Board of Directors & Staff

Dr. Eli Opper, Chair
Chief Scientist
Ministry of Industry and Trade

Dr. Opper is the Chief Scientist in the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor of Israel.

Before his appointment, Dr. Opper was a partner at Giza Venture Capital, after a 27 year career at Rafael, Israel's leading armaments corporation and authority on research and development. In the last decade in Rafael he held the position of Chief of Staff, VP of R&D, VP of Advanced Topics and General Manager of the Electronic Systems Division.

Dr. Opper served as a member of numerous professional committees, published papers and was a lecturer in the areas of computers, R&D and management at academic institutions and professional seminars. He has served as a director and chairman of high-tech companies and as a member of the boards of public organizations.

Dr. Opper held a research degree equivalent to a full Professorship and holds B.S. and M.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering, from the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa, as well as a PhD in Computer Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin.