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Eyal Ben-Chanoch
Chief Executive Officer,
President and Co-founder
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Eyal Ben-Chanoch is Chief Executive Officer, President and Co-founder of Beeologics. With more than 25 years of experience founding and running companies in the innovation-driven technology field, Ben-Chanoch is an experienced entrepreneur and executive with a proven track record of success.
In his role, Ben-Chanoch sets the strategic direction for Beeologics, collaborates with scientists on the company’s research efforts, and determines go-to-market strategies that enable Beeologics to achieve its vision of bringing RNAi based products to the agriculture and animal health markets. The Remebee® product line is now proving to be a viable solution to "Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD), "Israeli Acute Paralysis Virus (IAPV) infection and other diseases that threaten the world’s bee population.
In 2007, Ben-Chanoch established GreenOvation Labs, a business accelerator focused on green technology, which led to the foundation of Beeologics. Prior to this, he founded and led several technology companies through a series of mergers & acquisitions that culminated in the formation of Aspect Software where, in his last role as Senior Vice President of Customer Support, he led a team of 850 individuals across 23 countries.
Prior to Aspect, Ben-Chanoch served as Chief Engineer for Tadiran Electronic Industries, Inc. (TEI), a leading PBX manufacturer. During his career, he held several engineering roles in the Israeli technology industry with companies such as IAI, Elbit and Intel. At Intel, he was part of the team that developed the architecture and design of the first Pentium Microprocessor.
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Ralph Breslauer
Chief Executive Officer, Vertica
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With more than 20 years of enterprise software experience, Ralph Breslauer
is chief executive officer of Vertica, the market innovator for high-performance
analytic database management systems that run on industry-standard hardware.
Prior to becoming CEO of Vertica, Mr. Breslauer served as of executive
vice president of global sales and marketing at contact center software
provider, Aspect Software, where he managed more than 700 people. During
his tenure, the company grew sales from $94 million to over $600 million
as it expanded its customer list to include many entries on the Fortune
Global 500 list, including a majority of the top airlines, telecommunications
companies and commercial banks around the world. In addition, Mr. Breslauer
led the strategic development and execution of the company's aggressive
branding and marketing efforts.
Prior to joining Aspect, Mr. Breslauer served as senior vice president
of worldwide field operations for eRoom Technology, a leading provider
of Web-based collaboration software, now part of EMC. Previously, he
was vice president of marketing and business development for Informix
Software's $700 million TransAct Business Group. In addition, Mr. Breslauer
has held a number of other executive roles during his career, including
vice president of marketing for databases and tools at database and
data warehousing vendor, Ardent Software, and executive vice president
at enterprise software company, System Builder Corporation.
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Nitzan Paldi, M.Sc.AGri
Chief Technology Officer
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Nitzan Paldi brings expertise in research and development and product regulation
to the Beeologics leadership team. As Chief Technology Officer, he is responsible
for transforming the company's intellectual capital into products that will
help achieve its mission of restoring bee health and protecting the future
of insect pollination.
After earning his Masters Degree in Agriculture from Hebrew University,
Mr. Paldi went to work for Gesher Advanced Biotechs Ltd., a firm that
incorporated technology for design and construction of combinatorial
DNA libraries. There, he refined his research skills before taking the
entrepreneurial route which led to founding biotechnology enterprises
including ScentGene Pollination Ltd., a company based on a patent for
enhancing cross-pollination; Phosphogenesis Inc., a company that developed
technology for spatially addressable Enzyme Substrates; and PlantScent,
a company focused on joint development of biotechnology-based, environmentally-friendly
alternatives to agricultural practices.
Then, Mr. Paldi joined Bio-Oz Biotechnologies Ltd. as Head of Research
and Development where he coordinated research projects for Magnet Tevel,
a consortium of generic technologies for Israeli Ag-Biotech and PotyProtect,
a European Community Fifth Framework Program (EC5) designed to recognize
novel plant-immunity-inducing mild viruses. Shortly thereafter, he was
promoted to Head of Regulation and Intellectual Property. It was then
that he laid the foundation for the regulatory approval of Bio-Oz's
flagship product in Europe and the United States. This product is one
of the few biological solutions to receive such approval by the very
strict Pesticides Safety Directorate (PSD), the British equivalent of
the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). In 2006, Mr. Paldi went on
to become Bio-Oz's Chief Operating Officer.
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Dr. Gal Yarden
Executive Vice President of Business
Development and Co-founder
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Dr. Gal Yarden brings a wealth of knowledge and executive experience to
the Beeologics team. As Executive Vice President of Business Development,
he guides Beeologics in developing the strategy that will produce a balanced
product roadmap and worldwide distribution channels for Beeologics' products
worldwide.
After earning his doctorate in Organic Chemistry and Chemical Ecology
from Ben-Gurion University and a Post Doctorate in Virology from ARO
in Israel, Dr. Yarden has spent his career lecturing; advising students
in Chemical Ecology and Applied Virology; and earning competitive research
grants for studies across the globe. Dr. Yarden has helped raise more
than $12 million for research and development for various initiatives
and has registered six different industry patents for his inventions.
In 1996, he applied his know-how to co-founding Bio-Oz Biotechnologies,
a firm focused on applied virology for plant vaccinations of which he
took on the role of CEO in 1999. Dr. Yarden has also served as Coordinator
of PotyProtect, a European research and development consortium for plant
vaccines Director of both ScentGenePollination Ltd. and Bio-Horizons
Ltd., a chemical-ecology firm; and Director of a bi-national Israel/Germany
research and development consortium aiming for the development of nutritional
improvements of agricultural projects.
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