Gidi Benyamini has joined Notal Vision as COO. Gidi had spent 7 years at Scitex in Israel. Located in Tel Aviv Israel, Notal Vision Ltd. develops Macular Computerized Psychophysical Test, which provides early detection, referral and treatment of Age-related Macular Degeneration. These are critical to prevent vision loss and to maximize treatment benefits.
AMD is the leading cause of blindness in the developed world among people over the age of 50. About 14 million people in the US suffer from AMD and it is the cause of blindness among 1.7 million Americans.
Notal Vision’s MCPT is currently being clinically verified by prominent ophthalmology clinics. Availability of the product is expected in early 2002, after FDA approval.

Following the merger of his old company Zing and a division of Conexant, Philip Lavee as been appointed VP, Sales and Business Development Of Pictos.
Philip has 18 years experience in digital imaging and printing. He has most recently served as President at Zing Network, which he joined in December 1999. Prior to that, as VP Business Development, he helped make Zing one of the best-known online imaging sites in the world. Previously, he was President of Pix.com, following a tenure as Director of Sales and Marketing at Leaf and at Scitex America. Before STA, Philip was at the input division at Scitex in Herzlia, Israel.
Pictos Technologies Inc., a $25M company, headquartered in Newport Beach, California, with offices in Scotts Valley, California and Galway, Ireland. The privately held company created by the July 2002 spin-off of the Personal Imaging Division of Conexant Systems combined with Zing Network, a provider o advanced connectivity and imaging software. Pictos? mission is to provide consumer digital camera and mobile appliance OEMs semiconductor and software solutions that enable users to capture, connect and share digital images and video.

Hezi
Himelfarb is the CEO of Ceseara Israel based Remon Medical Technologies.
Hezi was with Scitex in Herzlia from 1982 to 1996.
Remon Medical Technologies, an Israeli
startup, develops minute, chip-based devices that are implanted
deep in the body for wireless, non-invasive disease management and treatment.
Remon devices can work either as sensors for measuring and monitoring bodily
medical parameters such as internal pressure, blood flow, and temperature, or as
activators of drug delivery and other medical devices.
Remon has acknowledged that it is raising a $15-million third round of funding
and expects to launch its product at the end of the year. Hezi Himelfarb said
the company has already received a $10-million commitment. The company
previously raised $3 million in its seed round, and $10 million in its second
round.

Rony Shmulevitch serves as Idioma?s VP Sales and marketing. Prior to Idioma, Rony managed the Business Development of a start-up company developing a rich media delivery solution to Cellular and Wireless devices, and has also managed the European sales operations of NICE Systems, a worldwide leader of multimedia digital recording applications and services for business interaction management. Earlier, Rony spent 8 years with Scitex in Israel and in Australia. 
Located in Herzlia (just across the street from Scitex) Idioma is an Israeli startup, which specializes in audio and video information monitoring and retrieval technologies. Using its audio and video technologies, Idioma has developed SmartLog – a family of cutting-edge products for tracking, storing, indexing and retrieving media information. Idioma’s SmartLog systems are currently installed over four continents.

Mike Sinigaglia wrote us this: 
?After 16 wonderful years at Scitex and two years at Creo it was finally time to move on. I had ten straight years of successful selling in Southern California until a client of mine made me an offer. I now work as VP sales and business development for Wright Graphics, a $15M company in Chatsworth California. Wright is a web printer serving Fortune 500 companies nationwide including financial institutions, telecom companies and agencies.
Please say hi to all my friends. Best regards from sunny California– Mike?.
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