Senior R&D, Tech and Food-Tech expert, with extensive technical and program leadership experience in technology development, innovation and relationship building. Board member, Venture partner, Advisor, Consultant, Mentor of startups. Developing and executed winning strategies in R&D and Innovation.
Received EIRMA's "European CTO of the year" award in 2017. Established, BOD and investment committee member of "The Kitchen FoodTech hub" – FoodTech incubator.
Led the creation of the EIT Food Accelerators Network (FAN).
Founder and chair of the Israeli Food IoT - Big Data consortia to enable connectivity throughout the value chain and bring about a paradigm shift in which food is produced.
The "Vegetable Granary" of Isreal
27 January, 2024
Prof. Eyal Shimoni explains why advanced and sustainable agriculture should be developed in the Western Negev, and how it can serve as a "Vegetable Granary" for Israel and contribute to national food security.
Israel's hi-tech firms helping tackle the food, agriculture crises
26 January, 2024
Prof. Shlomo Maital spoke with his colleague Eyal Shimoni, a veteran foodtech expert, innovator, mentor, entrepreneur, and former senior Strauss manager nd asked him to name some leading innovative technology-intensive start-ups in foodtech and aggrotech.
