Chief Scientist Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor, Israel

Employment Record

July 2002 Chief Scientist Ministry of Industry, Trade& Labor

2000 – 2002 Giza Venture Capital

1973 – 2000 RAFAEL – The Armament Development Authority

1972 – 1973 Technion, Haifa Research

1968 – 1972 Israel Air Force Communications & Navigation Engineer

Education

1984 Ph.D Computer Engineering, University of Texas at Austin Awarded graduate prize for outstanding academic record

1973 M.Sc. Electrical Engineering Technion, Haifa

1968 B.Sc. Electrical Engineering Technion, Haifa Numerous professional courses (Directors, Financing etc.)

1989 Rafael School of Management

Giza Venture Capital

Venture Partner – Involved in Due diligence procedures for new companies from the screening process of new ideas up to the closing of the investment.

Management and technology consultant for several portfolio companies.

Main Positions at Rafael

• 1999 – 2000 Chief of Staff and Corporate Vice President for R&D
• 1998 –1999 Corporate Vice President for Advanced Topics
• 1991 – 1998 Corporate Vice President & Electronic Systems Division General Manager 1300 employees (700 scientists and engineers) 7 directorates including communications, C3I and the IT center
• 1989 – 1991 Corporate Director for Operations and Coordination
• 1987 – 1989 Deputy Director of the Electronics System Division
• 1984 – 1987 Head of Computer Research Department

About 150 Software & Hardware Scientists and Engineers

Business and Public Activities

Member of the Board, Elgal Ltd. (1985–88)

Member of the Board, PST Ltd. (1992–96)

Member of the Board, RDC Ltd. (1993–2000)

Chairman of the Board, Vsoft Ltd. (1995–2000)

Member of the Board, Witcom Ltd. (1995–99)

Member of the Board, GTLI (1996–7)

Representative of Rafael in the Association of Electronics Industries. (1991–2000)

Member of the Israel Export Institute. The public directorate of the Software and Electronics Division. (1994–98)

Member of the Board of Governors, Haifa University (1995 – )

Member of the Executive Committee, Haifa University (1996 – )

Mentor at TIM (Technion Institute of Management) Program (1999–2000)

Key Official Positions as Chief Scientist

• Co-Chairman of the Board, U.S. – Israel Science & Technology Foundation
• Co-Chairman of the Board, U.S. – Israel Science & Technology Commission
• Co-Chairman of the Board. BIRDF (U.S. – Israel R&D Foundation)
• Chairman of the Board, CIRDF (Canada – Israel R&D Fund )
• Chairman of the Board, BRITECH (Britain – Israel R&D Fund)
• Chairman of the Board, KORIL (Korea – Israel R&D Fund)
• Chairman of the Board, SIIRDF (Singapore – Israel R&D Fund)
• Chairman of the Board of 10+ Bi-National Committees for Industrial R&D (France, Italy etc.)
• Member of the Board, TELEM (Forum for National Infrastructure for R&D)
• Member of the HLG (High Level Group), Eureka
• Co-Chairman of the Board, of the EU-Israel Joint Committee of the Scientific Technological Agreement
• Member of The Council of Engineering & Architecture

Publications and Academic Record

14 papers in Journals and at conferences and more than 50 internal papers at Rafael.

Research level A+ (Equivalent to a University full Professor) Member of numerous professional committees at Rafael and with other major organizations in Israel.

Lectured in the areas of Computers, Communications, R&D, Technology and Management at Rafael and at other business and academic organizations throughout the world.

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