Yossi Fisher, Co-Founder and CEO
Yossi
brings to Solaris Synergy over 25 years of experience managing technology
companies, particularly in the semiconductor industry. Prior to joining
Solaris, Yossi founded InSyst, a developer of advanced process control
software solutions primarily for the semiconductor industry, where he also
served as COO. Before that, Yossi founded Eventus Industries, a developer
of data analytic and process control software solutions for diverse industries,
where he also served as general manager. Prior to that, he served as Process
Engineering Manager at South Africa Micro Electronics Systems in Pretoria,
South Africa, and Senior Process Engineer at Intel in Jerusalem and Santa
Clara, CA. Yossi is a co-inventor of 10 patents in the area of process
control. He holds an MSc in Applied Physics from the Hebrew University
in Jerusalem and a BSc in Electro-optics from the Jerusalem College of
Technology.
Dr. Yuri Kokotov, Co-Founder and CTO
Yuri brings to Solaris Synergy over 30 years of experience in applied physics,
process engineering, heat and mass transfer, fluid mechanics, and process
and system optimization. Prior to joining Solaris, Yuri was Manager of
R&D at Visimix, where he headed development of VisiMix software, an advanced mixing
simulation package that has been successfully adopted by over 200 companies
worldwide. Yuri holds a PhD in Process Engineering/Mathematical Modeling
from the St. Petersburg State Institute of Technology (Technical University)
and an MS in Applied Physics/Automatic Control from the St. Petersburg
State Polytechnic University.
Dr. Michael Reyz, Co-Founder and Chief Scientist
Michael brings to Solaris Synergy over 30 years of experience in chemical engineering
and physical chemistry. Prior to joining Solaris, Michael, who is based
in the US, founded and headed a technical consulting business, before
which he was a member of the faculty at George Washington University.
Michael holds a PhD in Chemical Engineering from St. Petersburg State
Institute of Technology and an MS in Applied Physics from St. Petersburg
State Polytechnic University.
Evyatar Meiron, Director
Evyatar
brings to Solaris Synergy over 20 years of experience managing companies
in the automation and control market. Evyatar was the founder and CEO of
PC Soft International, a European leader in HMI control for the green industry
and diverse automation markets. Prior to that, he invented Wizcon, one
of the first SCADA products in the world, and established various energy
management and industrial control automation projects. Evyatar holds an
MBA from the joint Northwestern University/Tel Aviv University program
and a BSc in Electrical Engineering from the Technion – Israel Institute
of Technology.
Ram Rivlin, Chief Engineer
Ram brings
to Solaris Synergy over 30 years of experience in aeronautical and mechanical
engineering. Prior to joining Solaris, Ram, who currently is a consultant
for the Afeka Academic College of Engineering in Israel, served as Engineering
Manager at Medisim, a medical equipment provider. Before that, Ram founded
and headed Rivlin Engineering, a mechanical engineering company that developed
tailor-made mechanical instruments and machines. Prior to that, he served
as an Aeronautical Engineer at Israel Aircraft Industries, where he designed
and analyzed military and civil aircraft systems. Ram holds a BSc in Aeronautical
Engineering from the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology.
Dr. Elyakim Kassel, Business Development Manager
Elyakim brings
to Solaris Synergy some 20 years of managerial experience in the semiconductor
industry. Elyakim currently serves as Technical Manager of the Solar Energy
Solutions (SES) consortium, which is supported by Israel's Ministry of
Trade, Industry and Labor. Prior to joining Solaris, he managed external
funding and collaborative R&D activities at KLA-Tencor (Israel). In this capacity, he initiated and managed
several EU-funded consortia. Before that, he served as QA Engineer at
National Semiconductor’s Fairchild Research Center in Santa Clara, CA.
Elyakim has a PhD in Physics from the University of Illinois at Chicago
and an MSc in Materials Science and Engineering from Ecole Nationale Superieure
des Mines de Paris.
Prof. Shmuel Rivkin, Mathematical Modeling
Shmuel brings to Solaris Synergy over 30 years of experience in applied mechanics.
Shmuel serves as Associate Professor in Applied Mechanics at Tel Aviv
University, and heads the institution's School of Mechanical Engineering
undergraduate program. He has published more than 40 scientific papers
in leading international journals, for many of which he also serves as
a reviewer, covering a range of topics including fracture mechanics, mechanics
of composite materials, and elastic systems with periodic structure. Shmuel
holds a PhD from the St. Petersburg State Polytechnic University.
