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Dr. Amir, innovator, entrepreneur, and a community activist, founded Essence in 1994, following technology leadership positions in global companies such as HP, Digital, and IBM, where he learned about business through hands-on experience. Dr. Amir holds a BSc in Electronics and MBA cum laude from the Technion, and a PhD in Computer Science and Electronics cum laude from the Naval Postgraduate School.

Eliaz has many years of experience in managing large-scale organizations, most recently in the Israeli Ministry of Defense and before that, in the IDF. He combines integrative management capabilities, building short and long-term plans, formulating and achieving goals. Eliaz is a leader who is adept at harnessing the skills of employees, colleagues and managers alike; effectively managing resources and budgets of up to hundreds of millions of shekels a year, multidisciplinary technological and operational projects with a high degree of complexity, and with deep systemic understanding, assimilating teamwork and a quiet leadership style.

Mr. Amir founded Essence USA Inc. in 2012 and opened the North American region for Essence. He has over 13 years of experience in the Security and Care markets in management positions at technology companies. In 2013, the Worldwide Who’s Who organization proclaimed Yaniv Amir as the Executive of the year representing the Security Solutions Industry. He holds a BA and MSc Summa cum laude in Computer Science both from the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya, Israel.

Ohad is the Chief Technology Officer of Essence Group, overseeing the technological roadmap of the group, in this capacity he is responsible for introducing new innovations to Essence’s portfolio. Ohad holds a BSc in Computer Engineering.

Eli came to Essence in 2022 and in January 2024 was promoted to his current position of VP R&D. He is a highly experienced, multidisciplinary system software professional with a proven track record of leadership and managerial capabilities, specializing in software development management at companies such as Elbit, 3M and AeroScout. Eli is leads Essence’s multi-faceted R&D group and is responsible for driving its efforts to develop market-leading, state of the art security solutions. Eli holds a BSc in Mechanics and Computer Science.

Sharon Klainer Weizenbluth is Essence's Chief Strategy Officer and a member of the Management Committee. She is responsible for development and implementation of Essence's overall corporate strategy, business development, partnerships, strategic investments and acquisitions. Sharon has more than 19 years of extensive experience in leading organizations across different industries. Prior to Essence, Sharon served as Chief Financial Officer and as a member of different Management Committees at different global companies. She holds a Master of Business Administration awarded by the University of Tel-Aviv and a Bachelor of Economics and Major in accounting from the University of Haifa. She is a Certified Public Accountant in Israel.

Katia Gurevitch is Essence's VP Finance . Katia has more than 25 years of experience of financial leadership in a variety of international hi-tech companies that sell hardware and software products. She has served as a member of the executive management team of both public and private companies. In her last role Katia led the finance department of a private global tech company and managed its IPO process. Previously, Katia served in senior finance roles, where she led M&A initiatives and post-merger integration. Katia is a CPA and holds a BA in Economics & Accounting from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and an MBA, with a major in Finance, from Ono Academic College.

Gil is the CISO and CIO of Essence Group. As a CIO, responsible for development, implementation, and operation of the enterprise information technology policy. As a CISO, he directs the strategy, operations and budget for the protection of the enterprise information assets and managing the information security program. Gil holds MSc in Technology and Information Systems.