Draft:Amir Ziv-Av

Amir Ziv-Av (Hebrew: אמיר זיו-אב; Born July 24th, 1949) is an Israeli mechanical engineer and entrepreneur, the chairman of "Ziv-Av Technologies Inc.", a member of the Executive Committee of the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, and a professor for advanced degrees at the Institute. Ziv-Av also served as the Chief Scientist of the Israeli Ministry of Transport, National Infrastructures and Road Safety. Furthermore, Ziv-Av and it's company has registered over 20 patents in the fields of mechanics, the plastics industry, automobiles, aviation, and medical devices.

Biography
Ziv-Av studied mechanical engineering at Tel Aviv University in the early 70's. From 1974 to 1977, Ziv-Av served as a staff member in the Israeli Ministry of Transportation headquarters (under the minister Gad Yaacobi). That time, Ziv-Av also had weekly column in Maariv in which he reviewed automobiles. In 1984, Ziv-Av was appointed as an Optomechanical Development Executive of Oprotech (which later became Orbotech). In 1987, he was appointed as a developing manager and a board member of Keter.

In 1990, Ziv-Av started a firm for technological consulting and development named Ziv-Av Technologies Inc. Following the foundation of his firm, Ziv-Av served as a consultant in the plastics industry for industrialist Stef Wertheimer.

In may 1997, Ziv-Av Technologies registered a patent for plastic injection: A clamping assembly for injection molding apparatus, which includes a base frame and a pair of support posts, each formed with a cutout. This new concept for plastic injection was adopted by the plastics industry. In February 2000 Ziv-Av Technologies registered a patent for an improved plastic injection apparatus, based on the previous patent.

In 1998, he was appointed as the chairman of the board of directors of "Tasfrir Mehandesim", an Israeli public company that provided engineering services. In 1999, Ziv-Av conceived a compromise in what was known as the "Superheater affair."

From 2005 to 2014, Ziv-Av served as the boarding director of Afeka College. He is currently a member of the college's board of trustees. From 2005 to 2010, Ziv-Av served as a board member for the R&D company of Bar-Ilan University.

Amir Ziv-Av received a PhD in Mathematical optimization from Tel Aviv University in 2006. In 2011 he was appointed as the Chief Scientist of the Israeli Ministry of Transport, National Infrastructures and Road Safety. He was also the chairman of the Inter-ministerial Statutory Committee for Traffic Devices, Safety and Experiments and Chairman of the Steering Committee for Traffic Management and Control.

Selected published articles

 * Amir Ziv-Av, A country under blackmail by threats, Haaretz, march 31st, 2009.
 * Amir Ziv-Av, The Bank's CEO doesn't like the bank, Haaretz, May 13th, 2010.
 * Amir Ziv-Av, Stop The Shnor: Israel needs to stop asking for charity from The U.S, TheMarker, December 12th, 2018.