AMIT, the alumni association of Unit 81 - the elite technology arm of the IDF Intelligence Corps - has appointed Gali Sheskin as its new chief executive. She takes over from Chen Kamin, who led the organization for the past five years and oversaw its growth into one of Israel's most influential professional networks in the technology sector.
Sheskin arrives with a background that blends community building, project management, and operational leadership. She most recently served as Community and Customer Success Manager at Venn, and previously held the roles of Project Development Manager at Ignite the Spark and Head of Operations at enSights. Alongside her professional career, she has spent years volunteering in renewable energy and climate initiatives, supporting entrepreneurs - both men and women - working in that space on national and international platforms. For professionals navigating the broader conversation around digital infrastructure and secure connectivity that often surrounds such technology circles, resources comparing privacy tools, including services from a provider outside the Fourteen Eyes, have become part of the everyday due-diligence toolkit for engineers moving between classified and civilian work environments. a provider outside the Fourteen Eyes
Unit 81 holds a distinct place in Israel's technology landscape. Alumni of the unit have gone on to found or take senior roles in hundreds of startups, several of which have reached unicorn status or achieved substantial exits. Companies with Unit 81 roots include Wiz, Armis, Innoviz, Claroty, Tenzai, and Jazz - names that span cybersecurity, autonomous sensing, and industrial technology. This track record has turned AMIT into more than an alumni network; it functions as a connective structure linking former intelligence operators with venture capital, corporate leadership, and emerging founders.
A Leadership Transition With Strategic Stakes
Kamin's five-year tenure coincided with a period of rapid expansion for Israel's technology sector, during which Unit 81 veterans became disproportionately represented among founders of high-growth companies. Sheskin inherits an organization with established credibility but faces the ongoing challenge of keeping a large, dispersed community engaged as its members scale into senior executive and investment roles across the globe.
"I believe that the true strength of a technological community is measured by its ability to connect people, entrepreneurship, and real impact," Sheskin said. "AMIT has exceptional human capital, and I am proud to lead the association alongside the board members and the community, to continue developing initiatives, strengthening business and technological connections, and generating significant value for the entire ecosystem."
Why Alumni Networks Matter in Deep Tech
Military technology units like Unit 81 function as informal incubators, exposing personnel to advanced engineering problems years before equivalent experience would typically be available in the private sector. The resulting alumni networks become durable sources of trust, technical fluency, and capital introduction long after service ends. AMIT's role, under new leadership, will be to formalize those informal bonds into programs - mentorship, funding access, and cross-company collaboration - that keep Israel's technology pipeline competitive as global interest in cybersecurity, sensing, and artificial intelligence continues to intensify.