Michael Skaff is the VP, Healthcare Technology NA for Vayyar Imaging, a leading radar hardware and fall prevention software company based in Israel. Skaff previously served as the COO and CIO for the Jewish Senior Living Group, which ran the largest private nonprofit Skilled Nursing Facility in California, an acute psych hospital and senior living. Skaff also served as COO for the Masons of California, where he led the Technology, Communications, and Member Services for this venerable healthcare and membership organization.
Skaff serves as an advisor to VCs and startups around the world, and is part of Constellation Research’s BT150.
Earlier in his career, Skaff was the CIO of LesConcierges, where he led customer-facing technology product strategy and operations, including Product Development, Professional Services and Reporting and IT. The company helped drive ultra-high net worth cardholder loyalty for the world’s largest financial institutions before ultimately being acquired by AccorHotels, the world’s fifth-largest hotel group. He also served for over four years as the CIO of the venerable San Francisco Symphony, and ran Technical Services at Bare Escentuals, Inc., a $2.4 billion public cosmetics company that was acquired by Shiseido.
Skaff also serves as an advisor to technology, media and venture capital firms, and has been a guest lecturer at San Francisco State’s business school. He was named one of the Top Social CIOs on Twitter for four years in a row by the Huffington Post, and one of the Top 20 Most Innovative Mid-Market CIOs by CRN, and was nominated to the Business Transformation 150 by Constellation Research.