Ori Braun has served as Senior Vice President Business Development since October 2006. Prior to joining us Mr. Braun served as President of Valor Inc. a leader in productivity increasing engineering software solutions to the PCB design fabrication and assembly industry. From 2004 to 2005 he served as President of LifeWatch Inc. a leading cardiac monitoring services company. From 1985 to 2004 he founded and held various CEO and executive positions at Bventure Inc. a company providing services to medical startup companies at 3DV Systems Inc. a company developing and selling 3D camera technology at Helios Software Engineering Ltd. a company in the business of simulation technology that was acquired by Cadence Design Systems Inc. and at Lansoft Computing Ltd. During this period Mr. Braun also co-founded Atria Inc. a company providing solutions for CHF patients. Between 1994 and 1996 Mr. Braun held the position of Vice President Business Development at Rafael Development Corporation or RDC a large shareholder of Given Imaging which is a holding company controlled by Discount Investment Corporation Ltd. or DIC another significant shareholder of Given Imaging. Mr. Braun holds a B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from the Ben Gurion University in Beer Sheva Israel. |