Advisors

Dr. Alex Winokur
Dr. Winokur is a prime innovator in the area of data management, data protection and storage. He previously served as CTO ofXIV, which was acquired in January 2008 by IBM. He is a founder ofAxxana, which seeks to provide data protection and disaster recovery solutions to large and small enterprises.

Dr. Winokur spent eleven years in the IBM Research Division, achieving the prestigious IBM Master Inventorֹ title, and authoring and co-authoring over 15 patents in storage, network management, and telecommunication areas. He has rich systems engineering background and a proven record of developing high-performance, high-availability storage subsystems. A strong leader with an established record of building R&D organizations, Dr. Winokur founded Sepaton (Formerly SANgate), a successful start up company in the area of Storage Area Networks (SAN).

Dr. Winokur holds B.Sc. and M.Sc from the Technion, Israel's Institute of Technology and a Ph.D. from Penn State University.

Emanuel Hart
Emanuel Hart (Manu) has served as CEO and President ofOrgenicsLtd. (Israel) from July 1997 through end 2007. Orgenics Ltd is a full subsidiary ofInverness Medical Innovation(1996-2001 through our predecessor company, Inverness Medical Technology) with manufacturing, Research and Development and marketing business units. In 2007, Mr. Hart was appointed VP for International Business responsible for the Latin America and Caribbean, Africa, Russia, ex Soviet Union countries and Israel territories for all IMI products. Prior to joining Inverness Medical Innovation Mr. Emanuel Hart worked for I.S.D.S., an international security business.

Mr. Hart is a Brigadier General (ret) in the Israel Defense Forces, where he served from 1968 to 1996.

Amnon Gross
Mr. Amnon Gross is an expert in project budgeting, financing, accounting and cost benefit analysis. He currently performs business consulting for various companies. Formerly Mr. Gross served as CEO and CFO of Hasbro Israel (NYSE: HAS). He has held various management positions in the energy sector and served as a consultant to a number of start-up companies.

Mr. Gross holds a BA in Economics and Statistics from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and an M.Sc in Operations Research from Tel-Aviv University.

Yair Ofek
Yair is the founder and CEO of I.B.D- International Business Development company, which consults foreign companies and investors seeking to identify high-potential investment— joint, ventures and mergers and acquisitions opportunities in Israel. He is the former deputy director general of the Israel Export & International Cooperation Institute as well as the director of the high tech division. Yair served as Israel trade consul in Canada and as Head Spokesperson for the Israeli Ministry of Trade and Industry. He has vast experience in international business relations and an in-depth knowledge of the high-tech industry in Israel.
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