SolarEdge Technologies, Inc., a global leader in smart energy solutions, has announced the appointment of Yoram Tietz and Gilad Almogy to its Board of Directors, effective January 6, 2025. Mr. Tietz will serve as the Chair of the Board’s Audit Committee, while Mr. Almogy will join the Technology Committee. Yoram Tietz is a Senior Advisor to General Atlantic, a global growth equity investment firm, where he provides strategic guidance and support for the company’s investments in Israel.
Before joining General Atlantic, Mr. Tietz spent 27 years at Ernst & Young (EY), including over 15 years as the Managing Partner of EY Israel. Prior to becoming Managing Partner, he led the High-Tech Cluster at EY Israel from 2000 to 2007, advising and mentoring numerous Israeli tech founders and CEOs. Mr. Tietz is the Chairman of the Friends of Sheba Medical Center and plays a key role in advising Sheba’s management on innovation and transformation. He is also a director at Sheba Impact Ltd., the Technology Transfer Office of Sheba. Beyond his work at Sheba, Mr. Tietz is committed to community and philanthropic efforts as the Co-Founder and Chairman of Birthright Excel. Gilad Almogy is the Founder and CEO of Ultima Genomics, a company that offers the world’s first $100 human genome sequencing service.
He founded Ultima Genomics in 2016 with the goal of making genomic sequencing more affordable and accessible, helping to drive the future of Omics-based healthcare. Before Ultima Genomics, Mr. Almogy founded and led Cogenra Solar, a company known for its groundbreaking shingled solar modules. Under his leadership, Cogenra deployed gigawatts of solar power worldwide and was later acquired by SunPower in 2015.
Avery More, Chairman of the Board, stated, “We are pleased to welcome both Yoram Tietz and Gilad Almogy to our Board of Directors. The addition of seasoned executives serves to strengthen our Board, and we look forward to benefitting from both Gilad and Yoram’s insights as we shape our financial and strategic objectives. Their diverse experience across financial and technology disciplines will undoubtedly contribute to our Boardroom discussions as we continue to advance SolarEdge’s vision to create a world powered by clean, sustainable energy.”
Earlier in his career, Mr. Almogy was a senior vice president at Applied Materials, where he headed the Process Diagnostic and Control Group and later the Display Group, a business generating over $1 billion in annual revenue. He joined Applied Materials after its acquisition of Orbot in 1997, where he led the development of wafer inspection systems now used in semiconductor factories globally. Mr. Almogy holds a PhD in Applied Physics from the California Institute of Technology and a BSc in Mathematics and Physics from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem’s Talpiot program. He is also the inventor of over 80 US patents.
