Spectal Imaging

Company Profile | Management

REQUISITES FOR SUCCESS

The people of ASI possess the two key requisites for success. The stellar research capabilities and knowledge required to create exciting new products -- with core competencies in optical physics, software development and molecular biology.

And the international commercial experience needed to bring them to market -- with a presence through direct teams plus well-known distributors in the United States, Europe and the Far East.

Our capabilities were recognized in 1997 when we were awarded the European Information Technology Prize for successful commercialization of our revolutionary cytogenetics technology. And we've been expanding our scope ever since.

Management Team

		Limor Shiposh, CEO Mrs. Shiposh joined ASI in May 1999. From 1990-1999 she was Controller & CFO in Rada Electronics Industries Ltd., a publicly traded company on NASDAQ, with subsidiaries in USA, Europe & the Far East. From 1988-1990 she was Deputy Internal Auditor for the Ministry of Defense Procurement Office in New York. She has experience in contract negotiations in government funding and purchasing, business negotiations and contracts.
		Nir Katzir M.Sc., Vice President R&D Mr. Nir Katzir joined ASI as a member of the founding team in 1993. Since this date, he has managed key projects and played a major role in the design and the development of ASI's unique products and applications. As an ASI executive. leading the Research and Development activity of ASI, he is in charge of the algorithms that form the substructure of the company's intellectual property. He is the co-author of many of ASI's patents and papers. Prior to 1993. Mr. Katzir was a Ph.D. student at a prestigious Institute of Technology. He received his Ms.C.degree (Electrical Engineering) and Bs.C. degree (Computer Engineering) both Summa Cum Laude. He specialized in Computer Vision, Image Analysis, spectral and multi-dimensional imaging. Mr. Katzir was awarded several prizes, fellowships and honors. Among which are the P.Martin Excellence award, Ollendorf award for excellence in the field of Image Analysis, the Jury award and the Gutvirt Scholarship as well as many president honors and teaching awards.
		Irit Bar Am, Ph.D., Kits Development Manager Dr. Irit Bar-Am, Ph.D. is responsible for the development and production of our molecular probe kits. She also plays a key role in developing new applications in cytogenetics as well as conducting clinical utility studies. With over thirty publications, she is considered an expert in FISH (fluorescent in situ hybridization), a technique which has revolutionized both research and clinical analysis in cytogenetics.
		Michael Koehler, Ph.D., Technical and Scientific Manager, Germany Dr. Koehler heads ASI's European office in Necharhausen, Germany, which is responsible for sales in Germany, the Netherlands, Austria, and Switzerland, as well as for technical support of ASI customers and distributors throughout Europe. He is first author and co-author of numerous scientific articles published in peer-reviewed scientific journals.
		Tsafrir Kolatt, Ph.D. – Application Development and Pathology Program Director Tsafrir joined ASI in 2005, he received his Ph.D. in Physics from the Hebrew University and held Post Doctoral positions at Harvard University, the Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics and UCSC. Previously to joining ASI, Tsafrir served as the VP R&D for an Artificial Intelligence company. He has published many professional and popular science papers and two popular science books. He has been awarded numerous prizes and scholarships.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS:

Noam Karstaedt
Mr. Karstaedt is the president of Denali Ventures, LLC. He has been an active member of the venture capital community for more than 10 years.

Bob Buckwald, Ph.D.
He was a co-founder of Applied Spectral Imaging and served as its CEO until July 1999. He has 25 years experience managing electro-optics instrumentation companies and products. Dr. Buckwald presently serves as Chairman of the Board of CI Technologies, Inc., Beamworks Ltd. and PetrometriX Ltd.. Dr. Buckwald holds a PhD in Physics from Ohio State University (1969).

Rolf Haegler
Mr. Haegler is managing director of Transatlantic Atlantic Technology (TAT). He is an acknowledged specialist in medical technology investments.

Graham I. Jackson, Ph.D.
Dr. Jackson is an experienced international lecturer and consultant in Marketing. He worked in the Marketing Departments of IBM (UK) and Procter & Gamble (UK) and was an Action Learning consultant in the Scandinavian Institutes of Administrative Research

Yoav Sebba
Yoav serves as a Vice President at Ofer Hi-Tech. Prior to joining Ofer Hi-Tech, Yoav served as a partner at Yozma Group Venture Capital Fund. .
Yoav is responsible for the evaluation of potential investments, as well as for the negotiation and deal execution process. Post-investment, Yoav assists portfolio companies to form and execute their business plan, recruit senior executives & raise additional money.
Yoav serves as an active director in few of the portfolio company's boards.
Yoav holds a B.Sc. in Management and Industrial Engineering with distinction.