Management
Dror Ben-David
Chief Executive Officer and Founder
Throughout a twenty-five year military career, Mr. Ben-David held a series of
top-level
operational and management positions in the Israel Defense Forces.
On returning to civilian life, he became a senior manager in Matrix Group, one
of Israel’s
largest information technology service providers, focusing on the management of
strategic
consulting to large corporations and organizations in the areas of information
systems,
security, and strategic organization.
Mr. Ben-David has served as non-executive chairman of Al Cielo Ltd., a developer
of
fiber-optic technologies for tele-communications, and is currently a board
member
of several technology companies, as well as a noted commentator on strategic
matters.
He holds a BA cum laude in physics from Technion - Israel Institute of
Technology.
Dr. Arieh Meitav
Chief Technology Officer and Founder
Respected as one of Israel’s pre-eminent electro-chemists and materials
engineers, Dr. Meitav has more than thirty years of industrial experience in
managing interdisciplinary R&D projects.
As manager of engineering and R&D at Tadiran Systems in the nineteen-eighties,
Dr. Meitav led the development of several lithium ion technologies. In the early
nineties, he was a founder and senior manager at Electric Fuel Ltd., a developer
of zinc-air batteries for portable devices and transportation systems. He went
on to found ECR Electrochemical Research Ltd., developing an innovative
capacitors technology. He led the company to a successful exit when it was
acquired by AVX, a unit of Kyocera Corporation.
Dr. Meitav holds a B.Sc. in chemistry, an M.Sc. in electroplating and
electro-analytical chemistry and a Ph.D. in electro-chemistry and materials
engineering, all from Tel-Aviv University. He has authored more than a dozen
patents as well as numerous international publications and serves an advisor to
Peregrine Ventures, one of Israel’s leading venture funds.
Arnold Roth
Chief Operating Officer
Arnold Roth is a seasoned manager in global-market-facing technology ventures with three decades of
background as a commercial lawyer and entrepreneur.
For twenty years, he served as a lawyer in private practice, focusing on commercial transactions and intellectual property. He held senior management roles in private and public companies in Australia and the United States, including Software Corporation of Australia which he co-founded and co-led to an initial public offering and a successful follow-on offering.
After moving from his native Australia to Israel in 1988, he served as chief executive and chief operating officer for a number of Israeli technology ventures.
Mr. Roth holds degrees in economics and law from Monash University, Melbourne and is a member of the bar in Israel and Australia.
Robert Meshel
VP Business Development
Robert Meshel is a strategic business development specialist with 12 years of experience in global automotive industry. At Technomatix Technologies, he led products from inception through to market leadership.
He holds MSc in mechanical engineering from Tel-Aviv University and MBA
from Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management and Tel-Aviv
University’s Recanati School of Business Administration.
Gershon Ordan
Chief Engineer
Mr. Ordan’s thirty year career as an engineer has focused on the research and
development of propulsion systems for civilian and military aviation. His
professional expertise covers multiple fields including the operation and
maintenance of turbojet engines; combustion, combustion chambers, and
aero-thermodynamics; diagnostics, testing systems and infra-structures; systems
engineering and project management; advanced mechanical design; fluid dynamics;
heat transfer; and high pressure systems.
A graduate of the Technion’s faculty of mechanical engineering, he was seconded
to NASA’s Hypersonic Propulsion Branch in Langley, Virginia during the eighties
and to the Aerospace Engineering department at Georgia Institute of Technology
in the nineties.
Dr Shalom Luski
Leader – Energy Storage Technology
Dr. Luski leads ETVM’s research and development efforts in relation to its
new-generation batteries project.
His background includes four years as vice president of R&D chemistry and
consumables at Printar, a global leader in the development and manufacturing of
digital inkjet printing machines and inks.
Dr. Luski later joined Power Paper Ltd. on its establishment, rising to vice
president of core technologies, where his team developed thin and flexible
battery technology. During the nineties, he served as Project Manager for
primary and rechargeable lithium-ion batteries at Tadiran Batteries Ltd.
He holds numerous patents in his professional fields.