Our team

Executive Team

Avi Stern

Chairman of the Board of Directors

Avi Stern

Chairman of the Board of Directors

Avi Stern joined Sativus Tech’s board of directors in August 2021. He brings his vast finance experience to advise Sativus Tech on the capital structure of the company and other fiduciary duties. Avi currently serves as the Vice President of Finance at Wix.com, a leading cloud-based website development platform with millions of users worldwide. Prior to this role at Wix.com, Stern served as a C-suite executive for several public and private companies.

Shmuel (Shmulik) Yannay

Director

Shmuel (Shmulik) Yannay

Director

Shmuel Yannay is a seasoned economist and investment banker specializing in the field of advanced technology. He has decades of experience in positioning companies for success as they prepare for entry into the marketplace.

Tal Wilk-Glazer

Director and CEO

Tal Wilk-Glazer

Director and CEO

Tal is the acting CEO of Sativus Tech and its subsidiary Saffron Tech. She is currently overseeing Saffron Tech's R&D process and spearheading the business strategy to bring vertically farmed saffron to market.

Tal has over 20 years of experience in leading international technology and communications companies. Tal acted as Salesforce Industries’ Regional Director of Eastern Europe, Africa, and Israel. Prior to Salesforce she served in several executive positions at Vlocity and was one of the founders of Vibo. Tal holds a bachelor's degree in medical sciences from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and a master's degree in business administration from the Technion Institute of Technology.

Uri Ben-Or, CPA, MBA

CFO

Uri Ben-Or, CPA, MBA

CFO

Mr. Ben-Or has over 20 years of broad experience in corporate finance, accounting, M&A transactions and IPOs. Uri has significant expertise in public Life Science companies traded on the TASE, OTC, Nasdaq and serve as the acting CFO of some of them.

Mr. Ben-Or has a BA degree in Business from the College of Administration, a MBA degree from the Bar Ilan University and he is a Certified Public Accountant.

Advisory Board

Professor Rina Kamenetsky

Advisory Board

Professor Rina Kamenetsky

Advisory Board

Professor Kamenetsky oversees the collaborative research study between Saffron Tech and the Volcani Center – a leading agricultural research center in Israel. Her extensive knowledge in geophyte plants and the saffron plant’s physiology helps develop the growth protocols for saffron in indoor vertical farms. Professor Kamenetsky leverages her expertise in the various influences of plant growth to understand how to create the ideal growing environments for geophyte plants like saffron.

Professor Rosa Molina

Advisory Board

Professor Rosa Molina

Advisory Board

Professor Rosa Molina earned the moniker “Lady Saffron'' because of her 20 years of experience studying the spice at the Polytechnic University of Valencia. Professor Molina has extensive knowledge in the cultivation of saffron from her university research programs in Spain. As a research advisor for Saffron Tech, Professor Molina is an intricate part of the research and development of saffron grown in indoor vertical farms. Professor Molina is an expert in saffron cultivation and her knowledge will advance Saffron Tech’s mission to expand the saffron market and create new businesses through the large and consistent supply of the spice.

Professor Itamar Glazer

Advisory Board

Professor Itamar Glazer

Advisory Board

Prof. Itamar Glazer is the Scientific Director of the Volcani Institute, Israel’s leading agricultural R&D innovation center. He is an affiliated Professor at the Hebrew University in the Faculty of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences. From 2000-2006, Prof. Glazer was the Director of “Kidum”, the Technology Transfer Office of Volcani, and from 2007-2014 he was the Director of “The Plant Sciences Institute'' of Volcani. Prof. Glazer has vast experience in the initiation, development, and transfer of agricultural, food, and scientific innovations.

Business Development

Chef Meir Adoni

Chef Meir Adoni

Chef Adoni is incorporating Saffron Tech’s lab-grown saffron in his cuisine served in his restaurants in New York City, Berlin, and Tel Aviv. He brings his expertise as a celebrated chef and restaurateur to this new partnership as we look to develop a saffron-based product line.

Chef Adoni is a vital resource that will help us spearhead our entry into the culinary industry with a production of food products that will be unique to the marketplace and help us drive new culinary innovations. He will also offer strategic pathways for penetrating the various entry points of the culinary markets.

Chef Adoni