We are ZOOZ

Avi is a seasoned business leader and an accomplished executive, CEO, and director. He brings extensive experience in the management of public and private companies in Israel and abroad, as well as NGOs. In addition to ZOOZ, Avi currently serves as chairman of Xjet and is on the boards of Nova, Cortica, and CGS Tower Networks. Moreover, he volunteers with social organizations and is the Chairman of the Joint-ELKA advisory committee and the deputy chairman of the board of Beit Issie Shapiro. Avi served as CEO of publicly traded companies, including Orbit Technologies and RR Media, at the latter of which he led a major strategy transformation and four acquisitions, increased shareholder value by over 2.5, and executed the company’s acquisition, all within four years. He was also deputy CEO at ECI Telecom and served as a member of the executive committee at KLA where he significantly increased revenue and market share of the Metrology group. Avi holds BSc and MSc degrees in electrical engineering and applied physics from Case Western Reserve University.

Boaz is an accomplished executive with over 20 years of senior management experience, leading business strategy and operations, as well as R&D organizations. Prior to joining ZOOZ, he held multiple executive positions at Elbit Systems, a global defense technology company, where he led several business lines to success, as well as the company’s large-scale and highly technological R&D organization. Before Elbit, he led an innovative automotive startup’s business unit to a successful spin-off. Boaz is a graduate of the Israeli Naval Academy where he served as a submarine officer and chief engineer. He holds a B.Sc. and MBA in electrical engineering from the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology.

With over 20 years of experience Ruth became ZOOZ chief financial officer (CFO) in October 2022.
She has extensive experience as a corporate leader finance and business strategy , proven track record of scaling growth stage starts up to mature business – through planning, modelling, funding, acquisitions, and Mergers.
Experience includes leading IPO, funding and transaction rounds with top PEs and strategic investors.
Prior to ZOOZ Power, Ruth was CFO at Telrad Networks for 11 years (Sold to Liquid Intelligent Technologies) , CFO at Silentium and Nur Macroprinters (Sold to HP)
Ruth holds a BA in Business Management, major in Accounting from the Management College

Ilan is a veteran entrepreneur and executive with a proven track record of outperforming business goals. Ilan co-founded ZOOZ and served as the company’s CEO from its foundation in 2013 and until 2020. Before co-founding ZOOZ, Ilan co-founded and served as the CEO of Genoa Color Technologies, a display semiconductor company. Prior to Genoa, he held several senior executive positions in the electronic printing industry. Ilan served in the prestigious 8200 IDF technology unit, and is the inventor of more than 20 patent families, having earned a B.Sc. in mechanical engineering and an M.Sc. in electrical engineering, both from Tel-Aviv University.

David brings over 20 years of experience as VP R&D in innovative and successful companies in the telecoms, datacom, and mixed signal ICs markets. He served as VP R&D at the AMSG Division of Microsemi Inc. (Nasdaq: MSCC), after it acquired PowerDsine Ltd., where he played a pivotal role in securing market leadership in the Power over Ethernet domain. Before Microsemi, David served as VP R&D at RIT Technologies Ltd. (Nasdaq RITT). David is a graduate of the prestigious 8200 IDF unit, and is the inventor of more than 20 patent families, holding a B.Sc. in electrical engineering from Tel-Aviv University.

Nir is a business, sales, delivery, and operations leader who brings extensive experience in multinational project execution and management. Prior to
co-founding ZOOZ he held several senior executive positions at Comverse and Starhome (now Tomia), at the latter of which he served as VP of Global Operations, Delivery, and Customer Support. Nir served together with his ZOOZ co-founders in the 8200 technology unit and holds a B.Sc. in electrical engineering from Tel-Aviv University and an MBA from Heriot Watt University.

Jordan is an operations executive, bringing decades of experience in the public and private sectors, with domain expertise in forming, leading, and scaling high-performing organizations. He joined ZOOZ as Chief Operating Officer in early 2021. Prior to joining the company, he served as EVP Global Operations at Paramount Enterprises International, VP Global Operations at WeissBeerger Beverage Analytics (acquired by AB-InBev in 2018), and was the founding executive and General Manager of the Ethiopian Maritime Training Institute (EMTI). Before EMTI, Jordan spent 10 years in the military and 20 years in senior civil service leadership positions. He earned a BSc in mechanical engineering from Tel Aviv University and an Executive MBA from Ben Gurion University.

Since joining ZOOZ Power in 2015, Sigal has played a pivotal role in developing and executing ZOOZ’s Organization and People Growth Strategies in support of the company’s hyper growth objectives. Sigal brings over 20 years of in-depth experience in Operations, Project Management, Process Improvement, Marketing and Business Development in number of companies includes: Comverse, StarHome, The Israel Export & International Cooperation Institute, IDI – The Israel Democracy Institute and others. Her vast experience includes a wide variety of corporate settings – from early-stage start-ups to large, global enterprises in various industry verticals. Sigal holds a BA in Psychology, Criminology and Sociology from Bar-Ilan University and an MBA from Heriot-Watt University.

Prior to joining ZOOZ Power, Tal served more than 25 years a variety of R&D and management roles in Highcon and HP Scitex. His experience in developing and leading the development of multidisciplinary systems such as digital packaging systems and wide format digital printing products through the full product life cycle, from problem definition through design, validation, production and field implementation allows him to have comprehensive view of the whole product aspects – customer needs, innovative technological solutions, productivity and serviceability. Tal holds a BSc in mathematics and computer science from Tel-Aviv university and an MBA from Heriot Watt University.

Marketing executive with over 20 years of expertise leading marketing and strategy for international high-tech firms.

Before joining ZOOZ, he had several top executive positions, including Director of Marketing and Product Management at Emerson-Spectronix and Chief Marketing Officer at Applied Materials Israel.

Udi graduated from Ben-Gurion University with a B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering.

With over 20 years in legal, sales and business development, Eyal has vast experience in translating tech vision into functional reality. Prior to ZOOZ Power, Eyal was VP of Business Development at Driivz (acquired by Vontier Corporation), where he became an expert in the global industry of electric transportation. Before that, Eyal worked as VP Corporate Operations & Legal at Trans Innovations Group, a leading provider of innovative solutions and digital systems to industries such as telecom, medical, aerospace, and energy. Eyal holds both a BA in finance and marketing and an MBA. In addition, he has an LLB in Law and is a member of the Israeli Bar Association.