Management
Lev Zaidenberg - CEO, Energtek Inc.
A highly experienced international high-tech entrepreneur and manager. Mr. Zaidenberg co-founded the company in 2002.
Prior to 2002 Mr. Zaidenberg started and managed several successful hi-tech companies in Israel, Europe and the USA. From 1995 to 2001, Mr. Zaidenberg served as Director of Business Development of Constellation 3D Inc. (C3D, publicly traded in the US). In 1995, Mr. Zaidenberg founded MuTek Ltd., a developer of new generation software support products marketed to industry leaders worldwide, including Microsoft. Mr. Zaidenberg served as CEO of MuTek until 2000.
From 1984 to 2004, Mr. Zaidenberg served as consultant to the Israeli Defense Forces in computer auditing and security. He has received awards for inventive contributions and solutions by the Israeli Air Force and the Israeli Computer Society. Mr. Zaidenberg received a B.Sc. in Applied Mathematics and an MBA from Tel-Aviv University.
Prof. Yuri Ginzburg - CTO, Energtek
A PhD / D.Sc in Mechanical Engineering, Prof. Ginzburg is a world expert in the automotive industry. He is a specialist in alternative fuel systems and R&D projects management. Prof. Ginzburg served as Angstore's CTO and afterwards Energtek's one from 2002.
From 1998-2003, Prof. Ginzburg served as R&D Director in Barg Enterprises LTD, a company specializing in transfer of technologies from former USSR countries. Since 1997, he has served as a Consultant for Rhyno Inc., USA, responsible for the development of off-road vehicles based on Russian-made chassis, Cummins engines and Allison transmissions.
From 1995-1996, Prof. Ginzburg was a Project Coordinator in MIKIP LTD (Kazakhstan-Netherlands) responsible for the development and serial production of city buses in Kazakhstan, based on the DAF power pack. From 1992-1995 he taught at Haifa's Technion University, specializing in R&D of combat vehicles.
From 1986-1991, Prof. Ginzburg served as Head of the Vehicle Department in the Research and Development Association of Motor Vehicle Industries, and was Vice-President of the "National Heavy Ground Vehicles Test Center" in Moscow, USSR
Previously, he was a Professor in the Faculty of Ground Vehicles at Cheliabinsk Technical University. Prof. Ginzburg is the author of 18 patents and over 70 scientific works
Michael Greenfield - Treasurer, Energtek Inc.
Mr. Greenfield has over 18 years experience in the international financial services industry, bringing together management, financial and banking skills tuned in previously held positions. He founded Ever Green Field Enterprises in 1999, naming the company after his late father, Judge Leslie H. Greenfield, and childhood name which he hebraicized upon making Aliyah in 1981. Prior to EGFE, he held management positions in Bank Leumi, Israel’s second largest bank, and in Supersol, Israel’s second largest supermarket chain. He holds a MBA in finance and marketing from Tel Aviv University and a BA (cum laude) from Brandeis University.
Mr. Greenfield previously served on the board of directors of two U.S. companies taken public on the back of Israeli-related patents/know-how:
Brainstorm (Nasdaq: OTC.BB: BCLI.OB) and Smart Energy Solutions (Nasdaq: OTC.BB: SMGY.OB).