Alon Polakevich Email & Phone Number

Rosh Ha‘Ayin, Central, Israel

- Technical owner of Kornit printers flagship platform in R&D, the Atlas MAX, leading new developments and support of NPI for the platform cross-R&D and organization.

Rosh Haayin, Center District, Israel

- Team lead: 4 direct reports (Sys. Eng).

Rosh Ha‘Ayin, Central, Israel

- System engineering lead in development of industrial digital printers and an automated media feed module – SW and HW intensive multidisciplinary systems. - Technical lead: Research, definition and control of needs, characteristics, spec, V&V. Guide solutions through architectural, high level and detail design balancing system requirements and risks, integration and testing, transfer to NPI. Leading design review process and reporting to higher management.

Caesarea, Israel

** Company acquired by BD Bard (Jan 2020) **- Leading R&D efforts of a first of its kind implant based on a degradable biopolymer adhesive coating and a delivery system for minimally invasive surgery.- Bringing a novel medical device from concept stage to a product with clinical use readiness, meeting challenging performance, safety, user interface and cost requirements with a disruptive technology.- Managing and guiding a class III medical device design and formulation, production process development, Verification & Validation, tech transfer.- Responsibility for cross-organizational project coordination, Design control, Design reviews, risk assessment, IP.- Control over subcontractors and suppliers, outsourcing of manufacturing and analytical services.- 4 direct reports.

Rehovot, Israel

- Development of controlled-release printable antimicrobial coating technology. - Guiding formulation and analytical characterization of functional inks, research of thick layers printing and coating processes to achieve coatings with tailored chemistry and morphology.- Managing formulation and coating process scale-up.- Realization of the technology in active packaging for enhancement of fresh food shelf-life and in water purification device.- Leading technical communications with partners and clients.

- Hands-on development of composite materials, unique coatings and adhesives formulations, materials for special applications.- Manufacturing processes development for components in a wide range of cutting edge electro-mechanical systems.- Project management and guidance of engineers and technicians

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Physics

Bachelor Of Science (Bsc), Materials Engineering

Cont. Ed., Systems Engineering

Master Of Science (Msc), Polymer/Plastics Engineering

Master Thesis work on the subject of "Environmentally Durable Super-hydrophilic Coatings". Transparent thin layers based on Silica.