Ariel Cohen is the co-founder, CEO, and chair of Navan, the global AI-powered travel and expense management platform. Navan is the second company Ariel founded with Chief Technology Officer Ilan Twig. Their first, StreamOnce, was acquired by Jive Software. Earlier in his career, Ariel held senior product leadership roles at Jive Software and Hewlett-Packard and served on Lyft’s board of directors. He holds a bachelor’s degree in economics and an Executive MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management.