Team

Mr. Wachtel is the inventor of OptiCrop’ core technologies: irrigation by condensation (NASA Tech Brief magazine – Technologies of the Month) and root zone heating and cooling. He has published 25 articles on water issues and he is a frequent lecturer on Agritech, Middle East water issues, and sustainability. He is a former assistant army attaché to the Israeli Embassy in Washington DC, and has lectured at the UN Conflict Resolution Conference. Mr. Wachtel holds an MA in Management and Marketing from the University of Maryland. Mr Wachtel co-founded three ASX listed companies: MMJ Phytotech Limited and Creso Pharma Limited and ROOTS Sustainable Agricultural Technologies. ROOTS’ tech and IP has since been acquired by OptiCrop.

Dr. Devir was the co-founder and business development executive director of Roots Sustainable Agircultural Technologies prior to the acquisition of its intellectual property by OptiCrop. Dr Devir also co-founded Rimonim, an Agritech fund and Sailcrop, an abiotic stress seed treatment technology. Dr. Devir was also the former Chief Executive Officer of NGT, a technology incubator whose portfolio company Flourinex was acquired by Colgate for US$100 million. He was also the Chief Scientific Officer of AFIMILK dairy management systems, and he has lectured at the Hebrew University, Israel in the Faculty of Agriculture. Dr. Devir’s achievements have been acknowledged by the “Man of the Year” award from Israeli TV Channel 2, and by the daily Israeli newspaper Yediot Acharonot for his Unique Social Contribution. Dr. Devir holds a PhD in Agriculture and Environmental Sciences from Waginingen University, the Netherlands, as well as a BSc and MSc from the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology.

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Mr Hukaylo has vast experience as CFO for public and private companies including serving as the CFO of Pfizer Israel, Merck-Serono and InterPharm. Mr Hukaylo has extensive experience in the high tech sector and is an expert in financial management, business strategy, process improvement, and supply chain management. Mr Hukaylo accompanies fast-growing companies from the early stage through to the highly regulated arena of public listed companies.