Elly Keinan

Elly is a Venture Partner at Pitango, a technology focused VC, where he advises several growth and early stage companies. He also serves on the boards of Netafim, Cellebrite, and the United Way of New York City. He is also the Managing Director of Vista Estrella, a digital transformation and investment strategy focused consultancy.

Previously, Elly served at IBM for 33 years, most recently as the General Manager for IBM North America and chairman of IBM Japan. His career at IBM spanned several growth and turnaround leadership roles across mature and emerging markets, with a focus on enabling digital transformations for IBM’s customers around the globe.

Elly holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He also holds a Master of Business Administration from the University of Miami, where he graduated as class valedictorian, and he now also serves on the university’s advisory board for Data Science and Computing.