Dr. Yoav Nissan-Cohen - Chairman & CEO

Dr. Yoav Nissan-Cohen’s twenty-year career in the semiconductor industry has covered a wide range of activities in research, technology development and corporate management. Dr. Nissan-Cohen was previously CEO of Tower Semiconductor, leading the company to advanced specialized technologies and to the construction of a $1.5B facility. Dr. Nissan-Cohen also took a leading role in the formation of Saifun Semiconductor, which pioneered a novel flash technology. Prior to that, he was Engineering Manager at National Semiconductor Israel and a research scientist at General Electric research and development center in New York. Dr. Nissan-Cohen received his Ph.D. Summa Cum Laude in Applied Physics from the Hebrew University and served as a jetfighter pilot in the Israeli Air Force.