Team

Irit Yaniv, MD, MBA
Active Chairperson

Dr. Yaniv is an experienced and accomplished senior executive in the life sciences industry, both in the medical device and bio-pharma fields, including CEO positions with Impulse Dynamics and MetaCure.

In parallel with her position at Eximo, she is a Venture Partner in Accelmed, a private equity investment firm where she plays an important role in leading the firm's early stage portfolio. She is also the co-founder of Digma Medical and Nitinotes, both medical device companies focusing on solutions for the metabolic epidemic.

Irit holds an MD degree from Ben-Gurion University and an MBA from the Recanati Graduate School of Business Administration at the Tel Aviv University.

Yoel Zabar
CEO

Mr. Zabar brings more than 17 years of experience in R&D Management and Projects Management positions in multidisciplinary knowledge-based companies.

Mr. Zabar served as HW R&D Group Manager and Projects manager in Hexagon Metrology Israel (NASDAQ OMX: HEXA B).

Earlier, he worked as a system engineering team leader and project manager in Applied Materials, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMAT).

Prior to that, he worked as a system engineer in SCD - Semi-Conductor Devices Ltd.

Mr. Zabar holds a master's degree with special honors (Summa Cum Laude) in optical engineering from the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa.

Yossi Muncher, Ph.D, MBA
VP Clinical & Regulation Affairs

Yossi Muncher, Ph.D., is a co-founder of Eximo Medical with extensive experience in the medical device and pharmaceutical industries.

Prior to Eximo, he was active in many business aspects of the medical device industry: distribution of products for major corporations such as Boston Scientific, St. Jude Medical, and Baxter-Edwards; management of clinical and regulatory activities in various start-up companies, and consulting.

Yossi holds a Ph.D. in Life Sciences (with honors) from the Ben Gurion University of the Negev in Beersheva and an M.B.A. from the Peres Academic Center in Rehovot.

Remo Almog
COO

Mr. Almog has over 13 years of extensive experience in leading R&D and Operations teams in medical device filed with a primary focus on cardiovascular.

During his career, Almog has gained vast experience with the full product life cycle, including responsibility for product definition, product development and product manufacturing.

Mr. Almog held executive positions at MValve (served as a Director of R&D. which develop TMVR - transcatheter mitral valve replacement); Valve Medical (served as a team leader. which developed TAVI -transcatheter aortic valve implantation); Corassist Cardiovascular (R&D engineer).

Mr. Almog holds a B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from Ben Gurion University and an M.Sc in Mechanical Engineering and Management from Tel Aviv University.

Ilan Ben Oren
Founder and CTO

Ilan Ben Oren, founder of Eximo Medical, is an experienced physicist with extensive expertise in the development of medical devices.

Mr. Ben Oren experience as CTO in other companies include Accelmed, Exalenz Bioscience Ltd. (TASE:EXEN) and Oridion Medical (SWX:ORIDN, Sold to Covidien). Prior to that, he served as a senior physicist in Scitex and participated for five years in applied research at the laser center of Hadassah Hospital and the Hebrew University.

Ilan holds an M.Sc. (Summa Cum Laude) in applied physics and the science of materials from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. He is author of more than 35 patents and patent applications in the field of medical technologies and electro-optics.

Key Consultants

Dr. Charles J. Love, MD

Dr. Gil M. Vardi, MD

Prof. Michael Glikson - Lead Extraction Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel

Udi Ben Ami, PhD - Physicist. Senior consultant to knowledge-based industries.

Dr. John R. Laird, MD

Dr. Kenneth Rosenfield, MD