# Gal Rimon

> Gal Rimon is the founder and CEO of Centrical, established as GamEffective in 2013. A former Israeli national youth volleyball player and coach, he previously led Gilon Business Insight and held executive roles at Ness Technologies and Deloitte Consulting. His work connects frontline performance data with coaching, learning, practice and recognition.

- **Role:** Founder and CEO at Centrical
- **Organizations:** Centrical (formerly GamEffective), Ness Technologies, Gilon Business Insight, Deloitte Consulting, EDS, Bashan
- **Education:** MBA in Marketing and Information Technologies, Tel Aviv University
- **Known for:** Played for Israel’s national youth volleyball team and later coached volleyball., Led Gilon Business Insight before its 2010 acquisition by Ness Technologies., Founded Centrical and won Yahoo as its first customer, followed by Microsoft and Intel.

## Career timeline

- **Before 2010** — Held roles at Bashan and EDS, served as VP of Customer Relations and Operations at Deloitte Consulting, and led Gilon Business Insight.
- **2010** — Gilon was acquired by Ness Technologies; Rimon became senior vice president and an executive management member.
- **2013** — Founded GamEffective, later renamed Centrical.
- **2019** — GamEffective became Centrical as its scope expanded beyond gamification.
- **2026** — Centrical announced a $39 million Series D on June 2 to fund expansion and AI development.

## Achievements

- Played for Israel’s national youth volleyball team and later coached volleyball.
- Led Gilon Business Insight before its 2010 acquisition by Ness Technologies.
- Founded Centrical and won Yahoo as its first customer, followed by Microsoft and Intel.
- Led Centrical through its June 2026 $39 million Series D.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — In an October 8 Pulse 2.0 interview, discussed Centrical’s Workforce Orchestration System and the evolution from gamification to coordinated learning, coaching and AI-enabled programs.
- **2026-09** — Published Are your managers coaching half-blind? on September 16, revisiting his volleyball coaching experience.
- **2026-06** — Announced Centrical’s $39 million Series D on June 2, led by Leeds Illuminate and Kingfisher Investment, with participation from JVP and other existing investors.
- **2026-06** — Discussed frontline coaching and performance oversight for human and AI workers in a June 17 Unite.AI interview.

## Links

- Website: https://centrical.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/galr10/

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