahead, manage risk, foster culture and turn vision into action.

I’m here to help you build resilience and deliver lasting value for employees, customers and investors. Together we can ensure your organization thrives for decades.

As Thomas Edison put it, “Vision without execution is hallucination.” That’s why boards that match strategy with disciplined execution succeed.

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Working with Guy was a true pleasure. His ability to build consensus across multiple VC's while maintaining focus illustrated his ability to collaborate effectively. His communication to the Board on asset status, needs, and goals was critical to maximizing our return on investment. Carefully managing the available funds, Guy was able to achieve double digit growth by orchestrating a management team that remained committed to executing on the vision. More importantly, he truly had his shareholders, customers, and employees at heart. This ultimately culminated with his leadership of the M&A process which led to a successful exit that benefited all shareholders.

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 Founder and Managing Director at Vertical Venture Partners

SERVICES

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Board Seat

With 25 years in complex supply chains, retail and CPG and having built world‑class tech firms like Demantra and Profitect, Guy can elevate your company as a director or adviser. He crafts strategy, steers turnarounds and secures funding, having raised $40 million. Dave Schwab notes Guy builds consensus across investors, communicates clearly to boards, manages funds prudently and keeps shareholders, customers and employees at heart, qualities that deliver double‑digit growth and successful exits. He also co‑founded Demantra, later acquired by Oracle.

Venture Capital / Private Equity portfolio review

Guy loves building and growing businesses. Over 25 years, he helped create and scale companies like Demantra and Profitect, leading both to successful exits. He’s known for fostering real innovation while winning new customers and entering new verticals. For investors, he brings clear guidance on where to double down and where to divest. His expertise covers the full M&A lifecycle, he led growth and deal work at Zebra and at Oracle. If any companies in your portfolio is aiming for an exit, Guy knows how to get there.

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Public Speaking

Guy shares his expertise as a guest lecturer at MIT, Northeastern University, and Babson College, teaching professional selling, entrepreneurship, and statistics. He’s a noted industry voice and frequent keynote speaker, known for showing how digital tools and analytics make supply chains more resilient. He also speaks at entrepreneurship events about the genuine highs and lows of leading as an entrepreneurial executive.

Digitalizing Your Supply Chain with AI

After more than 25 years leading supply chain planning, demand-driven networks, and execution for some of the world’s largest enterprises, Guy has seen every challenge. From reducing latency to applying AI-driven insights, he helps organizations modernize with data and IoT. If you need a partner to uncover bottlenecks or guide your analytics team, he’s here to help.

Let’s chat about the KPIs you want to improve!

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Technology executive • entrepreneur • board leader

Building companies.
Scaling teams.
Creating durable value.

For more than 25 years, Guy Yehiav has built and scaled technology businesses around one core principle: create meaningful value for customers by helping them achieve the outcomes that matter most to their businesses. His career spans supply chain, retail, healthcare and manufacturing, including entrepreneurship, public company leadership, acquisitions, successful integrations and enterprise transformation.

Guy Yehiav
Executive operator • entrepreneur • board leader
25+Years building and leading technology businesses
2Major exits: Demantra → Oracle and Profitect → Zebra Technologies
3X+Growth at SmartSense since joining
9Mergers & Acquisitions with successful integration in public company leadership roles

A career built around transformation

From founder to public company executive, CEO, acquisition integration leader and President of SmartSense, Guy’s career has centered on building businesses, scaling teams and translating technology into measurable customer and business outcomes.

Demantra

Co-Founder. Built the international business and was instrumental in selling it to Oracle in 2006.

Oracle

Supply chain leadership and go to market transformation.

Profitect

CEO and Chairman. Scaled the company through acquisition by Zebra Technologies.

Zebra Technologies

In charge of Software. Acquired multiple companies and integrated them into Zebra Technologies.

SmartSense by Digi

President. Full P&L leadership across growth, customers, product and strategy.

Operator first

Guy’s leadership approach connects strategy with execution. He has led full P&Ls, built leadership teams, reshaped go to market models and scaled enterprise technology organizations while keeping customer outcomes at the center.

Scale and transformation

Built businesses, reset go to market strategy, led full P&Ls, developed leadership teams and scaled enterprise technology organizations across multiple industries.

Enterprise softwareIoTSupply chainRetailHealthcare

M&A and integration

Experience on both sides of transactions: founder exits, public company integration, acquisitions, governance and the operational work required to turn a transaction into long term value.

AcquisitionsIntegrationBoard governanceInvestor relations

“People drive organizational success. Technology matters, but durable growth comes from creating clarity, building strong teams and executing consistently.”

Beyond the operating role

Guy also brings his operating experience to boards, founders and investors, with a focus on growth strategy, fundraising, M&A, integration and building organizations that can scale.

Boards and advisory work:
Board experience, founder mentoring, strategic planning and guidance around fundraising, growth and M&A.

Investing:
Limited partner activity including Stage 2 Capital and J Ventures.

Global perspective:
Originally from Israel, with professional and personal experience across Europe and the United States. English, French and Hebrew.

Education:
Computer Science and Industrial Management from Shenkar College of Israel. MBA in Entrepreneurship from Babson College.

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