# Yoav Markiewicz

> Yoav Markiewicz is the CEO and co-founder of Heavys, an audio company combining headphones with officially licensed, interchangeable artist shells. His earlier career includes global growth leadership at Waze, senior leadership at Conduit, and co-founding MyHeroes and Jasper. His public comments emphasize partnerships, fan communities and personalized audio.

- **Role:** CEO and Co-Founder at Heavys
- **Organizations:** Heavys, Waze / Google, MyHeroes, Jasper, Conduit, Downloadius, MassChallenge, Google Campus, buywith
- **Education:** B.Sc. in Engineering, cum laude, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
- **Known for:** Led global growth at Waze during 2017–2018., Co-founded MyHeroes, which reported 50,000 users and more than 250,000 reviews in a September 2016 company feature., Co-founded Heavys; its early crowdfunding materials reported more than $1 million in Kickstarter sales in 30 days.

## Career timeline

- **2010–2012** — Senior Vice President at Conduit.
- **2012–2015** — Managing Director at Downloadius.
- **2014–2017** — CEO and co-founder of My Heroes, according to his archived career profile; a 2016 company feature dates the startup’s establishment to June 2015.
- **2017–2018** — Global Head of Growth at Waze, Google.
- **2018** — Started mentoring at Google Campus and judging and mentoring at MassChallenge, according to his 2022 career profile.
- **2019** — Co-founded Jasper.
- **2020** — Began co-founder role at Heavys in January, according to his archived career profile.
- **2024** — Welcomed Itay Rahat to Heavys in January; described five new band partnership launches in a September post.
- **2025** — Announced Heavys’ first Universal Music Group and Bravado collaboration in December.
- **2026** — Welcomed partnerships manager Charlie Alberga in May.

## Achievements

- Led global growth at Waze during 2017–2018.
- Co-founded MyHeroes, which reported 50,000 users and more than 250,000 reviews in a September 2016 company feature.
- Co-founded Heavys; its early crowdfunding materials reported more than $1 million in Kickstarter sales in 30 days.
- Announced a Universal Music Group / Bravado collaboration alongside more than 30 existing brand partnerships in December 2025.

## Latest updates

- **2026-05** — Welcomed Charlie Alberga to the Heavys partnerships team in a May 16 post.
- **2025-12** — Announced the first Heavys collaboration with Universal Music Group and Bravado; King Diamond was the first artist named in the accompanying announcement.
- **2025-07** — Listed as a CEO panelist for a July 16 ecommerce event at Google for Startups Campus in Tel Aviv.

## Links

- Website: https://www.heavys.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yoavmarkiewicz

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Last updated: 2026-10-15