TEL AVIV, Sept. 10, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Seedo Corp. (OTC: SEDO) (“Seedo” or the “Company”) announced today the appointment of Mr. Zvi Or-Bach to the Company’s Scientific Advisory Board (“SAB”) effective as of September 10, 2020. He will be based out of the Company’s headquarters in Israel.
"Zvi joins Seedo with more than 40 years of experience and expertise." said David Grossman, Seedo’s CEO. "He has proven talent in generating and initiating technology innovations. His experience in intellectual property strategic planning, writing and evaluating patents is enormous and will bring value to Seedo as a member of our Scientific Advisory Board. Zvi will be assisting the Company in building the company’s patent strategy and advising on potential new technologies, strategic collaborations, and potential joint ventures."
Mr. Or-Bach stated, "I look forward working with the board and management of Seedo as we harness our unique know how and expertise in automated growing technologies for a better and sustainable future, decreasing the need of large fields and saving a lot of water."
Zvi Or-Bach bio
Or-Bach is a world recognized expert in monolithic 3D technologies with over 100 patents in the space, the chairman of the 3D of IEEE S3S Conference, and is active as an invited speaker and tutorial instructor in the US, Korea, and Japan, and the author of four Monolithic 3D related chapters in NANO-CHIPS 2030 and the chapter in Chips 2020 Vol II.
At the IEEE S3S 2017 Or-Bach published a landmark paper titled: “A 1,000x Improvement in Computer Systems by Bridging the Processor Memory Gap” that leverages innovative monolithic 3D integration while using existing transistor and fab process.
Or-Bach has extensive management experience including being CEO and in charge of R&D, sales, marketing, business development and other corporate functions for over 40 years. Or-Bach has been an active board member of technology companies for over 20 years and is currently Chairman of the Board for Zeno Semiconductors. Or-Bach has a history of innovative development in fast-turn ASICs for over 20 years. His vision led to the invention of the first Structured ASIC architecture, the first single via programmable array, and the first laser-based system for one-day Gate Array customization.
Prior to founding and running MonolithIC 3D since 2009, Or-Bach founded eASIC in 1999 and served as its CEO for six years. eASIC was funded by leading investors such as Vinod Khosla and KPCB, in three successive rounds. Under Or-Bach's leadership, eASIC won the prestigious EETimes' 2005 ACE Award for Ultimate Product of the year in the Logic and Programmable Logic category and the Innovator of the Year Award and was selected by EE Times to be part of the “Disruptors—The people, products and technologies that are changing the way we live, work and play.” eASIC was acquired by Intel.
Earlier, Or-Bach founded Chip Express in 1989 (acquired by Gigoptix) and served as the company's president and CEO for almost 10 years, bringing the company to $40M revenue and recognition for four consecutive years as a high-tech Fast 50 Company.
Zvi Or-Bach received his BSc degree (1975) cum laude in electrical engineering from the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, and MSc (1979) with distinction in computer science, from the Weizmann Institute, Israel. He holds over 200 issued patents, primarily in the field of 3D integrated circuits and semi-custom chip architectures.
About Seedo
Seedo Corp. (OTC: SEDO), an agritech company, is focusing on its research, development and commercialization of agriculture technology products in the fields of exotic plants and mushrooms.
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