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BIRD Foundation
Joint fund, established in 1977 as a joint initiative
BIRD = Binational Industrial Research and Development
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Mission FundingTo stimulate, promote and support joint (non-defense)
industrial R&D of mutual
Income from interest earned on $110 million endowment grant and from repayments
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industrial R&D of mutual benefit to Israel and the
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grant and from repayments from successful BIRD
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For Mutual Benefit:
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BIRD Status in the U.S.
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Congressman Chaka Fattah (PA): “Partnerships between Israeli and American neuroscientists, institutions and pharmaceutical firms are a valuablepharmaceutical firms are a valuableaddition to this effort. Today’s conference on U.S.-Israel collaborations for neuroscience is an important advance. Israeli scientists and medical experts are already performing cutting
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medical experts are already performing cutting edge research in this field – partneringwith United States entities will mean more progress.” [September 12, 2012]
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BIRD – Performance Summaryy
$302M granted
863 projectsp japproved
$96M repaymentsfrom projects
~$10B i l~$10B in sales generated directly and indirectly by BIRD sponsored activities
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BIRD Approved Projects by Industry2006 20122006- 2012
January 201388 Total # of Projects = 166, including “BIRD Energy” (17 projects)
BIRD’s Approach in a Nutshell BIRD helps in finding strategic partners (“matchmaking”)
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BIRD offers conditional grants for joint development on a risk sharing basis (private sector cost-share)
BIRD funds up to 50% of each company’s R&D expensesBIRD funds up to 50% of each company s R&D expenses associated with the joint project
BIRD claims repayments as royalties only if commercial revenues are generated from the project (repayments: up to 150% of the original conditional grant, CPI adjusted)
As an example of mutual benefit: U S company benefitsAs an example of mutual benefit: U.S. company benefits from access to innovation and IP; Israeli company benefits from complementary required capabilities and market access (other combinations are possible e gaccess (other combinations are possible, e.g., complementary technologies)
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The BIRD Model
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Repayments Schedule(Based on Revenue)(Based on Revenue)
Years from % of the grant Project
Completionto be repaid
Maximum repayment obligation: 150%
1 100%
Repayment rate: 5% of2 113%
3 125%
Repayment rate: 5% of Sales
Semiannual repayments4 138%
5 & Be ond 150%
Semiannual repayments, indexed to CPI-U
5 & Beyond 150%
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Submitting Process (two cycles per year)** For the exact dates of the upcoming cycle see www birdf com
Executive Summaries March SeptemberCycle I Cycle II
For the exact dates of the upcoming cycle see www.birdf.com
Executive Summaries
Final Proposal
Proposal Evaluation
March September
April October
Proposal EvaluationEvaluators appointed by NIST
& the Chief Scientist’s Office
DecisionsAt the Board of Governors’Meeting
June December
Company to Company Agreement
Cooperation and Project Funding AgreementJanuary 201312
Once Project is Awarded…
Company to Company Agreementp y p y g
Financial Due Diligence
Cooperation and Project Funding AgreementCooperation and Project Funding Agreement
Project performance
Every 6 months:Financial &
End of project: Auditperformance a c a &
Milestone Reports Sales report
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MOPS-DHS S&TPriority Topics*
First Responders
Disaster ManagementManagement
Cyber Security
Explosive DetectionDetection
* See detailed list at www.birdf.com
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Examples of BIRD Awardees Israeli CompaniesIsraeli Companies
MITAM
E t hExotechBio Solutions
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Project Examples
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Medical Instrumentation
Argo Medical invented the external wearable skeleton enabling the
Project title: ReWalk – Clinical Trials at MossRehab (Philadelphia)
walking of paraplegic patients.
Allied Orthotics & ProstheticsJoint development product: ReWalk is a motorized exoskeleton suit that enablesAllied Orthotics & Prosthetics
business is the design, custom-manufacturing, fitting, training of a complete range of orthotic and
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motorized exoskeleton suit that enables patients with lower limb disabilities, including complete paralysis, to independently engage in ambulatory activities, including standing, walking and in some cases climbing stairs.
prosthetic products for disabled people.
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Optical Communications
ColorChip is a supplier of Fiber To The Home (FTTH) and FTTx
Project title: Pluggable Transceiver
optical components and sub-systems for the broadband access network
Molex is a leading one source supplierMolex is a leading one-source supplier of interconnect products, including everything from electronic, electrical and fiber optic interconnects to
Joint development product: pluggable transceiver based on Planar Lightwave Circuit (PLC) technology
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switches and application tooling.
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Life Sciences - Pharma
Bio-Technology General Ltd. had extensive expertise in production and
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Project title: Development of PEG-Uricase for Treatment of Intractable Gout and Related Conditions
purification of recombinant proteins for parenteral use (acquired by Savient Pharmaceuticals Inc.)
Mountain ViewJoint development product: Development of
ff ti th f ti t ithMountain View Pharmaceuticals, Inc.experts in protein chemistry and the synthesis of PEG
effective therapy for patients with severe and presently untreatable gout. The drug is called Krystexxa, marketed by Savient
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Software/Education
Project title: Lotus
Tegrity Ltd. is the maker of TegrityCampus, the leading class capture Web service leading provider of
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Web service, leading provider of platforms for e-learning content creation and distribution.
McGraw-Hill Higher Education, a unit Joint development product:g ,of McGraw-Hill Education, is a premier provider of teaching and learning solutions for 21st century post-secondary and higher education
Joint development product:Active access to students and instructors between multiple types and sources of learning objects (lectures, tutorials sessions etc )
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tutorials, sessions, etc.)
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Software/Brain-Training
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Joint development product: A software-based ACE (Applied Cognitive Engineering) develops software
Project title: The Hockey IntelliGym
program that allows players to develop perception, short-term memory focus and decision-making skills, as well as enables coaches to fine-tune programs and follow
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USA Hockey Inc is the National
coaches to fine tune programs and follow up on each player's progress.
USA Hockey, Inc. is the National Governing Body for the sport of ice hockey in the United States.
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HLS/Disaster Recovery
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Joint development product: Designed to outlast
Axxana, provides solutions for data protection by recovering data
Project title: An Advanced Disaster Recovery System – The AxxBox Solution
Joint development product: Designed to outlast extreme circumstances, the AxxBox will carry the data through disaster and then transmit it to the remote recovery site, eliminating the need to be physically found
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EMC Corporation is a world leading
need to be physically found.
EMC Corporation is a world leading developer and provider of information infrastructure solutions.
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Electro-optics
Opgal Optronic Ind. Ltd. is a leading supplier of highly sensitive
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Project title: Aircraft Enhanced Vision System (EVS)
EYEcooled and uncooled Thermal Imaging Systems, infrared cameras engines for industrial, R&D, defense, security and paramilitary applications.
EVSView
EYEview
Joint development product: The EVS camera is d i d t id d / i ht i dKollsman, Inc. is a leading
manufacturer of avionics and electro-optic systems supplying to commercial and military markets as well as a medical
designed to provide day/night improved orientation. It allows visual landing in reduced visibility conditions, such as fog, haze, dust, smog etc. The system provides a fused, visual and near-IR picture, and displays a video image,
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superimposed on the pilot's Field-Of-View.
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Cleantech/Desalination
Desalitech pioneered a brand new approach to reverse osmosis
Project title: Integrated Low-Cost RO Systems for Seawater Desalination
Joint development product: By combining the innovative closed-circuit reverse osmosis desalination scheme of Desalitech with next-generation capabilities developed by GE, the companies will productize an integrated solution that will dramatically reduce the
desalination by implicating closed circuit desalination based on hydrostatic principles
GE (Global Research) one of the
integrated solution that will dramatically reduce the capital expenditures and the energy consumption of saltwater desalination plants.
GE (Global Research) – one of the world's most diversified industrial research labs, providing innovative technology for all of GE's businesses
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CogniTens develops, manufactures and markets 3D vision measurement
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Project title: Flexible 3D Measurement System for the Automotive Industry
systems for industrial applications, mainly targeted at the automotive and the aerospace industries
TESCO Group Companies deliver a wide I3 M t C llTESCO Group Companies deliver a wide range of high quality agile manufacturing systems and services for today's global automotive market
Joint development product: Automated measurement systems designed for process control and quality assurance on the
I3 Measurement Cell
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production floor
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Food Technology
Fresh-Point is a private company specializes in the area of smart
Project title: Novel Time Temperature Indicators.
packaging, such as novel organic crystal-based time-temperature indicator
Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corp is aFreshness check at a glance – OnVu™ time-t t i di t h l t d hill h iCiba Specialty Chemicals Corp. is a
leading global company dedicated to producing high-value effects for its customers’ products. Joint development product: novel printable &
chargeable time temperature indicator
temperature indicators show accumulated chill-chain history of perishables
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chargeable time temperature indicator
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Homeland Security
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Camero-Tech Ltd., founded 2004, focuses on through wall imaging
Project title: Through-wall Location and Sensing System
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General Dynamics Armament andJoint development product: a comprehensive,
Xaver™ 400
General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products (GDATP) an operating unit of General Dynamics, is a proven systems integrator of
portable solution for through-wall location and sensing. The Xaver™ 400 system will let one know in real-time whether people are present behind walls, how many and where they are
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defense products situated.
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Bionic Eye
Project title: : Nano Retina
Rainbow Medical: is a medical devices innovation house, already responsible for
Project title: : Nano Retina
innovation house, already responsible for the successful launching of design and implementation of numerous medical devices.
Joint development product: A nanotechnology approach for sight
t ti b d A tifi i l R tiZyvex Labs exploits its predecessor company Zyvex Corporation’s technology for Micro-Electro-Mechanical-Systems (MEMS) microfabrication and 3D
restoration based on an Artificial Retina which interfaces electrodes with living retinal cells (neurons)
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microassembly.
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Life Sciences - Pharma
Kamada specializes in the manufacture of therapeutic
Project title: Development of the API Manufacturing Process
pharmaceuticals from human plasma, using chromatographic separation techniques.
GLASSIATM
The American Red Cross (ARC) Joint Development:The project is to develop scale-up
GLASSIATM
( )collects ~6 million units of whole blood per year. One million liters of human plasma are derived to be manufactured into a variety of therapeutic plasma
The project is to develop, scale-up, manufacture and market API (Alpha-1-Proteinase Inhibitor), which is a protein synthesized in the liver and secreted into serum
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into a variety of therapeutic plasma protein pharmaceuticals.
secreted into serum.
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Healthcare/Orthodontics
Project title: 3D Imaging for
Cadent develops and sells proprietary 3D-based services to
Project title: 3D Imaging for Orthodontics (Presently marketed by Cadent only)
dental officesNote: Cadent established a significant U.S. operation as well (NJ)
3M U it k d i f tJoint development product:
(NJ)
3M Unitek designs, manufactures and sells of orthodontic appliances, and it is the world’s largest supplier of these products (Acquired by 3M in
Computer-guided bracket placement system that calculates optimal bracket placement positions, saving time, reducing errors and increasing treatment
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Software/Healthcare
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Joint development product:
MediViz Systems- Medical IT software company developing
Project title:Operating Room Decision Support Center (ORDSC) Joint development product:Highly reliable operational data collectionsolution for the perioperative environment, supplying decision support tools
decision support solutions within high acuity care environments
problem identification,
Cedars Sinai Medical Center
p ,assignment, tracking andresolution assurance.
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center-serves the greater LA area; highly ranked nationally; promotes and markets use of advanced technology
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to deliver the highest quality of medical care
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Electronics/3D Graphic Processing
Project title: Monet/Rio Negro
Lucid is a fabless semiconductor company that
Project title: Monet/Rio-Negro
has developed a unique universal multi-GPU solution
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Joint development product:SGH technology (Scalable Graphics
Open-Silicon, Inc. is a fablessASIC company & an open market semiconductor manufacturer and provider of
Hub) enables off the shelf GPU’s to be deployed in new innovative ways and boost the pace of 3D graphics for games
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manufacturer and provider of spec-to-silicon ASIC design services.
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Molecular Imaging
Project title: Real time visualization of
Aposense Ltd. is a clinical stage molecular imaging and drug development
Project title: Real-time visualization of apoptosis within solid tumors
molecular imaging and drug development company, with a pipeline of products based on its patented platform technology for targeting apoptosis (programmed cell death) in vivo
Joint development product: Synthesis of radio-isotope labeled apoptosis marker and subsequent clinical studies
IBA Molecular North America is a leading global provider of PET radiopharmaceuticals
subsequent clinical studies. The usage of the labeled marker will enable real time visualization of efficacy of anti tumor treatment and will provide improved time and spatial resolution.
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Medical Devices
CByond specialized in designing video-scopes for
Project title:
Fox Electronic Video Cameradesigning video scopes for medical applications.
ACMI (American Cystoscope Makers, Inc.; Now: Gyrus ACMI, an Olympus company), is a leader in the development and production of the world’s finest endoscopy
Joint development product:Flexible endoscope with integrated miniature video camera and LED as a li ht
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world s finest endoscopy instrumentation for the medical industry.
light source.
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“BIRD Energy”
Leveraging BIRD’s Success and
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Experience
USUS--Israel Cooperation in Energy Israel Cooperation in Energy Independence and Security Act (Independence and Security Act (20072007))Independence and Security Act (Independence and Security Act (20072007))
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“BIRD Energy” Implementation“BIRD Energy” Implementation
“BIRD Energy” uses the same principles and similar procedures as BIRDprocedures as BIRD
Scope: Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency projects
Management by the BIRD team, with minimal overhead
Executive Committee for oversight: Assistant Secretary EERE*, Director General MNI* and a member of the BIRD Board of Governors (or their designees)
Project reviewers appointed by DOE/EERE and by MNIProject reviewers appointed by DOE/EERE and by MNI
* EERE: Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy U S DOE
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EERE: Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, U.S. DOE* MNI: Ministry of National Infrastructures, Israel
Enzymes for Biodiesel Production
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Transbiodiesel is developing various technologies for the
Project title: The Development of an Enzymatic Process for Production of Biodiesel
Joint development product: new, highly active and stable immobilized lipase biocatalyst technology for the production of biodiesel
preparation of economically-affordable biocatalysts as an alternative to the conventional chemical catalysts
Purolite a leading manufacturer of
of biodiesel. chemical catalysts
Purolite a leading manufacturer of specialty resins for the diverse industries, including for sugar, food, municipal water, petrochemical
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refining and biofuel
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Biogasoline Production
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Virdia’s (former HCL Cleantech)technology is based on proprietary
Project title: Wood Sugars for Biogasoline and BioproductsProduction
Joint development product: low cost cellulosic sugars to produce biogasoline
acid recovery replacement in a proven industrial process for the conversion of biomass to fermentable sugars
Virent was founded in 2002 based
fermentable sugars
Virent was founded in 2002 based on catalytic, aqueous-phase reforming technology, named BioForming® which readily converts
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Energy Efficiency for Buildings
Joint development product: A self Panoramic Power develops low-cost, high granularity, energy visibility
Project title: Wireless Miniature Self Powered Current Sensor
p ppowered, wireless current sensor for circuit level electricity monitoring within a building and system installation at a
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components and platforms for in-building circuit level electricity monitoring
Mazzetti Nash Lipsey Burch
customer site.
Mazzetti Nash Lipsey Burch (MNLB) is nationwide full-service consulting and design firm focused on the engineered systems of
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buildings, and specifically on power systems
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Energy Efficiency for Commercial & Residential BuildingsResidential Buildings
Joint development product: an
Greenlet Technologies provides aDemand Response platform for
Project title: Load management system for commercial and residential buildingsJoint development product: an installation-free system (software and hardware) for energy monitoring, control and optimization at the
electric companies and Energy Service Companies (ESCOs), which does not require any professional installation at home
Viridity Energy provides next
appliance level, for buildings. installation at home.
Viridity Energy provides next-generation energy optimization solutions to commercial and industrial clients, institutions,
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government entities, and university campuses.
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Energy Efficiency for Industry
Joint development product: system to OMAT is a technology company, specializing in the field of
Project title: Opti-Green Machining Technology
p p yreduce energy consumption in metal machining industries
metalworking optimization, with products used in the manufacturing industry worldwide
General Dynamics Ordnance & Tactical Systems is a market leader in business aviation; expeditionary combat vehicles and systems;
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combat vehicles and systems; shipbuilding and marine systems; information systems and technologies
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Wind Sensing
Pentalum is developing a revolutionary wind LiDAR (Light
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Project title: A wind sensing LiDAR system, optimized for wind forecasting applications in wind farms
Detection and Ranging) system, for remote sensing of wind.
3Tier Inc uses cutting edge3Tier, Inc. uses cutting-edge weather science to frame the risk of weather-driven variability anywhere on earth, across all
Joint development product: LiDAR(Light Detection And Ranging) for remote sensing of atmospheric windstime horizons. remote sensing of atmospheric winds
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THE TRIDE FUNDTHE TRIDE FUND
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Trilateral Industrial DevelopmentA Catalyst for
Joint Regional Cooperation and Development
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TRIDE Project – Example
Name of Project:
Second Generation, Bio-Synthetic Diesel Fuel Productionj
Project budget: $1M (TRIDE grant: 50%)
Duration: 15 months
J d i C I li C U S C Jordanian Co. Israeli Co. U.S. Co.
Name of Co. NERC MME-IL Nibor Enterpr ises
Location Amman Jordan Beit Yitzhak Miami FlLocation Amman, Jordan Beit Yitzhak, Israel
Miami, Fl
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3 Decades of collaboration
Additional Information Slides
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BIRD StaffLocated in Israel:Executive Director Eitan Yudilevich, Ph.D.,
Chief Business Officer Yuval Weiss, Ph.D.
Director, Business Development Ron Maron, Ph.D.
Director, U.S. B. Dev. & BIRD Energy Limor Nakar-Vincent
Chief Financial Officer Shlomo Cohen
CFO Assistant Asaf KerenCFO Assistant Asaf Keren
Office Manager Chava Doukhan
Information Systems Manager Maha Wakileh
Senior Administrative Assistant Einat Spivak
Located in the US:
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East Coast : Andrea Yonah
West Coast (Santa Clara, CA): Michal Miasnik61Janu
BIRD Representatives in the USBIRD Representatives in the US
Tom GlaserAtlanta, GAAmerican - Israel Chamber of Commerce – Southeast Region
Debbie BuchwaldPhiladelphia, PAAmerica- Israel Chamber of Commerce – Central Atlantic Region
Howard GudellCleveland/Akron, OHOhio - Israel Chamber of Commerce
Ralph RobbinsVienna, VAVirginia-Israel Advisory Board
Barry BogageMarylandMaryland / Israel Development Center
Amir EldadBoston, MANew-England Israel Business Council
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Cooperation with Israeli Missions
Nili ShalevNew York, NYEconomic Mission
Michal NidamHouston, TXEconomic Mission
Sigal Admony-RavidSan Francisco, CAEconomic Mission
Yariv BecherChicago, ILEconomic Mission
Anat KatzWashington DCCommercial Attaché Anat KatzWashington, DCCommercial Attaché,Embassy of Israel
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Kiryat Atidim, Building 4, 15th FloorTel Aviv 61580
US OffiUS Office:
825 San Antonio RoadPalo Alto CA 94303Palo Alto CA 94303
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