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SVP of Product

Uri Gonen

Uri Gonen has been working at MyHeritage since 2005 where he took on different challenges and roles in product development and product management. He has been part of the wild journey of MyHeritage from a small startup to a dominant company in the genealogy space. Among his involvement in key projects of the company, Uri was the original developer behind Family Tree Builder, and the product manager of MyHeritage’s genealogy search engine. Recently, Uri was involved in several genealogical projects such as PedigreeMap, Pedigree View, Tree Consistency Checker and several integrations with FamilySearch. Before joining MyHeritage, Uri has worked in other software startups in Israel, the United States and Canada. He now lives and works in Toronto, Canada.

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This session language is Portuguese
Video duration is 47:35
Session was published in 2026

Fórum de inovação e tecnologia da RootsTech 2026

Uri Gonen, Marisa J. W. Humphrey, John Crockett, Laryn Brown, Jeffrey C. Humphrey

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This session language is Portuguese
Video duration is 53:50
Session was published in 2025

Fórum de Inovação e Tecnologia da RootsTech 2025

Uri Gonen, Stephen Nielson, Charlie Green, Hunter Cannon, Paul Allen