Michael "Sveder" Sverdlin

**Michael "Sveder" Sverdlin** (@msveder) is a software developer, maker, lecturer, startup mentor, and lockpicker. He is a 12-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. He’s also worked on backend systems, OS internals, and cybersecurity. His work experience includes startups like VDOO, Lightricks, and Neocleus, as well as big organizations like Intel and the Israeli Defense Forces intelligence unit.

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