Solaredge Technologies Inc
Officers & Directors
Guy Sella is a co-founder of SolarEdge and has served as Chairman of the board
of directors and Chief Executive Officer since 2006. Prior to founding SolarEdge,
Mr. Sella was a partner at Star Ventures, a leading venture capital firm, where
he led investments in several startups, including AeroScout, Inc. (acquired by
Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.) and Vidyo, Inc. Previously, Mr. Sella acted
as the director of technology for the Israeli National Security Council and as
the secretary for the National Committee for Cyber Protection. Mr. Sella also
served as the head of the Electronics Research Department (“ERD”),
one of Israel’s national labs, which is tasked with developing innovative
and complex systems. Mr. Sella holds a B.S. in Engineering from the Technion,
Israel’s Institute of Technology in Haifa. Mr. Sella brings to our board
of directors demonstrated senior leadership skills, expertise from years of experience
in electronics industries, and historical knowledge of our Company from the time
of its founding.
Ronen Faier joined SolarEdge in 2011 as our Chief Financial Officer. Prior to
joining SolarEdge, Mr. Faier served from 2008 to 2010 as the chief financial officer
of Modu Ltd, a privately owned Israeli company, which entered into voluntary liquidation
proceedings in Israel in December 2010. Between 2004 and 2007, Mr. Faier held
several senior finance positions, including chief financial officer at M-Systems
prior to its acquisition by SanDisk Corporation in 2006. Previously, Mr. Faier
served as corporate controller of VocalTec Communications Ltd. Mr. Faier holds
a CPA (Israel) license, an MBA (with Honors) from Tel Aviv University and a B.A.
in Accounting and Economics from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem.
Rachel Prishkolnik joined SolarEdge in 2010 as our Vice President, General Counsel
and Corporate Secretary. Prior to joining SolarEdge, Mrs. Prishkolnik served as
the vice president, general counsel & corporate secretary of Gilat Satellite
Networks Ltd. At Gilat she held various positions beginning as legal counsel in
2001 and becoming corporate secretary in 2004 and vice president, general counsel
in 2007. Prior to Gilat, she worked at the law firm of Jeffer, Mangels, Butler
& Marmaro LLP in Los Angeles. Before that, Mrs. Prishkolnik worked at Kleinhendler
& Halevy (currently GKH Law Offices) in Tel Aviv. Mrs. Prishkolnik holds an
LLB law degree from the Faculty of Law at the Tel Aviv University and a B.A. from
Wesleyan University in Connecticut. She is licensed to practice law and is a member
of the Israeli Bar.
Zvi Lando joined SolarEdge in 2009 as our Vice President, Global Sales. Mr. Lando
had previously spent 16 years at Applied Materials, based in Santa Clara, California,
where he held several positions, including process engineer for metal disposition
and chemical vapor deposition systems, business manager for the Process Diagnostic
and Control Group, vice president, and general manager of the Baccini Cell Systems
Division in the Applied Materials Solar Business Group. Mr. Lando holds a BSc
in Chemical Engineering from the Technion, Israel’s Institute of Technology
in Haifa, and is the author of several publications in the field of chemical disposition.
Lior Handelsman co-founded SolarEdge in 2006 and currently serves as our Vice
President, Marketing and Product Strategy where he is responsible for SolarEdge’s
marketing activities, product management and business development. Previously,
Mr. Handelsman served as Vice President, Product Strategy and Business Development,
from 2009 through 2013 and Vice President, Product Development, from our founding
through 2009. Mr. Handelsman also served as acting Vice President, Operations,
from 2008 through 2010. Prior to co-founding SolarEdge, Mr. Handelsman spent 11
years at the ERD, where he held several positions including research and development
power electronics engineer, head of the ERD’s power electronics group and
manager of several large-scale development projects and he was a branch head in
his last position at the ERD. Mr. Handelsman holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering
(cum laude) and an MBA from the Technion, Israel’s Institute of Technology
in Haifa.
Yoav Galin co-founded SolarEdge in 2006 and has served since our founding as our
Vice President, Research & Development where he is responsible for leading
the execution of our technology strategy, building and managing the technology
team and overseeing research and development of SolarEdge’s innovative PV
power harvesting products. Prior to joining SolarEdge, Mr. Galin served for 11
years at the ERD. During this period, Mr. Galin held various research and development
and management positions, including his last position at the ERD where he led
a project and its development team of over 30 hardware and software engineers.
He was also responsible for overseeing the research and development of future
technologies. Mr. Galin holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Tel Aviv University.
Meir Adest co-founded SolarEdge in 2006 and has served since 2007 as our Vice
President, Core Technologies where he is responsible for SolarEdge’s certification
and long-term reliability of SolarEdge products and research of future technologies.
Prior to co-founding SolarEdge, Mr. Adest spent 7 years at the ERD, where he held
a number of positions, starting as an embedded software engineer for mission-critical
systems, progressing to the position of a software team leader, managing a large-scale
techno-operational project, and finally managing a multi-disciplinary section
with approximately 25 hardware and software engineers. Mr. Adest holds a B.Sc
in mathematics, physics, and computer science from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem.
Solaredge Technologies Inc currently has 3964 employees.
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