Our Team

Two scientists from the GreenOnyx team
Tsipi Shoham, PhD
Tsipi Shoham, PhD
Co-founder, CEO and Board Member
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Tsipi Shoham, PhD
Co-founder, CEO and Board Member

Tsipi has more than 20 years of medical research, specializing in cellular biology and cancer research. She led breakthrough product developments as CTO, with granted patents. Tsipi has a PhD from The Weizmann Institute, and a Post Doctorate from Stanford, CA.

Ben Kidron
Ben Kidron
CRO
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Ben Kidron
CRO

Ben brings years of experience in leading global business strategy, sales, fundraising and M&As. A high-tech entrepreneur since the age of 23, accumulating over 26 years of experience in initiating and leading high-tech companies to global market successes and exits.

Shay Leibovitz
Shay Leibovitz
VP Global Sales & Marketing
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Shay Leibovitz
VP Global Sales & Marketing

Shay is an experienced executive and entrepreneur with 25+ years of expertise in various tech industries. He has a proven track record of driving growth and success in start-ups and turnaround situations through his go-to-market vision and strategy. Shay has held key positions at multinational and public companies and has excelled in business management, marketing, and sales.

Tal Nathanzon Sarousi
Tal Nathanzon Sarousi
CFO
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Tal Nathanzon Sarousi
CFO

Tal has over 20 years of experience as a CFO and controller. She established a reputation for aligning financial and business metrics to support business strategy and high growth.

Dubi Shachal, PhD
Dubi Shachal, PhD
CTO
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Dubi Shachal, PhD
CTO

An experienced executive, inventor of interdisciplinary products, and an author of many patents. Dubi founded B-nano, leading the company from idea to global sales. Dubi has a PhD in physical chemistry from The Weizmann Institute.

Katrin Dlugach
Katrin Dlugach
VP R&D
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Katrin Dlugach
VP R&D

Katya holds an MBA in Finance and an MSc in Mechanical Engineering, accumulating over 18 years of experience in leading research and development of complex multidisciplinary systems. She has served in multiple senior R&D Management roles, as well as Development and Systems Engineering positions across various industries and domains. Her career includes significant roles such as VP R&D at Scoutcam, CEO of Nitinotes, System Engineer at Nano Dimension, and R&D engineer, project manager, and team leader at Medigus and Medinol. Katrin's expertise encompasses medical device product design and management, regulatory affairs, high-tech sectors, and Industry 4.0 domains.

Anat Pinto
Anat Pinto
VP HR
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Anat Pinto
VP HR

Anat has a proven track record of over 25 years in business development and marketing, bringing strong interpersonal skills and result oriented with a vast experience in up scaling start-up companies, specializing in empowering organization and maintaining unique DNA culture.

Ido Damary
Ido Damary
VP Product
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Ido Damary
VP Product

Ido has vast experience in operations, which includes leading, managing, and integrating supply chain and operating systems associated with planning, production, and project execution. Ido holds a B.sc in industrial management engineering with a proven record of building and managing budgets. In addition, implementing efficiency improvement processes while building KPI measuring systems and operational excellence.

Eli Katz
Eli Katz
AI & Bio-sensor
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Eli Katz
AI & Bio-sensor

Eli Katz is a partner and co-founder in TSUF (The Start Up Factory), a new private equity and venture studio. He started his career at age 13, working for the IDF in designing language related algorithms. Since 1999, he had founded five startups with significant technological innovations. He was the Director of algorithms in VO (France Telecom/Orange) for three years and spearheaded the speech and NLP research in Verint. He owned a consulting firm where he worked as a specialist of complex NLP/NLU/AI issues for some of the largest organizations in the. Throughout his career, he has created over 28 patentable innovations, some already in the process of registration. Eli is also a member of the international board of Weizmann institute. He is a founding member of WeizmannVibe- the next generation club of the Israeli Friends Association of the institute, and a member of its board.

Efrat Greenwald, PhD
Efrat Greenwald, PhD
Researcher & Data Scientist
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Efrat Greenwald, PhD
Researcher & Data Scientist

Efrat has a Ph.D. in Physics from the Department of Physics of Complex Systems, Weizmann Institute, Israel. The focus of her academic research was biological systems, among them, she developed a stochastic model for algae photosynthesis in bioreactors. Her experience in indoor farming includes leading a multidisciplinary development of a full end-to-end solution for a control system for large-scale distributed farming that will allow data-driven research, including hardware integration, software development, and the design of the architecture of the data processing

Nevo Taaseh, PhD
Nevo Taaseh, PhD
System Engineer
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Nevo Taaseh, PhD
System Engineer

Nevo has spent 30 years in research and development of complex systems, confronting challenges in various mixtures of scientific disciplines to underlay efficient and reliable designs in several heavily regulated industries. Nevo has studied at the Technion (B.Sc.), Tel Aviv University (M.Sc.) and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Ph.D.).

Matan Gal
Matan Gal
VP Customer Experience
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Matan Gal
VP Customer Experience

Matan brings more than 20 years of entrepreneurship running businesses in the hospitality and culinary industry, helping major food and retail companies create new customer experiences. Matan holistic view of the customer experience is instrumental in shaping successful customer journeys.

Board of Directors

Tsipi Shoham, PhD
Co-founder, CEO and Board Member
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Tsipi Shoham, PhD
Co-founder, CEO and Board Member

Tsipi has more than 20 years of medical research, specializing in cellular biology and cancer research. She led breakthrough product developments as CTO, with granted patents. Tsipi has a PhD from The Weizmann Institute, and a Post Doctorate from Stanford, CA.

Aharon Fogel
Chairman of the Board
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Aharon Fogel
Chairman of the Board

A renowned leader in the private and public sectors. Mr. Fogel is the Chairman of Ayalon Insurance Holding Co., and of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. Until recently, Mr. Fogel was the Chairman of ZIM, and previously a Chairman of IDB, Migdal Insurance & Financial Holdings Ltd., Hadassah Medical Center, and Ness Technologies, Inc., and was a founding partner of JVP Mr. Fogel was the Director General at the Israel Ministry of Finance and the Chairman of the Advisory Council of the Bank of Israel.

Dan Altschuler Malek
Board Member
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Dan Altschuler Malek
Board Member

Dan is a co-founder and managing partner at Unovis Asset Management, a global investment firm that is at the forefront of developing alternatives to animal protein products. Unovis is committed to investing in plant-based and cultured meat replacements, and they offer their extensive culinary knowledge, understanding of consumer habits, experience in food manufacturing, and a global network to support founders. Unovis has made investments in over 50 startups worldwide, including regions such as the US, Europe, Israel, China, Indonesia, India, New Zealand, and Mexico.

Nurit Nahum, PhD
Board Member
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Nurit Nahum, PhD
Board Member

Nurit serves on boards and as a chairperson in a variety of companies. Her past leadership roles include the CEO of an Investment company, VP of BD, and manager of PWC Israel consultancy. Graduated from Harvard Business School Executive Education and awarded her Ph.D. in Strategy at TA University. An affiliated researcher at Jonkoping international business school, Sweden, and teaches strategy at TA University.

Amit Chayot
Board Member
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Amit Chayot
Board Member

Amit has over 25 years of experience as a CFO in the food industry (Yachin, Shean Regional Collective Enterprises), and the high-tech industry (E.C.I, Intel Group), including the activity of production and sales in Canada, China, and Europe. Amit is an independent director at Solair Renewable Energy Ltd. (a public company in the field of renewable energy) and a director at the Tamir Packages Recycling Corporation (a corporation that is led by the largest food and retail companies in Israel).

Yigal Tamir
Board Member
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Yigal Tamir
Board Member

Former director at the National budget department, VP of economics &finance at the National Water Company. Founder of MLT , BOT projects in water and oil for 30 years. Involved and leading over 20 startups in various fields. Social entrepreneur.

Benny Shoham
Co-founder & Board Observer
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Benny Shoham
Co-founder & Board Observer

Benny brings over 25 years of international entrepreneurship and fortune 500 executive experience, which includes leading 2 deep-tech startups as a co-founding CEO from inception to product release. He has a proven track record in building and leading teams, which deliver winning solutions and generating sales of over $300m across the globe, including international prizes in divers industries (AgFoodTech, Semiconductor, enterprise SW and IT).

Oran Scott
Board Observer
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Oran Scott
Board Observer

15 years of experience as an intrapreneur; Founder of numerous Agri-Food tech initiatives. CEO of Granot's Innovation & Technology arm, GFF. Israel's largest farmer cooperative. An experienced board member of startups companies.

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