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Coby Sella is Axilion's CEO. Coby has extensive managerial background in start-up companies, as well as rich experience in public companies such as the DSP Group and Zoran. He served as CEO and later as President of UniSpectral - Spectral Sensing Systems.
Coby was also the Director and CEO of Sansa Security, a company that developed cyber solutions for the mobile market, which was later acquired by ARM. Coby also previously managed Zoran Group's Mobile division.
Coby is a graduate of Electrical Engineering from the Technion Institute of Technology.

Ilan Weizman founded Axilion in 2009.
Ilan has been leading R&D teams since 1995. Before founding Axilion, he served as VP of Surf Communication Solutions leading the worldwide launch of an innovative video streaming platform. He also spent 7 years with 3DV systems (later sold to Microsoft) and several years at Intel.

Ilan holds a BSc in Computer Engineering from the Israeli Technion computer sciences faculty as well as an MBA cum laude from Haifa university school of management.

Danny Bechar is the acting CEO of Axilion, he also leads Axilion’s R&D department and supervises the development of our Edge and Cloud solutions.

Danny is a seasoned VP R&D, with over a decade’s experience in senior roles, delivering multidisciplinary products from inception to full-scale deployment. Prior to Axilion, Danny was VP R&D at Mantis Vision, where he took part in a 55M$ round that led to a rapid growth in business and headcount. Before this position, he served as head of R&D at an augmented reality startup and developed white label tracking systems for the local automotive industry.

Danny is an experienced software architect and holds a B.Sc. in Computer Engineering from Tel Aviv University.

John D. Porcari is responsible for growing Axilion's sales pipeline with transportation industry business partners, as well as expanding our engagements with strategic partners and other key players in the transportation industry.

Before joining Axilion, John previously served for over 4 years as Deputy Secretary of the United States Department of Transportation. During his tenure he was responsible for implementing projects, including transit projects throughout the country worth billions of dollars, while simultaneously streamlining approval processes and ensuring better environmental outcomes. Prior to his position as Deputy Secretary, John twice served as Secretary of the Maryland Department of Transportation where he transformed Maryland’s transportation capital program.

Oriel Raveh leads Axilion’s Product Management department, driving forward Axilion’s product vision and strategy.

He is an experienced VP Product with many years of experience within computer vision #AI, as well as building and scaling AI products for leading technology firms. Oriel has also founded several successful tech ventures in fields such as eCommerce, Agritech, and RealTech.

He holds a B.Sc in Industrial Engineering and Management from the Shenkar College of Engineering and Design.

Moshe Fink (Mosh) supports all business functions in their commercial activities and has overall responsibility for Axilion’s compliance, financial reporting, budgeting, M&A strategy, public stock exchange, and ensuring future funding requirements are met to enable our rapid company growth.

He brings over 20 years of financial management experience, most recently at Amazon, leading their transportation and logistics financial reporting, and systems integration. Mosh started his career working at EY for 7 years, following which he held various financial management roles including at Oracle where he managed the financial controlling of their German operations from Dublin.

Sigal Barak is responsible for leading Axilion's brand development, marketing and communications strategy, and execution.

Prior to working at Axilion, Sigal worked in a leading tech startup as Head of Marketing and was instrumental in building the brand from scratch. In her role, Sigal had responsibility for the company's marketing strategy, vision, and brand in a range of different channels, including content, events, and marketing collaterals.

Dr. Amit Haim Bermano plays a central role in Axilion’s core AI development team.

Amit holds a B.Sc (summa cum laude) and M.Sc from the Technion Institute of Technology in Computer Science. As well as a D.Sc. from ETH Zurich. Additionally, he was a postdoctoral research fellow at Disney Research Zurich and Princeton University. He specializes in Machine Learning, Computer Vision, and Computer Graphics, as well as in Geometry Processing and Computational Fabrication.

He has been a Senior Lecturer at Tel Aviv University since 2018.

Didier is responsible for managing Axilion day to day business and operations in the Europe and US regions. Didier works closely with Microsoft, as well as building and developing partnerships with the region’s transportation authorities, public transportation operators, and city municipalities.

Didier has more than 20 years of cross-functional leadership and management experience. Before joining Axilion, he managed geographically dispersed teams and turned disruptive technology-centered companies into fully-fledged leaders. Didier's work experience includes top-ranking global institutions like BNP Paribas, Barclays, Societe Generale, and several innovative start-ups.

He graduated from HEC Paris - Grande Ecole (M.Sc.) and holds an MBA from INSEAD.

Vladimir leads and supervises all processes in Axilion’s Bulgarian office relating to payroll, staffing, legal matters, supplier and client management, and ensuring the office runs smoothly and efficiently.
 
He has over 10 years of experience as a COO, including opening and managing three different companies and hiring, developing more than 80 members of staff, and extensive budget management experience.

He is passionate about driving sustainability through innovation.

Ami Barlev was appointed as the Chairman of the Company's Board of Directors on July 2021. Ami has extensive experience as an active chairman of public companies, and has served as an active chairman of Israeli companies and NASDAQ companies (Internet Gold and B Communications), and currently serves as an active chairman of a Technology and Satellite Group. Ami is experienced as a director in public companies, including in the fields of technology, communications, aviation (Israir), real estate, etc. And also seve as a director in start-up companies. In addition, Ami previously held a number of senior management positions in public and private companies, including CEO and VP positions. Ami is an attorney by training and has extensive experience in the areas of corporate governance, management and business development.

Ilan Weizman founded Axilion in 2009.

Ilan has been leading R&D teams since 1995. Before founding Axilion, he served as VP of Surf Communication Solutions leading the worldwide launch of an innovative video streaming platform. He also spent 7 years with 3DV systems (later sold to Microsoft) and several years at Intel.

Ilan holds a BSc in Computer Engineering from the Israeli Technion computer sciences faculty as well as an MBA cum laude from Haifa university school of management.

Uzi Navon has over 25 years of experience in the sales of IT solutions to a wide range of customers, including enterprise, SMB market, and startups.

Uzi’s background includes leading a diverse range of teams with varied skillsets and different fields of expertise, including sales, business development, sales consultants, finance, operations, and marketing. He has extensive experience leading teams through highly dynamic and often challenging initiatives, from the first stages through success.

Eli Carmon leads the finance, real estate, safety & security, legal, employee experience, and IT for Israel R&D sites and the finance of Microsoft Africa R&D’s centers in Kenya and Nigeria. He is also a board member at Israel-America chamber of commerce and Apio Africa LTD.

Eli has over 20 years of experience in senior financial positions. Before his current role, he served as Director of the Business Controller Group of Microsoft Middle East and Africa. Before this position, he has served as the CFO of Microsoft Israel (sales and marketing), Senior Manager at KPMG Israel, Research Unit and a Chairman of the internal audit committee of Maccabi health services, and a leading provider of audit, tax, and advisory services and a manager of the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.

Lauri Hanover has served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Netafim Ltd. since August 2013. Prior to this, she was Executive VP and CFO of the Tnuva Group, CEO of the GKH law firm, Senior VP and CFO of Lumenis Ltd., Corporate VP and CFO of Nice Systems Ltd., and Executive VP and CFO of Sapiens International. She has also held senior finance positions at Scitex Corporation Ltd. and Philip Morris Inc.

Lauri is also Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee of Kornit Digital Ltd., and until its sale, Director and Chairman of the Audit and Compensation Committees of SodaStream International Ltd, and former Director and Chairman of the Audit Committees of Ellomay Capital and Nova Measuring Instruments. She was recently elected to the Board of Apio-Africa/Axilion and serves as Chairman of the Audit Committee.

Kurt Hoppe has been helping global companies incorporate disruptive digital technologies into their products and services in order to positively transform industries for over 20 years. At General Motors, he initiated the “GRID” innovation program, incubating 8 new smart mobility businesses in just 2 years. At LG Electronics, he launched Smart TV and Smart Home, collaborating closely with global Pay TV and Streaming partners.

Kurt is on the Board of Advisors of several early-stage companies in the autonomous vehicle, computer vision, and blockchain spaces, in addition to serving as an executive at Google, where he currently leads the Android for Cars team in Munich, Germany

Dr. Giora Yahav studied Physics and Chemistry at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and in the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen. Later, did his Post Doc in the US. Then spent more than 10 years at Rafael the Israeli Armament Development Authority.
In 1996 he founded 3DV System Ltd. which was the pioneering company in 3D Imaging based on TOF. Dr. Yahav is the “creator” of the gesture-based gaming interface, widely adopted today by the industry.
From 2009 to 2016 he builds up and managed the AIT (Advanced Imaging Technology) group at Microsoft R&D Israel, launching the first mass market TOF imager in HoloLens I.
From 2016 to mid-2020 served as VP Strategic Perception Technologies of Magic Leap. Building the infrastructure and paving the strategy for next gen sensor technology for ML wearables.
Today he is the Co-Founder and CEO of SiNG Advanced Silicon Systems LTD. SiNG is a national nonprofit organization for creating innovation and leadership to commence next-generation technologies for silicon-based systems and emerging technology hardware platforms. This imitative will be an important corner stone for the continuation of the success of high- tech industry in Israel.

Shay Misch has been helping global companies develop new markets and new products. Shay has over 20 years of experience in senior business development and finance positions. He served as VP of Business Development of ICL, CFO of Neopharm Group, Director of Business Development of Teva Pharmaceuticals Industries.
Shay served as the chairman of Chemada Fine Chemicals Co 1996 Ltd, board member of Coral Maritime Ltd and board member of ICL Innovation Ltd.