Maki Kaplinsky

Maki Kaplinsky is an entrepreneur and public speaker who has co-founded three successful international startups. Maki was featured on the cover of Forbes magazine in September 2019 and recognized as one of 100 leading self-made women in Japan and in the world. In 2018, they co-founded ASKA eVTOL Drive & Fly Vehicle, an organization that aims to free people of traffic and provide a better world with high quality of life. Maki is also an advocate for women in technology and has been invited to speak at leading Silicon Valley events and conferences. In 2017, they were responsible for post-acquisition integration of IQP technology when IQP Corporation, an early innovator in the Internet of Things, was acquired by GE Digital. Maki was the co-founder and COO of IQP Corporation, which was founded in 2011 and pioneered code-free application development. IQP was adopted by solution providers such as IBM and Fujitsu and received industry recognition for its ability to reduce app development time by up to 80%.

Maki Kaplinsky holds a Master's degree in Psychology from Bar-Ilan University and a Bachelor's degree of Science in Psychology from the University of Buckingham.