Kadisha, Neil — Omninet Capital | Los Angeles Business Journal

Kadisha, Neil — Omninet Capital. Neil Kadisha

Chief Executive

Omninet Capital

THE LATEST: One of Beverly Hills-based Omninet Capital's investments, RADLogics, is training and using its machine learning-based computer vision technology to identify the presence of Covid-19 in chest CT scans. Though in its early stages, the AI-powered solution is already being used by hospitals in Brazil, China, Italy, Russia and Serbia.

BACKGROUND: Kadisha co-founded Omninet Capital, a real estate and venture capital fund that now owns more than 7 million square feet of commercial space but also makes significant investments in innovative technology companies. Kadisha is primarily responsible for leadership and strategic planning to Omninet investments. Kadisha and partners, including family members, founded satellite communications company Omninet Corp. in 1984 as one of their first business ventures. They sold the company to Qualcomm Inc. in 1988. Kadisha served on the Qualcomm board for more than 14 years and currently serves on the boards of various privately held companies and charities.

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