Mr. Stern is a seasoned executive with a proven track-record of over three decades. He served in executive roles as CEO and Chairman as well as an active hand-on investor in hi-tech companies, specializing in machine vision, fiber optics, defense-tech, communication solutions, aerospace, and homeland security. Mr. Stern spent most of his business career in the United States, running both public and private companies with global operations. He has built and turned around several international corporations, growing them from a few million dollars to hundreds of million dollars in revenue, most of them traded in US public markets and all of them encompassing multi-disciplinary technologies and operations across 3-4 continents.
Among the companies that Mr. Stern has led, some of which he eventually sold, were Wordstar International Inc., Kellstrom Industries Inc., DVTEL Inc., Bogen Corporation, and FiberSensys LLC. Through the development of effective strategies and rigorous execution, Mr. Stern implemented methodologies that resulted in organic growth and generated attractive M&A opportunities for scaling up the businesses, ultimately increasing shareholders’ value.
Mr. Stern earned a B.Sc. Degree in Mathematics and Computer Science from TAU, an M.A. in International Relations from NYU, as well as a Diploma in Automation and Mechanical Engineering. He is a Graduate of the IAF Academy, a Lt. Colonel (Ret.), an F-15 fighter pilot and an ex-D. Squadron Commander.
Mr. Nedivi has been the CEO of several technology companies, including Cyalume Technologies Inc., a world leader in chemical-lighting solutions that manufactures chemiluminescent ammunition and infra-red devices used by U.S. and NATO military forces as well as law enforcement agencies. He was also the COO of Lumenis Ltd., a world-leading developer of innovative energy-based technologies, where he was directly responsible for 1,000 employees on 5 continents. From 1990-2005, he was the CEO of Kellstrom Industries, Inc., a supply chain and advanced data management company. While CEO of Kellstrom, he grew the company from $8M to $330M over a 5-year period including nine acquisitions. A graduate of the Israel Air Force Academy, he was a F-15 fighter Pilot for seven years and held the rank of major. He is an international businessman with a global network of contacts at innovative companies across the globe.
CFO at Nano Dimension. Yael brings with her extensive experience in financial leading rules and operations from public and private companies. Prior to joining Nano Dimension in 2015, she held various positions at KPMG where she acquired a lot of knowledge in pursuing initial public offerings. Yael is a Certified Public Accountant in Israel with a B.A. with honors in Accounting and Economics from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and an M.B.T with honors from the College of Management in Israel.
Neni Rubin is the Vice President of Nano Dimension Global Human Resources and brings more than 19 years of experience with her. She has a demonstrated history in Talent Management, Career Development, HR Consulting, Coaching and Strategy. Prior to joining Nano Dimension, Mrs. Rubin has successfully built and formed the HR Department at PANGEA IT, developing the fundamental structure and culture in the company. Further, she was the Senior Human Resource Manager at Philip Morris International of the Israel commercial division for more than 10 years. She holds a certificate in coaching from the Israel Coaching Association and a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology from the Open University of Israel.
Chief Product Officer and Head of Mergers and Acquisitions
For over 30 years, Mr. Gino has been a senior executive leading international technology corporations. As the President of Verint Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: VRNT) global Security Intelligence business (“SI”), he was responsible for 1,200 employees and grew SI’s revenue from $200 million to $400 million annually. As the CEO of Verint Systems Ltd., he was also responsible for the acquisition and integration of multiple companies.
Prior to joining Verint, he spent 23 years at Orbotech Ltd. (Nasdaq: KLAC), a global technology company whose products are used in consumer and industrial electronics and adjacent industries. From 2006 to 2010, Mr. Gino was the president of the PCB division, the flagship of Orbotech, growing revenue to $250 million annually. This growth journey included the acquisitions of several companies and the launch of new leading inspection and imaging solutions for the printed circuit board (PCB) market. From 2010 to 2013, he was the president of the Flat Panel Display (FPD) Division of Orbotech, where he grew their FPD business to $265 million annually including an acquisition of a technology company in the Silicon Valley.
Nick Geddes co-founded Global Inkjet Systems (GIS) and has been CEO and CTO for over fifteen years. GIS is renowned in the industrial inkjet industry for its leading R&D, products and services. Nick has remained deeply involved in both the technical and commercial areas of GIS, driving innovative solutions from conception through to product. With knowledge and experience spanning electronics, logic, software, algorithms and beyond, Nick has brought together and led multi-disciplinary teams to partner with customers in delivering high quality, high performance systems in the digital printing space.
Prior to GIS, Nick worked in inkjet consultancy, and for six years at USB Investment Bank as a Director in Debt Capital Markets. Nick has a Master’s degree from Cambridge University in Computer Science.
Tomer comes to Nano Dimension with more than 18 years of global experience in finance, M&A and operations management. Tomer demonstrated ability to streamline business operations that drive growth and increase efficiency.
He recently served as CFO at Kryon Systems LTD, a global company that offers Intelligence Robotic Process Automation for enterprises digital transformation solution, responsible for all financial management, legal and revenue operations functions. Tomer was in charge of Kryon’s ongoing fund-raising and led Kryon in its acquisition by Nintex Inc.
Prior to joining Kryon, Tomer served as CFO at myThings Inc, a personalized retargeting company providing advertisers with display ads in real time. Previously, Tomer served as CFO at DVTEL INC, a developer of IP video surveillance solutions, where he led the due diligence, negotiation and acquisition of DVTEL by FLIR Systems Inc. Tomer experience also includes working at top public accounting firms, including PwC in New York.
Tomer is a graduate of the General Management Program (GMP) at Harvard Business School and holds a B.A in Accounting and Finance from the College of Management.
Since 2015 Mr. Peled was the VP of Business Unit Professional Security, with $120 million in annual revenues, which offers integrated end-to-end security system ranging from advanced optical and thermal cameras, open-platform command & control software and AI analytics. In mid-2017 Peled was assigned as the VP, General Manager of the Security Enterprise Business. Previously, Peled was the COO/CRO of DVTEL Inc., Video Management Software company. It was acquired by FLIR Systems Inc. in late 2015, for $94 million. Previously, Mr. Peled was the President & CEO of Apollo Network Services Ltd., a private company that manages large projects in the field of Defense, Energy and Transportation for Finmeccanica, multi-billion-Euros Corporation, and one of the largest European organizations of its kind. He was also the CEO of Flash Networks Ltd., a technological leader offering Mobile Data Access Gateway, with top-tier customers such as AT&T Wireless, T- Mobile, SFR and Vodafone Omnitel. Previously, Mr. Peled was the CEO of Bogen Communication Int’l, NJ, based in Ramsey, New Jersey, and Munich, Germany, which develops, manufactures, and markets telecommunication peripherals, sound processing equipment, and wire & wireless carriers’ software.
Earlier in his career Mr. Peled spent 20 years with Elbit Systems, a multi-billion-dollars international Defense Company engaged in a wide range of electronics related programs worldwide, in the areas of avionics, ground and navy systems, C4I and advanced electro-optics technologies. As VP Operations he has ran the R&D and Engineering Division, employing over 1,000 researchers and engineers. He was appointed as the GM of Elbit Communications Division, which included CTV plant, Data Communication company and Telephony over Cable TV project in China.
Dale Baker has joined the Company as President of Nano Dimension – Americas, where he will head the expansion of Nano Dimension’s U.S. operations as well as lead worldwide sales activity and execute on the Company’s current organic and mergers and acquisitions growth strategy. Baker will report to Zivi Nedivi, Global President of Nano Dimension.
Prior to joining Nano Dimension, Baker served as CEO or President for seven businesses, during which he participated in the acquisition and subsequent integration of over twenty-five companies. Baker began his career at GE where he went on to hold a variety of key leadership roles in several businesses.
Baker graduated from Virginia Tech University with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering and from Duke University with an MBA.
“I am excited by the opportunity to impact the Additive Manufacturing and electronic manufacturing industries, leading Nano Dimension to revolutionize Industry 4.0 by digitizing supply chain activities and converting manufacturing into a neural network of edge-devices – enabling customers to manufacture, print, inject – when and where needed,” commented Baker. “I am not only excited about the opportunity, but also by the actions they have already taken, the foundation they have built, and the vision which we shall make a reality.”
Nir brings an extensive experience in R&D management from various multi-disciplinary companies and positions. Prior to joining Nano Dimension, Nir has served as the VP of R&D Engineering at Xjet, leading the development of an Additive Manufacturing system for metals and ceramics. Nir has more than 20 years of engineering development experience from companies such as Applied Materials, Objet (later Stratasys) and Elbit Systems. Nir holds a B.Sc. in Computer Engineering from the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology.
Tamir possesses More than 25 years of experience in R&D and product management of multi-disciplinary systems, in the fields of optical inspection, 2D and 3D vision, as well as artificial intelligence, robotics and Laser Matter Interaction.
Prior to joining Nano Dimension, Tamir has served as VP R&D at Kitov.ai, a pioneering company in the field of 3D inspection, robotics and AI, and before that as the FPD Division President and as Chief Product Officer at Orbotech Ltd.
Tamir started his career as an algorithms engineer, moved into software management and has successfully led R&D organizations and Product Line activities, contributing to Orbotech’s market leadership through technology innovation.
Tamir holds a M.Sc. degree in Physical Chemistry from the Weizmann institute of science, and an Executive MBA degree from Tel Aviv university.
Co-Founder of Nano Dimension Ltd. and Customer Success Officer. Mr. Dror served as Chief Executive Officer and director of Nano Dimension from August 2014 to December 2019. Previously, Mr. Dror co-founded Eternegy Ltd. in 2010 and served as its Chief Executive Officer and a director from 2010-2013. Mr. Dror also co-founded the Milk & Honey Distillery Ltd. in 2012.
Throughout his career, he has developed vast experience in project, account and sales management while serving in a variety of roles with ECI Telecom Ltd., Comverse Technology, Inc., Eternegy Ltd., and Milk & Honey Distillery Ltd. Mr. Dror has a background that covers technology management, software, business development, fundraising, and complex project execution. Mr. Dror is a Merage Institute Graduate.
Steve gained significant RF and microwave experience over the past 30 years while designing circuits, silicon, GaAs MMICs and large RF systems. He also lectured on the Oxford University CPD course “Successful RF PCB Design” for 12 years. He has a wealth of knowledge in the manufacture of electronic and mechanical assemblies, and now brings this, plus his extensive management and interpersonal skills, to his role leading Global Inkjet Systems (GIS).
Before joining GIS, Steve was VP Engineering and VP Operations at CRFS Ltd, producing the world leading spectrum analysis hardware and software. Prior to this he held the positions of Principle Engineer at Cambridge Consultants and Senior Technical Consultant at Plextek, the two leading RF consultancies in the Cambridge area. Steve hold a Bachelor’s degree (Hons) in Electronic Engineering from Southampton University.
Chief Technology Officer, Deep Learning – DeepCube Group
Dr. Eli David, a director of the company, is a leading AI expert specializing in deep learning and evolutionary computation. He has published over fifty papers in leading artificial intelligence journals and conferences, mostly focusing on applications of deep learning and genetic algorithms in various real-world domains. For the past fifteen years, he has been teaching courses on deep learning and evolutionary computation, in addition to supervising the research of graduate students in these fields. He has also served in numerous capacities successfully designing, implementing, and leading deep learning-based projects in real-world environments.
Dr. David received the Best Paper Award in 2008 Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference, the Gold Award in the prestigious “Humies” Awards for Human-Competitive Results in 2014, and the Best Paper Award in 2016 International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks. He is the developer of Falcon, a Grandmaster-level chess playing program based on genetic algorithms and deep learning, which reached the second place in World Computer Chess Championship.
Dr. David has co-founded several successful deep learning-based companies, recognized by Nvidia as the “Most Disruptive AI Startup”, and selected by the World Economic Forum as Technology Pioneer. Dr. David also serves as an AI consultant to several Fortune 500 companies, and major venture capital and private equity firms. He is a frequently invited speaker in prominent AI venues, and a member of Forbes Technology Council.
Eri Rubin is a renowned expert in the field of high-performance computing for deep learning, with 15+ years of experience working in the field of HPC. In various capacities he has led complex real-world projects involving large-scale AI deployments requiring computation acceleration on modern hardware architectures, including GPU, CPU x86 and ARM, and ASICs. He is also an experienced researcher and developer in the fields of computer vision and computer graphics. Eri has a Master’s degree with honors in Computer Science from the Hebrew University, in the field of massively parallel high-performance computing.
Eri is the GM DeepCube and VP of AI R&D leading the teams who are conducting advanced deep learning research, as well as the teams developing DeepCube’s proprietary deep learning inference engine.
Merav Reshef has been with Nano Dimension since 2018. She is the VP of Product Marketing Programs and she has over 20 years of experience in professional, leadership and consulting roles at high-tech, global companies.
Her experience includes Building talent and learning development infrastructure, Human Performance Improvement (HPI), Organizational Transformation Programs, Sales Enablement and GTM.
Merav has a master’s degree in management and organizational development from Tel Aviv University.
Meg has more than 20 years of experience in Marketing, Product Management, and Strategy working with a variety of innovative products across the industrial and materials sectors.
Her background includes experiences ranging from venture-backed startups to multinational corporations, including DuPont and Thermo Fisher Scientific. Early in her career, she worked in government doing economic development.
Meg holds a BA from Lehigh University and an MBA from the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia.
Uri Keynan is Nano Dimension’s General Manager of APAC and the VP of Business Development. Mr. Keynan brings with him 25+ years of leadership, management, and consultative expertise to nurture high satisfaction-ratings from customers, partners, and staff in existing and untapped markets.
Prior to Nano Dimension, Mr. Keynan has spent two decades with the Alfa Laval Group, a multi-billion Euro Forbes Global 2000 company, serving as CEO in Israel, Vice President in China and Regional Vice President covering North Andina, Central America and the Caribbean, with $ 150 million in annual revenues. Mr. Keynan holds a B.Sc. diploma in Chemical Engineering from the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel.
