About Jonathan Labin

Board director at Sestek, a conversational AI leader with 200+ staff and 500+ enterprise clients globally. Provides fiduciary oversight and strategic guidance, ensuring alignment with long-term objectives and advising on AI advancements for future-ready technology and go-to-market strategy.

Venture Partner at Antler, a global early-stage venture capital firm and startup incubator, mentoring founders and serving on the investment committee.

Advising CEOs on strategy, scaling operations, organizational change, AI, and corporate development. Strategic Advisor to Unifonic, MENA's leading customer engagement solutions provider, driving cultural transformation and AI-enabled growth.

Partnered with the co-founders to transform Unifonic from a local SMS provider into an AI-powered customer engagement leader with offices in 7 countries. Led multiple teams, including strategy, M&A, HR, partnerships, finance, legal, marketing, sales, support, and operations.

• Managed the fundraising process and raised significant Series B financing from SoftBank and Sanabil Investments
• Developed and executed a corporate strategy to diversify revenue into higher-margin areas, raising gross margins from under 20% to over 40%
• Transformed go-to-market strategy and teams, growing revenue by 3.5x
• Oversaw the acquisition and post-merger integration of Sestek

Led the MENAP business for global tech giant Meta across Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, serving as the region's primary spokesperson. Opened Meta's regional office in Dubai and built a top-notch team highly respected by clients, partners, and competitors from the ground up.

• Oversaw Meta's rapid growth in the region, making it one of the top technology and media companies in terms of users and revenues
• By 2018, Meta reached over 160 million people in the MENA region, and its revenue had grown to hundreds of millions of dollars
• Built a strong partner ecosystem of agencies, marketing partners, VCs, community stakeholders, and government organizations

Led the ad sales business of Viacom (now Paramount), a global media conglomerate behind brands like MTV and Nickelodeon in CEEMEA. Co-managed all sales partnerships and four direct sales teams.

• Restructured the CEEMEA sales organization and critical third-party agreements, resulting in an 80%+ revenue increase in Poland
• Managed the P&L and a multifunctional project team for the successful launch of VH1 Romania
• Successfully transitioned Viacom's business in MENA from a licensee model to a wholly owned and operated model

Top 5% of class, Dean's Honor List, Beta Gamma Sigma Honor Society.

Dissertation award (published under ISBN 382659164X), GPA equivalent of 3.8/4.0.