The BIRD Foundation, established in 1977, invests in collaborations between Israeli and American companies from the various fields of technology, for the benefit of the development of joint products. In addition to financial support with grants of up to 1.5 million dollars, the fund helps companies in locating potential strategic partners and in creating connections between the American industry and the Israeli industry.
Yaron Lotan brings with him to the BIRD fund extensive experience in senior key positions in a variety of technology companies. He currently serves as the vice chairman of the Aharon Institute for Economic Policy at Reichman University. Before that, he served as CEO of AVT, which was sold to Danaher, and before that he served as Senior Vice President of Business and Operations at Gilat Satellite Networks, and as CEO of Technomatics. In the past he served as Senior Vice President for Business and Strategy at Orbotek and was a co-founder of the software company “Rash Systems Kushbot”. Yaron has a bachelor’s degree in economics and mathematics and a master’s degree in economics from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.