Almog Goldstein
Founding President
Executive Leadership, Product & Business Program (COBE), Haas School of Business
PhD Course in Open Innovation, Garwood Center for Corporate Innovation, UC Berkeley (Dr. Henry Chesbrough, Dr. Agnieszka Radziwon, Dr. Joel West)
PhD Course in Researching Open Innovation, University of Antwerp (Dr. Wim Vanhaverbeke, Dr. Agnieszka Radziwon)
Almog Goldstein is the Founding President of the Open Innovation Squad at the Institute for Business Innovation, UC Berkeley.
Established in 2022 and supervised by Dr. Henry Chesbrough, the Father of Open Innovation, the Open Innovation Squad bridges academic theory and practical application in the field of Open Innovation by sourcing real-world challenges from leading brands and training cross-functional teams of UC Berkeley students to solve them.
Almog is also the Co-Founder and CEO of Beaches App, Inc., a startup that enhances the beach experience by orchestrating a comprehensive beach ecosystem. The app, featured by the US Federal Government, consolidates dozens of decentralized beach information databases into an all-in-one platform.
Positions Held
- VP Product, Keepers Child Safety – 2020 – 2022
- Co-Founder & CEO, Beaches App, Inc. – 2022 – Present
- Founding President, Open Innovation Squad, UC Berkeley – 2022 – Present
- Mentor, Berkeley SkyDeck – 2022 – Present
- Coach, Product Management Studio, Berkeley Executive Education – 2022 – Present
- Member, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Council, UC Berkeley – 2024 – Present
- Founding Executive Director, Open Universe, LLC – 2025 – Present
Presentations