| Yehuda Niv, Ph.D Chief Executive Officer ![]() |
Serves as the CEO of Ramot. Holds a PhD in physics from the Weizmann Institute of Science, and is named as co-inventor of 20 U.S. patents. Yehuda has been active in Israeli high-tech since 1977. He was the CEO of PlanOp Planar Optics Ltd. (now Mirage Innovations), a start-up company developing miniature wearable display systems. Previously he was CTO and EVP of Sunlight Medical Ltd., an ultrasound based medical device company. Before Sunlight, Yehuda served as VP for Technology Development at Indigo, the world leader in digital electronic printing technology and products (recently acquired by HP). Prior to that he was assistant professor at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, and worked at Bell Labs, USA. | Tel: +972-3-6405063 Fax: +972-3-6406675 yehuda.niv@ramot.org |
| Ze'ev Weinfeld, Ph.D Executive Vice President, Business Development ![]() |
Responsible for business development activities at Ramot. Holds a PhD degree in Physics from Tel Aviv University. Prior to joining Ramot in March 2001, Ze'ev was Director of Image Guided Surgery and Intellectual Property at Biosense Webster, a Johnson & Johnson company. Before that, he served in a number of managerial positions in the R&D and Marketing Departments of Elscint Ltd.'s Nuclear Medicine Division (now part of GE Medical). |
Tel: +972-3-6406579 Fax: +972-3-6406675 weinfeld@ramot.org |
| Irit Ben Chlouch Director of Business Development, Life Sciences ![]() |
Manages business development activities for life
science technologies developed at TAU. Holds an MSc in Molecular Genetics from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Prior to joining Ramot in 2001, Irit served as CTO for LabTech Ltd., a biotechnology accelerator providing laboratory facilities and business expertise for biotech/pharma entrepreneurs and served as the Sales & Marketing Manager for Rhenium Ltd., a leading Israeli supplier of medical research products and devices. |
Tel: +972-3-6406601 Fax: +972-3-6406675 irit@ramot.org |
| Nissim Chen, Ph.D Director of Business Development, Life Sciences ![]() |
Manages business development activities for life
science technologies developed at TAU. Holds a PhD in Virology from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and a master's degree in Business Administration (MBA) from Tel Aviv University. Prior to joining Ramot in 2001, Nissim served as Business Development Manager of Lapid Pharmaceuticals Ltd., a biotechnology company developing drug delivery systems and, before that, headed the QA activities in the Clinical Virology Unit of Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem and served in the QA department in Interpharm Ltd. |
Tel: +972-3-6406121 Fax: +972-3-6406675 chen@ramot.org |
| Tamar Raz, Ph.D Director of Business Development, Life Sciences ![]() |
Manages business development activities for life
science technologies developed at TAU. Her PhD and MSc were earned in Embryology & Teratology from Tel Aviv University. Prior to joining Ramot in 2004, Tamar managed the establishment of Allergene Ltd. as an incubator project in 1998 and served as its CEO until the end of 2003. She established and managed corporate and academic relationships, animal models research, and pre-clinical development operations; she also managed fund-raising efforts yielding first round investment via venture capital, corporate collaborations, contract research relationships, and government grants. |
Tel: +972-3-6406580 Fax: +972-3-6406675 tamar@ramot.org |
| Larry Loev Director of Business Development, Physical Sciences ![]() |
Responsible for business development in the areas of engineering, computer and exact sciences at TAU. Holds an M.Sc. degree in Applied Physics from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Larry has a broad background in the Israeli hi tech industry, filling positions as engineer and project manager and gaining experience in varied technologies such as thin film FAB, CO2 lasers, image processing, thermo-optical selective coatings and electro-optic diagnostic devices. From 1995 to 1998, Larry was general manager of CEFAR, a start-up developing innovative image capture cards. Before joining Ramot in 2006, Larry was R&D manager at Medical Enterprises, a medical device company developing equipment for treating bladder cancer. |
Tel: +972-3-6406544 Fax: +972-3-6406675 Larry.loev@ramot.org |
| Daniel Sekel General Counsel ![]() |
Responsible for Ramot legal affairs, including negotiating
technology licensing and other agreements. Holds both a BA and L.L.B. from the University of New South Wales, Australia. Prior to joining Ramot in August 2005, Daniel was responsible for the biotechnology and pharmaceuticals practice at Rosenberg Hacohen Goddard & Ephrat Law Office in Tel Aviv. Prior to that, Daniel served in different positions at various law offices in Israel and Australia. |
Tel: +972-3-6406160 Fax: +972-3-6406675 daniel.sekel@ramot.org |
| Shulamit Hirsch, Ph.D Director, Intellectual Property ![]() |
Responsible for intellectual property matters at Ramot. Holds a PhD degree in Chemistry from Tel Aviv University and is a registered Patent Attorney before the Israeli Ministry of Justice. Prior to joining Ramot in September 2005, Shulamit was a Senior Patent Attorney at Reinhold Cohn and Partners, a major full-service intellectual property Israeli firm. Before that, she served as an R&D chemist at MacDermid, Israel, a wholly owned subsidiary of MacDermid Inc., a global specialty chemicals company serving the diversified needs of the Electronics, Industrial, Offshore and Printing industries. |
Tel: +972-3-6406258 Fax: +972-3-6406675 shulamit.hirsch@ramot.org |
| Avi Nataneli Chief Financial Officer ![]() |
Serves as the CFO of Ramot. Holds a B.A. degree in Accounting and Economics from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA). Prior to joining Ramot in 2006, Avi served as a comptroller of Eltek Ltd., a publicly traded manufacturer of advanced printed circuit boards (NASDAQ: ELTK), and prior to that at Nessuah Zannex, a publicly traded stock brokerage company. | Tel: +972-3-6406793 Fax: +972-3-6406675 Avi.nataneli@ramot.org |
| Larissa Shniderman Director, R&D Budget & Control ![]() |
Responsible for budget control, procurement and
reporting for all R&D projects managed by Ramot. Holds an MA in Economics from the Polytechnic Institute of Kishinev, Moldova. Larissa joined Ramot in 1985. |
Tel: +972-3-6408858 Fax: +972-3-6438764 larissa@ramot.org |











