CEO - Attorney at law

Basel Ismail

Basel Ismail is the founder of First Intro and owner and partner of Ismail & Co Law Firm in Jerusalem. He has extensive experience in business consulting for companies in Israel and abroad. Ismail earned his LL.M. at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem and LL.B. at the Ono Academic College.

CFO & Financial, Investments, & Real Estate DIR.

Marcos Wolman

Marcos Wolman is an expert in financial advisement, investment brokerage, real estate, business strategy, and mergers and acquisitions, with more than 35 years experience at Bank Leumi in five countries, and 5 years as an independent commercial real estate broker. In recent years, Wolman has served as a board member and financial advisor for startup high tech companies, and as a real estate investment consultant. Wolman earned his MBA at Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts and B.A. in Economics at the Open University in Tel Aviv.

Innovations in Genetics and Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis

Prof. Gheona Altarescu, MD

Prof. Gheona Altarescu, MD, is an expert in preimplantation genetic diagnosis and IVF. At Shaare Zedek Medical Center, she is the director of the Zohar Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis Unit, genetics advisor for the Gaucher Unit, and member of the Ethics Committee for Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis and IVF. She is an associate professor of genetics and the neurological development of children born after preimplantation genetic diagnosis at Hebrew University — Hadassah School of Medicine, and is a member of the doctoral committee for Shahar Tzukerman, focusing on the sociological aspects of preimplantation genetic diagnosis. She serves as an abstract reviewer for the Israeli Society for Fertility and grant reviewer for the Israeli Ministry of Health. She frequently is invited to lecture, publish articles, and collaborate on books, textbooks, and journals. She has received many awards for scientific research papers on genetics, preimplantation genetic diagnosis, and lysosomal storage diseases, and has been awarded research grants to promote innovation in genetic diagnosis.

Education & Technology DIR.

Dr. Yishai Mor

Dr. Yishay Mor is an expert in educational innovation and technology, with practical experience in leading and advising EdTech startups.

Mor has over 10 years experience in software development, including leading engineering roles, consultancies and CTO roles and 20 years experience in educational research, innovation and technology, including senior academic roles. Mor mentored and consulted over 10 EdTech startups, and was in the leadership team of a European EdTech accelerator.

Mor has years of experience include leadership roles as CEO, chief programmer, and educational design scientist, and software development manager with educational institutions, tech firms, startups, UNESCO, and the ministries of education of Singapore and Portugal.

Dr. Mor earned his Ph.D. in Educational Technology at the Institute of Education at the University of London; and M.Sc. in Computer Science and B.Sc. in Mathematics and Computer Science at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Medical Administration DIR.

Dr. Ady Sasson

Dr. Ady Sasson is an expert in health administration, nephrology, and internal medicine. He has served in prestigious leadership roles in several top medical centers, state-mandated health service organizations, and in Israel’s Ministry of Health, including head of the medical committees for several units and assistant head of medical care planning. Dr. Sasson earned his Doctor of Medicine at Sackler School of Medicine at Tel Aviv University and a subsequent Masters in Health Administration at Ben Gurion University. 

Innovations in Neuroscience and Learning DIR.

Dr. Nehai Farraj

Dr. Nehai Farraj is an expert in planning and supervising scientific projects; managing laboratory environments; developing learning material and experimental protocols; and academic teaching, Her postdoctoral research aimed for creating an innovative device that measures and analyzes individual ongoing brain activity during learning and applies tailored stimulation for enhancing mathematical skills. Dr. Farraj earned her Ph.D. in Educational Neuroscience at the Technion in Haifa; and MSc in Science Instruction and BSc in Biology and Education at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Agriculture sciences consultant DIR.

Uri Adler

Uri Adler is an expert in consensual and organic farming, open-field and protected vegetables, field-crop production, plant protection, plant nutrition, and greenhouse technology. He has extensive experience working in Israel with the governmental extension service and around the world teaching courses and advising commercial entities in the Arabian Gulf, China, Australia, India, and the Pacific Islands. His work has brought him to around 40 countries in Africa, the Middle East, South East Asia, Pacific Central America, and Eastern Europe. He earned his BA in Education and MA in Agricultural Sciences at The Hebrew University’s Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food, and Environment in Rehovot, Israel. 

Consultant

Dr. Yoav Orbach

Dr. Yoav Orbach Received his B.Med.Sc and  Dr.Med.Dent. degrees from The Hebrew University Hadassah School of Dental Medicine. He combined his clinical studies with master studies in the Salivary Gland Tissue Engineering and Stem Cell Research Laboratory. He has published several Articles in scientific peer-reviewed journals on the topic of salivary gland regeneration.

Dr. Orbach is a national and international speaker on the topics of Implantology and periodontal plastic surgery.

Dr. Orbach is a Diplomate of the International Congress of Oral Implantologists (ICOI). Dr Orbach graduated Magna Cum Laude from the Mastership Program in Implantology in conjunction with Loma Linda University and the gIDE Institute (USA). He received several national clinical awards in the field of Implantology for different cases he has presented at national conferences. In addition, he participated in the beta testing team for the GC intraoral scanner and served on an advisory team for Alpha-bio tec. Implant company.

 Dr. Orbach currently holds a multidisciplinary private practice in Jerusalem, Israel where he focuses on Implantology and Esthetic Dentistry. His main topics of interest are innovations in Digitized surgery and dentistry, and healing processes and modulation in oral biology.

Business Development Manager

Yosef Sukenik

Yosef Sukenik is an experienced business analyst with more than 10 years of experience with Israeli startups. He's built and scaled projects and companies from concept to global user bases. With a background in business process engineering and extensive knowledge in software and computer networking, he bridges the tech and non-tech worlds. Yosef earned his B.Sc. in Industrial Engineering and Management at the Jerusalem College of Technology.