Eli Opper
Chief Scientist, Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor, Israel
Born: 3 June 1946 in Haifa, Israel
Married, with 4 Children
Professional career:
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Since July 2002
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Chief Scientist, Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labour
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2000-2002
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Venture Partner, Giza Venture Capital
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1973-2000
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RAFAEL – The Armament Development Authority
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1972-1973
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Technion, Haifa Research
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1968-1972
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Israel Air Force, Communications & Navigation Engineer
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Education:
Rafael School of Management (1989)
Ph.D in Computer Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin (1984) where he was awarded graduate prize for outstanding academic record.
M.Sc. and B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from Technion, Haifa (1973 and 1968)
Main positions at Rafael:
Chief of Staff and corporate vice president for R&D (1999-2000), corporate vice president for Advanced Topics (1998-1999), corporate vice president, Electronic Systems (1991-1998), corporate director for Operations and Coordination (1989-1991), deputy director of the Electronics System Division (1987-1989), head of Computer Research Department (1984-1987).
Business and Public Activities:
Member: The Board of Elgal Ltd. (1985-1988), PST Ltd. (1992-1996), RDC Ltd. (1993-2000), Vsoft Ltd. (1995-2000), Witcom Ltd. (1995-1999), GTLI (1996-1997)
Representative: Rafael in the Association of Electronics Industries (1991-2000)
Member: The Israel Export Institute, the public directorate of the Software and Electronics Division. (1994-1998)
Member: The Board of Governors, Haifa University (since 1995), member of the Executive Committee, Haifa University (since 1996), mentor at TIM (Technion Institute of Management) Program (1999-2000)
Key Official Positions as Chief Scientist:
Co-Chairman: The Board, U.S.–Israel Science & Technology Foundation, U.S.–Israel Science & Technology Commission and BIRDF (U.S.–Israel R&D Foundation), EU-Israel Joint Committee of the Scientific Technological Agreement
Chairman: The Board, CIRDF (Canada–Israel R&D Fund), BRITECH (Britain–Israel R&D Fund), KORIL (Korea–Israel R&D Fund), SIIRDF (Singapore–Israel R&D Fund) and Chairman of the Board of 10+ Bi-National Committees for Industrial R&D (France, Italy, etc.)
Member: The Board, TELEM (Forum for National Infrastructure for R&D) and member of the HLG (High Level Group), Eureka and of The Council of Engineering & Architecture
Publications and Academic Record:
14 papers in journals and at conferences and more than 50 internal papers at Rafael.
Member of numerous professional committees at Rafael and with other major organisations in Israel. Lectured in the areas of Computers, Communications, R&D, Technology and Management at Rafael and at other business and academic organisations throughout the world.
