Team
The team at Kaiima blends a creative vision with deep industry experience and technological leadership.
Dr. Doron Gal
CEO and co-founder
Prior to being named CEO of Kaiima in November 2007, Dr. Gal served in the company as VP of Business Development. Earlier, he was Senior Energy Consultant at Epsilon Investment House. He was an Adj. Lecturer on Energy and Geo-strategy at the Lauder School of Government, IDC Herzliya, a Senior Research Fellow (Energy) for the Institute for Policy and Strategy, and also consulted to investment groups and government agencies. Doron was also President of Digigroups Corporation and he obtained his Ph.D. in Geophysics from Stanford University.
Amit Avidov
CTO and co-founder
Mr. Avidov has more than 30 years of experience in the seed industry. Prior to assuming the role of CTO at Kaiima, Amit was CTO for Morning Seeds and Top Seeds, where he oversaw the development of several market-leading vegetable varieties. He was Chief Breeder at De Ruiter Seeds, a Dutch seed company (sold to Monsanto) and he founded AB Seeds (Sold to De Ruiter's), serving as both its CEO and Chief Breeder. Before AB Seeds, Amit worked in Gedera Seeds (sold to Syngenta). To-date, he has more than 400 registered plant varieties to his name. He holds a bachelor degree in Plant Genetics and Breeding from the Hebrew University.
Zohar Benner
VP Special Projects and co-founder
Responsible for Kaiima's special projects, Mr. Benner is a co-founder and former CEO of BioFuel International. Before Biofuel International, Mr. Benner was also CEO of BF Agritech, VP of Sales and Marketing and co-founder in Phytech, a company specializing in plant monitoring, (IPO, TASE). Before this Mr. Benner was Director of Sales for Japan & S. Korea and also Director of Greenhouse Section for Netafim, the world-leading irrigation company.
Dror Maayany
VP Finance & Administration and co-founder
Mr. Maayany is responsible of Operations, Administration and Finance in Kaiima. Earlier, he was CEO and co-founder of Morning Seeds. Before Morning Seeds, Mr. Maayany served as Operations Manager in De Ruiter Seeds (sold to Monsanto) and COO in AB Seeds (sold to De Ruiter's). Before this, he was Plant Manager for Aminach and also Die-Casting Plant Manager for Omen. Dror holds an MBA and a B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering both from Israel's Technion.
Dr. Limor Baruch
Director of Analytic Laboratory
Dr. Limor Baruch heads Kaiima's Analytic Laboratory. Dr. Baruch holds BSc and Ph.D and Bs.C. degrees (Summa Cum Lauda) in biotechnology from the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology. Her PhD research, which focused on the development of novel drug delivery systems for the inhibition of glioma tumors, has awarded her with the prestigious Gutwirth award. Before joining Kaiima, Limor was the academic manager of the Laboratory for Cancer Drug Delivery & Mammalian Cell Technology at the Technion, where she promoted research projects in the field of drug delivery and guided graduate and undergraduate students.
Dr. Remy Bitoun
VP Business Development
Dr Remy Bitoun brings more than 15 years of international experience in the seed industry. Remy was successively VP Finance and Human Ressources at Clause Tezier (France), VP Research and Development at Hazera Genetics (Israel), and Head of Limagrain India, based in Bangalore. Prior to this, Remy was a corporate finance and strategy consultant, then senior fund manager at Clinvest. He holds a MBA from HEC group (Paris), a PhD in biotechnology from the Weizmann Institute (Rehovot) and he is an Engineer in Agronomy from INA (Paris).