Benzion (Ben) A. Inditsky, President and Chief Executive Officer
Benzion (Ben) A. INDITSKY, Dr. Sc., Dr.- Ing., MD. Ben is a founder of Visus Photonics. Ben is a serial entrepreneur with over 20 years of experience in startup companies. Ben is an internationally renowned scientist in the fields of visual physiology, lighting and non-imaging optical systems. He is an author of numerous patents and publications.
During his career he served as Head of Human Factors and Electro-Optics Department of Israeli Aircraft Industry (IAI) (1978-1981), senior advisor to IAI and Ministry of Defense (1981-1986) and Founder and President of Visitron (1986), VISUS (1996) and Visus PHOTONICS (2004), high-tech companies dedicated to the development and production of ultra efficient lighting systems, based on his patented technology and visual ergonomic research.
Dr. Inditsky held various academic positions and has been a Visiting Research Professor of Physiological Optics and Lighting Design in Institute for Medical Cybernetics, Biophysics and Lighting Engineering Institute of Karlsruhe University, Germany.
He is a fellow member of international medical and optical associations where he has been representing Israel over the last 30 years. He served as a Chairman of the CIE (International Committee on Illumination) Technical Committee 19.2 on Visual Performance. This TC is a major internationally recognized body providing scientific data and issuing recommendations for optimal lighting conditions for a variety of human visual tasks. Most of the national standards for general interior (office) lighting, road lighting, display lighting etc. are based on the guidelines of CIE TC 19.2
He is also a member of the Committee on Functional Visual Field of International Perimetric Society (IPS) and founder and head of Israel SID chapter.
Amos Sorgen, VP Software development
Dr. Amos Sorgen holds Ph.D. in Physics from Technion, Israel Institute of Technology and served as a visiting professor in a number of European universities. Dr. Sorgen has over 30 years of experience in Software Engineering, specification and implementation of engineering and scientific systems, especially in the field of CAD/CAM/CIM and robotics. He has extensive experience in leading R&D; groups in high-tech companies. He has been involved in development of Visus’ unique optical simulation package KEREN™ over the last 20 years.
Visus Advisory/Consultant Board:
Dr. Lev Levitin
Member of Visus Advisory Team is an outstanding scientist in the field of Physics of Computation, Reliable Computing, Computer Engineering, general analysis of optical systems. He is a Distinguished Professor of Engineering Science at Boston University. Lev has been intimately involved in Visus’ R&D; and product development activities since its inception in 1996.
Dr. Gregory Sivashinsky
Member of Visus Advisory Team is a world renowned mathematician with exceptional knowledge of differential equations and scientific computing that is crucial for novel asymmetrical optical systems. He is a professor at Tel-Aviv University where he holds the Bauer-Neuman Chair in Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Mechanics. Dr. Sivashinsky is a Fellow of the Institute of Physics, London, and Corresponding Member of the Spanish Royal Academy of Sciences. In 2006 he was awarded the Gold Medal of the International Combustion Institute for outstanding contribution to the theory of combustion and detonation. For the last 20 years Dr. Sivashinsky has been advising Visus on the surface generation methods and effective numerical techniques involved in advanced Monte Carlo algorithms.
BOD
Dr. Victor Shenkar
CEO of GeoSim Systems specializing in ground-breaking solutions for 3D-modeling and visualization of real urban environments. He also a co-founder and former CEO of Tiltan Systems Engineering, the Israeli leading terrain modeling and visualization firm for military and defense applications. Victor is a graduate of Technion, Israel (M.Sc. in EE) and of Stanford University, USA (Ph.D. in AA). A former Head of R&D; Division of the Israeli Air Force (ret. Colonel), Victor attained national recognition for his achievements in R&D; management, creative thinking and technological innovation. He is a recipient of a prestigious Israel Defense Prize for outstanding achievements bolstering Israel’s defense and security.
Dr. Zvi Yaniv Zvi
serves as Chief Executive Officer of Applied Nanotech Inc. subsidiary of Nano-Proprietary Inc. He also serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of Mul-T-Lock USA Inc. of Mul-T-Lock Ltd. He founded Kent Display Systems in Kent , Ohio , the "no-power" reflective LCD Company. Previously he served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Optical Imaging Systems Inc. He has published over 250 articles, holds more than 150 patents and has extensive contacts in the US , Europe, Israel and the Far East . In May 1989, he was elected Fellow of the Society for Information Display and later served as its President. He has received awards from both universities and the Scientific Research Society. Dr. Yaniv holds a MSc. in electro-optics from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and earned a MSc. and a PhD in physics at Kent State University. Zvi has been closely involved in Visus R&D; and business guidance since 2000.
