Executive Board


Ophir Marko, Executive Director
Ophir brings with him 5 years of experience from two leading startups in the semiconductors' field, focusing on Flash devices.
Ophir served as an intelligence officer and worked on various military technology projects for 4 years.
Since then he has been involved in a number of startups and internet projects, the most recent of which is a site for kosher recipes
www.ChefKosher.com
His contacts and expertise in technology make him a good starting point for entrepreneurs who are trying to develop their technology and find investors.
An avid skier and squash player, Ophir can be found at the Department of Physics, where he is completing his B.Sc.

 


Rinat Basha, Operation Manager
Rinat is a recent Technion graduate, holding an engineering degree in Quality Engineering in Bioprocesses.

 


mi Michael Cherkassky, Workshops' Manager
Michael brings diverse experience from small start-ups to large companies. He was part of development teams and led projects in Israel and abroad. Together with an intense army service at the IAF special corps it helps him lead and innovate, wherever he goes.
While not traveling the world, riding bikes or playing tennis, Michael is working on his mobile phones software startup (www.topshelf.co.il) and at his last year of B.Sc studies at the Computer Science department at the Technion

 


ggimmon Gilad Gimmon, Judging Manager
Gilad is currently pursuing his B.Sc in Industrial Engineering & Management at the Technion. Gilad served in several managerial positions in an intelligence unit and nowadays he is the judging manager of BizTEC competition. Gilad also volunteers in Pa'amonim organization, guiding underpriveleged families on how to rehabilitate their financial position.

 


ggimmon Yaniv Reginiano, IT director
Yaniv is a longtime expert in internet websites administration. Dozens of internet projects accomplished, Yaniv now uses his skills to operate and upgrade the Biztec website as well as the competition's online-framework. Yaniv also handles other IT issues as the BizTEC's DB admninistration, electronic telecommunication and social networks campagins.
Nowadays Yaniv is part of the excellent direct master's degree program at Tel Aviv University. He completes both his B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Industrial Engineering and Management at the Fleischman Faculty of Engineering and The Recanati School of  Business Administration.