
Yossi Fisher, Co-Founder and CEO
Yossi
brings to Solaris Synergy over 25 years of experience managing technology
companies, particularly in the semiconductor industry. Prior to joining
Solaris, Yossi founded InSyst, a developer of advanced process control
software solutions primarily for the semiconductor industry, where he also
served as COO. Before that, Yossi founded Eventus Industries, a developer
of data analytic and process control software solutions for diverse industries,
where he also served as general manager. Prior to that, he served as Process
Engineering Manager at South Africa Micro Electronics Systems in Pretoria,
South Africa, and Senior Process Engineer at Intel in Jerusalem and Santa
Clara, CA. Yossi is a co-inventor of 10 patents in the area of process
control. He holds an MSc in Applied Physics from the Hebrew University
in Jerusalem and a BSc in Electro-optics from the Jerusalem College of
Technology.
Dr. Yuri Kokotov, Co-Founder and CTO
Yuri brings to Solaris Synergy over 30 years of experience in applied physics,
process engineering, heat and mass transfer, fluid mechanics, and process
and system optimization. Prior to joining Solaris, Yuri was Manager of
R&D at Visimix, where he headed development of VisiMix software, an advanced mixing
simulation package that has been successfully adopted by over 200 companies
worldwide. Yuri holds a PhD in Process Engineering/Mathematical Modeling
from the St. Petersburg State Institute of Technology (Technical University)
and an MS in Applied Physics/Automatic Control from the St. Petersburg
State Polytechnic University.
Dr. Michael Reyz, Co-Founder and Chief Scientist

Michael brings to Solaris Synergy over 30 years of experience in chemical engineering
and physical chemistry. Prior to joining Solaris, Michael, who is based
in the US, founded and headed a technical consulting business, before
which he was a member of the faculty at George Washington University.
Michael holds a PhD in Chemical Engineering from St. Petersburg State
Institute of Technology and an MS in Applied Physics from St. Petersburg
State Polytechnic University.
Shlomo Caine, V.P Business Development
With a bachelor's degree in Physics and Mathematics, and an M.Sc in Materials
science, Shlomo has over 30 years of experience filling a variety of engineering
and manufacturing positions in the High-tech industry. In addition, Shlomo
lead the Intel Capital activities in Israel, Western and Central/Eastern
Europe and Russia, with investments across Europe and Israel. Shlomo retired
from Intel in March 2007 and joined “Karta Partners” - a Corporate Business
Development house, as a venture partner, an in 2011 joined the Solaris
Synergy team.
Prof. Shmuel Rivkin, Mathematical Modeling
Shmuel brings to Solaris Synergy over 30 years of experience in applied mechanics.
Shmuel serves as Associate Professor in Applied Mechanics at Tel Aviv
University, and heads the institution's School of Mechanical Engineering
undergraduate program. He has published more than 40 scientific papers
in leading international journals, for many of which he also serves as
a reviewer, covering a range of topics including fracture mechanics, mechanics
of composite materials, and elastic systems with periodic structure. Shmuel
holds a PhD from the St. Petersburg State Polytechnic University.
