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EXECUTIVE TEAM Zvi Livni, Director and CEO Mr. Livni founded CQM in 1994 and infused it with his unique vision of finding simple automatic solutions to acute problems in water systems. One of the major values he developed in the company is providing the best service for customers, and solving their real-life pains. Mr. Livni has more than 30 years of experience in the industry. He was the founder of Filtration Ltd., a company that was acquired by Israel Corp. (IC), one of Israel's major holding companies. Mr. Livni has close to 20 years of experience managing online cleaning technology companies. The method invented by Mr. Livni to automatically clean filters is used in almost any industrial water system today. Yaron Jacobs, Adv., Managing Partner Mr. Jacobs, as CQM Managing Partner, is contributing over 20 years of senior management experience. Before joining CQM, Mr. Jacobs acted as a consultant providing executive leadership as well as financial and legal advice to Israeli companies, in the areas of transportation, infrastructure, biotechnology and, in particular, energy efficiency. Previously, he headed a firm which specialized in turnaround programs for at-risk companies in the telecommunications, biotechnology, defense and high-tech sectors. Mr. Jacobs is the former Director General of Israel's Government Companies Authority. His key role in directing national privatization policy during his particularly active tenure, resulted in the sale of a record number of government companies and unprecedented progress in the privatization process. Additionally, he was responsible for the ongoing operations of over 100 companies, including the country's largest utilities and other major corporate entities in the areas of electricity, refineries, water supply, aviation, shipping and communications. Mr. Jacobs served as the policy advisor to then Foreign Minister Mr. Ehud Barak, where he successfully opened economic dialogues to reinforce new and, often, fragile political relationships. Prior to this, he served as a senior advisor to the Minister of the Interior where he focused on balancing the budgets of over 250 municipalities and assisting struggling mayors with achieving this goal. Mr. Jacob's extensive executive and operational experience provides him with a profound understanding of the full spectrum of managerial responsibilities, including financial, marketing, legal, human resources, and development strategy. He's been able to apply his unique managerial skills to a broad variety of companies, from low tech to high tech industry. Mr. Jacobs has served on the board of directors of some of Israel's leading corporations, such as: Israel Electric Corporation, Israel Refineries, Bezeq Telecom, Israel Aircraft Industries and El-Al, the Israeli national airline. Mr. Jacobs holds a BA in Political Science and MA in International Relations and an LLB, all from Bar-Ilan University, Israel. Chemi Sugarmen, VP Marketing and Business Development Mr. Sugarmen has extensive experience in increasing value throughout the product life-cycle, from R&D and engineering to logistics, marketing, sales and business development. Mr. Sugarmen is the former Business Development Manager at Ormat Technologies (NYSE: ORA), where he had previously served as R&D Manager. He has over 17 years of experience in managing R&D, engineering, customer support and business development in the aerodynamic and renewable energy industries. Mr. Sugarmen holds registered patents for generating electricity from solar energy and biomass combustion. In 2002 he led the team that developed the world’s first gas turbine to produce electricity out of solar energy. Previously he led the team that created the first Beam Down Solar Reflector in the world in 1999. Mr. Sugarmen holds a BSc in Mechanical Engineering and an Executive MBA from the Hebrew University, Jerusalem. |
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