Pythagoras Solar

Gonen Fink

Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer

As Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Fink is responsible for overseeing the growth of the company and directing strategic expansion. Before founding Pythagoras Solar, Mr. Fink was at Check Point Software Technologies (CHKP) for twelve years as Vice President of Products and Solutions & Strategy. As one of Check Point's first employees, Mr. Fink was instrumental in building the company from an early stage start-up to a multibillion dollar global market leader in internet security. Prior to Check Point, Mr. Fink served for seven years in the Israeli Defense Force's elite intelligence unit as a Captain and continued as a strategic planning consultant to the Ministry of Defense. Mr. Fink holds a B.Sc. summa cum laude in Physics and Computer Science, as well as an M.A. in Digital Philosophy, from the Tel Aviv University, Israel.

Dr. Itay Baruchi

Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer

In his role as Chief Technology Officer, Dr. Baruchi is responsible for innovating and implementing the technical vision of Pythagoras Solar. Prior to co-founding Pythagoras Solar, Dr. Baruchi was a physicist at both Genoa Color Technologies, developing novel image improvement technologies for TV screens, and at Karat Digital Press, where he developed algorithms and laser imaging systems for automated high speed printing presses. Widely known for his work on neuronal networks, Dr. Baruchi's work on biological memory was named one of the “50 Most Significant Scientific Breakthroughs” by Scientific American in December 2007. Dr. Baruchi holds a Ph.D. in Physics from Tel-Aviv University, where he also completed his B.Sc. and M.Sc. (cum laude).

Udi Paret

Vice President, Business Development and Marketing

With his leadership role in business development and marketing, Mr. Paret is responsible for partnership development and accelerating the proliferation of Pythagoras Solar's technology. Before joining Pythagoras Solar, Mr. Paret was President of Fusion Dynamic, where he led global expansion and partnership development with IBM. Prior to that, Mr. Paret joined the founding team of Intransa, a pioneering storage-over-IP company and transformed the company into a multimillion dollar global enterprise with agreements with Huawei, China and HCL, India. Earlier in his career, Mr. Paret held executive positions at 3Com Corporation, including Sr. Director of Customer Care for its $600 million OEM division. Mr. Paret holds a B.Sc in Industrial Engineering & Management from the Technion in Israel and participated in Executive Programs at Stanford University.

Joseph Kochba

Vice President, Research and Development

In his role as Vice President of Research and Development at Pythagoras Solar, Mr. Kochba is responsible for product development, certification and quality. Previously, Mr. Kochba served as a Vice President at both Medinol, a world leader in stent systems for cardiac vessels, and at Super Dimension, a provider of image-guided, electromagnetic intra-body navigation system for pulmonology; in both positions, Mr. Kochba oversaw product life-cycles from research and development through validation, certification and transfer for manufacturing. Mr. Kochba holds a B.A. in Computer Science from the Bar Ilan University in Tel Aviv and participated in the joint management program of Boston University and the Ben Gurion University.

Edi Asher

Vice President, Operations

Mr. Asher is responsible for managing the coordination, planning, and administration of Pythagoras Solar's global supply chain. Before joining Pythagoras Solar, Mr. Asher was Vice President of Operations at Actelis Networks, where he established and led its global supply chain from early design phase to $50 million in operations, overseeing new product introduction, manufacturing and quality engineering, material management and global contract manufacturing. Prior to that, Mr. Asher was Director of Logistics & IT at Vcon, and has also held top management positions with Assa Industries and Scitex Corporation acquired by HP. Mr. Asher holds a B.Sc in Industrial Engineering from the Bar-Ilan University in Israel and a degree in Practical Industrial Engineering from the Technological Institute in Tel Aviv.

Yoni Mizrahi

Director of Finance

Mrs. Mizrahi is responsible for financial reports, budgets and fiscal management of the company. Before joining Pythagoras Solar, Mrs. Mizrahi was Controller at Gilat Satellite Networks, where she oversaw financial reporting and planning of the foreign subsidiaries, including SEC filing. Prior to her work with Gilat, Ms. Mizrahi was a Senior Associate at PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PWC) Israel High Tech Audit division, working with clients including Orcit, Retalix, Amdocs IL, Veraz and Msystems. In addition to being awarded with PWC's Employee Excellence award, Mrs. Mizrahi holds an MBA specializing in Finance Management and a B.A with Honors in Accounting and Economics, both from the Tel Aviv University.

Evergreen Venture Partners

Evergreen Venture Partners was established in 1987 as one of Israel's first venture capital firms. Evergreen invests in early-stage Israeli and Israel-related companies in the following fields: software, Internet & media, communications and healthcare. Evergreen's $650 million of venture capital funds under management represents one of the largest portfolios in Israel with investments in 110 technology start-ups. Evergreen has exited successfully 35 portfolio companies through IPOs and acquisitions. Some of these companies include Traiana, Colbar, Identify, BigBand, P-Cube, Actona, Backweb, Exalink, Radvision and Radware.

The current portfolio includes some very promising companies such as: e-Glue, Amimon, Press-sense, Varonis, Transpharma, Flash Networks, Exanet and more. Evergreen is currently investing from its fifth generation fund, Evergreen V, a $200M fund, which was recently closed.

http://www.evergreen.co.il/

Israel Cleantech Ventures

Established in 2006, Israel Cleantech Ventures is the first venture capital fund dedicated to providing value added growth capital to exceptional entrepreneurs building Israel's energy, water and environmental technology leaders.

Israel Cleantech Ventures' investment professionals combine significant experience in building technology companies with deep industry understanding gained through decades in senior management positions at Israel's prominent cleantech companies. The team has an extensive network in Israeli & global cleantech and VC communities, providing superior access to the flow of emerging companies as well as the critical tools to help those companies flourish in the global marketplace.

http://www.israelcleantech.com/

Pitango Venture Capital

Pitango Venture Capital, the leading venture capital firm in Israel, has been investing in technology entrepreneurs since 1993. With offices in Israel and Silicon Valley, California, Pitango currently manages several venture funds totaling over $1.3 billion in committed capital invested in more than 100 companies. Pitango invests in high-growth companies in seed and early stages, supporting them as they grow. Pitango's investment focus includes: Communications; Networking & Storage; Wireless, Cellular and Mobile technologies; Enterprise Software, Internet and Media; Healthcare & Life Sciences, and Clean Technologies.

http://www.pitango.com/

Precede Technologies

Precede Technologies is an entrepreneurship and investment firm which teams up with scientists and inventors to establish well-funded start-up companies. Precede focuses on IPintensive technologies in high-growth markets, such as the Cleantech industry. With offices in Israel and the Silicon Valley, Precede provides financial, managerial and entrepreneurial resources required to create and nurture early-stage ventures. Precede is backed by venture capital funds and is managed by a team of accomplished entrepreneurs.

http://www.precede.co.il/