Executive Certificate
in
Management and Leadership
Executive Certificate
in
Strategy and Innovation
Advanced Certificate for Executives
in
Management, Innovation, And Technology
Bio
Mr. Eli Cohen’s professional career has featured a series of innovations and pioneering projects.
In 2002, Mr. Cohen joined ODF Optronics, Ltd. as project manager of “Eyeball” – the world’s first deployable camera sensor (a 360-degree “camera grenade”). He was promoted to VP R&D, managing the company's vision systems portfolio. His work was recognized with the Israeli Ministry of Defense Prize for Most Innovative Project in 2006.
Mr. Cohen went on to co-found CDRide in 2007, applying 360-vision technology to amusement parks, installing miniature cameras and wireless infrastructure on rollercoasters to chronicle full rides. Forty systems were installed at Universal and Cedar Fair parks.
In 2010, Mr. Cohen joined Optigo (which merged with ELTA two years later). He managed the world’s first SWIR Optical Missile Launch Detector from the idea stage through integration with the Trophy active protection system. The system was operationally deployed in the U.S. and Israel, and received the highest Israeli MOD prize in 2014.
As manager of Elta’s Optical Division, he changed the company’s strategy from focusing on RF sensors to a multi-sensor, multi-mission approach.
In 2018, Mr. Cohen became director of innovation and collaboration. In this role, he forms partnerships with new-tech startups and collaborates with U.S. companies such as Lockheed Martin and Raytheon, offering them Elta’s portfolio of products and technologies.
Mr. Cohen is married and has five children. He is fluent in Hebrew, English and French
