The Team
GridON is managed by entrepreneurs with a depth of experience and expertise in the electricity and high-tech industries. With vast skills in business, R&D, and operations, GridON is transforming fault current limiting technology from a concept to commercial products.
Yoram Valent – co-founder and CEO
Yoram has vast experience in senior executive positions in high-tech startups and multi-billion dollar corporations, 12 years of which in the US (Marvell Semiconductor, Radlan, Madge, Lannet). Extensive experience in the energy sector over the past decade. Holds M.Sc. in Computer Automation & Robotics, and B.Sc. in Industrial Engineering & Management.
Roy Iscovitsch – co-founder and active Chairman
Roy has vast experience, founding and managing several startups in the automotive and aerospace industries, enterprise and financial service software (Earnix and Proficiency). Led global sales and business development. Extensive experience in the energy sector over the past decade.
Uri Garbi – Vice President, Research & Development
Uri has over 30 years of engineering management in the power and semiconductor industries. Held senior R&D positions with leading semiconductor companies (Texas Instruments, Zoran), managed large engineering teams and led multi-site, multi-national R&D projects. Led new technology development and market introduction high voltage fault current limiters for the past decade. Holds M.Sc. / B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering.
Vladimir Rozenshtein - Chief Scientist
Vladimir brings long experience in the power and electricity industry (ABB, Israel Electric Company and others), and over 20 years experience in research and development, testing of fault current limiting technologies. Holds M.Sc. Electro-mechanics and applied mathematics.
Dvir Landwer - Senior Engineer/Scientist
Dvir has over 15 years experience in algorithms development, finite element and electrical simulations, power systems analysis and design, testing of fault current limiters, embedded software, magnetism power electronics, physics, high voltage. Holds a B.Sc. in Physics.