Management
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 its strategic expansion into the building and construction industry. Prior to founding Pythagoras Solar, Mr. Fink served as Vice President of Products and Solutions & Strategy at Check Point Software Technologies (CHKP). 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 during his twelve year tenure. Prior to Check Point, Mr. Fink served for seven years in the Israeli Defense Force's elite intelligence unit as a Major 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
Mr. Paret is responsible for partnership development and accelerating the proliferation of Pythagoras Solar's technology. Paret is leading Pythagoras Solar's penetration into the building and construction industry and has successfully established the Pythagoras Solar brand name within the building trades in the U.S., Europe and Asia. Paret has been welcomed speaker at several industry events. Before joining Pythagoras Solar, Paret was the president of Fusion Dynamic, where he led global expansion and partnership development with IBM. Prior to that, Paret held senior positions as Senior VP Global Operations at Intransa and Senior Director of Customer Care at 3Com's $600M OEM division. Paret holds a BS in Industrial Engineering and Management from the Technion in Israel and has participated in Executive Programs at Stanford University, USA.
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.
Yoni Mizrahi
Vice President, 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.
Ori Kaplan
Vice President, Operations
Mr. Kaplan is responsible for directing the development, planning and implementation of the company's supply chain strategy, its new product introduction processes and the manufacturing operations, collaborating with global suppliers and contract manufacturing partners. Before joining Pythagoras Solar, Mr. Kaplan led the restructuring of Wheelable Devices through a successful integration into an industrial company. Prior to that, Mr. Kaplan held managerial positions in operations, most recently as Vice President of Operations & Support at ImageID. Mr. Kaplan holds an MBA in Finance & Technology Management from the Tel Aviv University and a Bs.C in Mechanical Engineering from the Technion.