Former biotechnology operations executive, expert in guiding start-ups and emerging companies to commercialization. Extensive experience in non-profit leadership. Presently serving as a Board Member for New Lehrhaus-The Bay Area Hub for Adult Jewish LearningNon-profit Leadership-Fundraising-Turnaround Management-Consensus Building-Profit and Loss-Budgeting-Continuous Process Improvement-Rapid Product Development-OEM management-Contract Manufacturing-Restructuring-Facilities Design/Build-Operating Infrastructure-Employee Relations-Contract Negotiations-Project Management-Quality Assurance- Regulatory Affairs-Cost Controls Biography:-Served for 6 years as Executive Director of Center for Independence of Individuals with Disabilities, a disability rights organization and part of a national movement. During this time served as Board Member for the California Federation of Independent Living Centers (CFILC), representing 26 California centers. -Former West Coast representative for Project Rozana, an Israel-based non-profit.-Chief Operating Officer (COO) for Cobalt Biofuels, a CleanTech start-up developing technologies for commercial production of biobutanol as a transportation fuel. -In prior roles served as COO of diagnostics and drug development company, VP of Operations for Xenogen, a biophotonics real-time in vivo imaging company. For 5 years served as VP of Operations at proteomics company that achieved revenues of $58M within 3 years.-For over fifteen years employed in developing, building, and operating systems for mammalian cell culture microfiltration, as well as virus free plant cell systems development and production in Northern Israel. -Co-inventor for patents pertaining to the "Automated System for Plant Tissue Culture".-Post-graduate degree in Business Administration from Technion College, Israel and B.A. from University of California, Berkeley.