Management
The Management board of New Phase
Uri Ben-Or, CFO
Over 25 years of broad experience in corporate finance, accounting, M&A transactions, and IPOs. He has significant expertise, including serving as CFO, with public life science companies traded on the TASE, OTC, and Nasdaq. He provides his services to New Phase through CFO Direct, a company which he founded and serves as CEO.Prior to founding CFO Direct he served as the VP Finance of Glycominds, a leading biotechnology company, and as CFO of a spin-off from Telrad Networks, where he led all the corporate finance activities, fund raising and legal aspects of the company. He also served as a Corporate Controller at Menorah Capital Markets and as an Auditor at PriceWaterhouseCoopers. Uri holds a BA degree in Business from the College of Administration, an MBA from Bar-Ilan University, and is a Certified Public Accountant.
Doron Suchi, VP R&D and Site Manager
Over 15 years of managing R&D and engineering groups, with vast local and global experience.
Suchi holds a B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering and M.Sc. in Industrial Management engineering, both from Ben Gurion University.
He has proven experience in the medical world, both from leading R&D teams in a large corporate, Medtronic and in startup companies.
Irie Meltzer, VP Business Development
An experienced business executive, with over 12 years’ experience in global Business Development, Sales, and Marketing, specializing in medical devices, high-tech, and financial sectors.
Vast experience and management skills of people, projects, and building markets and teams.
Irie holds a Global MBA in International Business Administration from The IDC in Herzliya, majored in Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Finance.
Sarah Kraus (PhD), Head of Biology
Previously Head of the laboratory of Molecular Biology at the Integrated Cancer Prevention Center, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, and Research Associate at the University of Virginia. PhD in Cell biology and Immunology from Tel Aviv University, Post Doc at the Weizmann Institute of Science, MBA in Biomedical Management, and M.Med.Sc. in Clinical Biochemistry.
Pazit Rukenstein (PhD), Head of Chemistry and Materials
Chemist and Materials Scientist with 5 years of experience in the Nanotechnology field. Vast experience in nanoparticles synthesis and hybrid nanoparticles for catalytic process. Ph.D and M.Sc in Nanotechnology field from Ben-Gurion university.
Meirav Hirsh Kovacs, Director RA & Clinical
Over 20 years of experience in the medical device arena, mainly in clinical and Regulatory Affairs. Extensive experience leading clinical studies and global regulatory submissions. Previous Clinical & Regulatory Managerial positions at Medtronic, SuperDimension and IceCure Medical.
Meirav graduated M.Sc. with honors in Biochemistry, from Tel-Aviv University.
Boaz Shalev, Engineering Manager
Over 10 years in the medical device industry as an R&D physicist.
Experienced in development of multidisciplinary systems from prototype to final product such as new PET-CT scanner at GE Healthcare, Capnography monitor at Medtronic, and non-invasive blood glucose monitoring.
Boaz holds a B.Sc. in Physics from the Technion institute of technology.
Udi Ron - Quality Assurance Director
Over 15 years of experience in the Medical device industry in Quality Assurance, Regulatory Affairs, preclinical and clinical research, and physicians training of multidisciplinary medical devices.
In-depth technical understanding of medical devices. Extensive experience in compliance with FDA regulations, ISO 13485 Quality System standard, Good Laboratory Practices (GLP), Good Clinical Practice (GCP)
M.Sc in Medical Science from Tel Aviv University.
Galit Hirsch, VP of HR
Extensive international experience, including senior HR roles in global Pharmaceutical and Medical Device companies. Served as VP HR at Tuttnauer and at A.L. Group. Galit holds an M.Sc. in Organizational Behavior and a BA in Behavioral Science from Ben Gurion University, specializing in Business Management and Human Resources.
Management
The Management board of New Phase
Ofer Shalev (MBA), CEO, Founder Member of the Board
Over 25 years of management experience predominantly in the Hi-tech and Bio-tech industry and V.P Operation in the banking sector. MBA – University of Edinburgh