CtD is a boutique-consulting firm specializing in energy-tech, sustainability business and innovationWe provide strategic guidance, mentorship, and support to startups, established companies and government agencies looking to develop and implement innovative solutions (from technologies to business models) that deliver real value to customers and stakeholders. Our unique ability to bridge the gap between technology and business, combined with our deep understanding of the energy industry, allows us to help companies connect the dots and develop solutions that address real-world challenges and opportunities. Our work is helping the Israeli energy-tech market to drive the energy transition and create a more sustainable and resilient energy system for the future.

With 2.9 million customers and USD8 billion annual revenues, IEC is Israel’s major electricity provider. Our role was to assist preparing IEC for the energy transitionInitiated and operates all IEC’s innovation activities from scratch– incl. innovation strategy, corporate innovation matrix, methodologies, culture and day-to-day activitiesResponsible for a team of 15, an annual budget of US$16 mil. Created a green pass for innovation projects, eliminating internal & external barriers.CVC Initiation- Created IEC’s CVC incl. an investment strategy, creation of dealflow, led a half a dozen DD’s rounds, two investments were approved by regulatorsIn charge of dozens of innovation projects (200 in 2 years) at the same time at a 10% of implementation rateCreated IEC’s CVC incl. an investment strategy, creation of dealflow, led a half a dozen DD’s rounds, two investments were approved by regulatorsCrafted and designed a program to inject into and enhance innovation at all employees levels, such as KPI’s in the company’s balance scorecard, an employee engagement program from recruiting, to assessment and incentivesCreated and implemented a corporate innovation program that includes the initiation of a corporate accelerator (first cohort has finished, three winning projects to be commercialized during 2022), conducted an innovation week (7800 employees participated), designed and conducted various innovation workshops (hundreds of employees participated) and innovation communities. Initiated and launched a first of its kind Women’s entrepreneurship program in cooperation with the Technion and the energy industry Created and maintain partnerships and collaboration with regulators, foreign utilities and other shareholders, examples include participation at the Bar Ilan Energy Center, a shared call for paper with them of Energy, Microsoft, SAP.io and more.Initiated an R&D program and an IP Strategy to be commercialized through other electricity utilities.

o Created the Aviation Group innovation strategy for the first time and launched it. Identified and mapped commercial aviation challenges & appropriate technologies in the space of Industry 4.0o Created the Israeli Innovation Aviation eco-system from scratch and partnered with global players in R&D projects o Designed, and managed Hangar Start-Up Innovation Lab at IAI with a budget of $1mil. annually & four team members, as a profit center

o Initiated Israel's energy consulting business from scratcho Developed energy innovation and alternative energy line of businesso Built client base and maintains ito Built ad-hoc teams for every assignment and managed them o Performed assignments for senior level executives and presented recommendations to them (CEO's and ministers level) Initiated business development activities to follow strategy and created business value for clients

o Managed the company from its inception (four engineers in-house and many sub-contractors) to field testso Raised seed capital of $1 million and later a second round of financing of $5 million o Managed investor relationships, parallel to the day-to-day management o Due to the start-up nature of the company, additional direct responsibilities included finance, strategic marketing and business developmen

o Productised and implemented BWC’s proprietary methodology successfully in a large number of businesseso Services included: strategic marketing consultancy & planning, marketing due diligence and review/preparation of business planso BWC’s client-base included leading enterprises across a wide array of industries – from financial institutions (IDB Group), through high-tech (Microsoft), life sciences (Mediclase, Care Dynamics), telecommunication (Cellcom) and venture capital