Management
| Ziv Gottesfeld | Co-founder | CEO | ||
 Ziv has served as CellEra’s CEO since inception, and is directly responsible for defining and driving the the company’s go-to-market strategy and international business development activities within the high-growth renewable-energy storage and generation markets. A seasoned entrepreneur, Ziv previously founded and served as the CEO of Idioma Solutions, a developer of automated recognition and work-flow systems for the global media information market. At Idioma, he led the company from its inception to the point of break-even, and was responsible for generating multi-million dollar revenues from multinational corporations. Following Idioma Ziv was active in the launch of two additional startup companies. He holds a B.Sc. from Tel Aviv University in physics (Magna Cum Laude), and an M.Sc. from the Weizmann Institute of Science. |
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| Dr. Shimshon Gottesfeld | Co-founder | CTO | ||
 Dr. Gottesfeld is a world-renowned expert in fuel cells. From 1985 – 2001, he was the fuel cell technology group leader at Los Alamos National Laboratory, and his team’s work was recognized worldwide for its technology-enabling contributions in the areas of polymer electrolyte fuel cells (PEFCs) and direct methanol fuel cells (DMFCs). He later served as the CTO and VP of R&D for MTI Microfuel Cells (NASDAQ: MKTY), where he led the development of direct methanol fuel cells for use in advanced power sources for portable electronic applications. A fellow of the Electrochemical Society and a lifetime fellow of the Los Alamos National Laboratory, Dr. Gottesfeld is the recipient of several awards and prizes. Most recently he was awarded the Grove Medal for Fuel Cell Science and Technology in 2006, and the US Fuel Cell Seminar Award in 2008. He has published over 150 articles and several book chapters and holds 25 patents with five more pending. Dr. Gottesfeld obtained his D.Sc. in chemistry in 1970 from the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology and later joined the chemistry department at Tel Aviv University, where his research activities included studies of electrochemical interfaces with spectroscopic techniques, focusing on fundamental and applied aspects of electro catalysis. |
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| Dr. Dario R. Dekel | Co-founder | VP R&D and Engineering | ||
 Dr. Dekel is a seasoned executive with over 15 years experience in materials science membrane technology and electrochemistry. Prior to co-founding CellEra, he was general manager of Rafael’s thermal battery plant, where he led a 100-member R&D and fabrication team. At Rafael, he was also responsible for multi-million dollar projects and sales with Lockheed Martin, General Dynamics, and the United States Army, among others. He holds a Ph.D. in chemical engineering and an MBA from the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology. Dr. Dekel is the author of six granted and pending battery technology-related patents. |
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