The Team 

H2OLL is led by Mr. Joab Kirsch, Mr. Ilan Katz and Ms. Moran Kirshner, that combined forces towards commercialization and turning the project into a startup company.

The team covers all the technical and business aspects, for materialization of its great potential through commercialization.

The company board of directord includes Oded Dister (Co funder), Mr. Nati Freiberg & Ms. Hana Katz.

H2OLL technology is a product of more than five years of research in the Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. The inventors are part of the development team and support H2OLL R&D and commercialization.

Joab Kirsch

Joab Kirsch, (LLB, MBA, BA Economy & Business administration) – H2OLL CEO, Co founder.

Joab is an experienced senior manager & Enterprenuer in fintech, real estate, energy and banking. Led growth processes in startups. Founder at Spotlight. Business and management consultant. Chairman at Ofek.

Ilan Katz

Ilan Katz  (LLB, MBA, MSc in environmental engineering) – H2OLL CTO, Founder.

lan is a senior environmental engineer with vast experience in water treatment and desalination systems, as well as long experience in water and environmental technology business management. Ilan has been part of the research group for two years and owns the commercialization rights for the technology from the Technion

Moran Kirshner Goldberg

Moran Kirshner ( LLB ,MBA) – H2OLL CBO. Chief Sales & business development Officer.

Moran is A global Go-To-Market, sales operations, partnerships, and Bizdev expert

Alon Ron

Alon Ron (BSc) – Mechanical engineer. 

Oded Distel

Oded distel (LLB, MBA).

Director, Co founder.

Oded is an expert in Israel’s water and energy sectors. Former founded and director of Israel NewTech, a pioneering national program led by the Ministry of Economy and Industry. In the first 5 years, the program helped take Israel water technology from $600 Million to $2 Billion

Hana Katz

Hana Katz  (MSc in mechnical engineering). Director 

Hana is a senior mechanical engineer with vast experiance in energy and economics of industrial system. former espert engineer in the israeli elctrical company.

Prof. David Broday

Alon Ron (BSc) – Mechanical engineer.Prof. David Broday, one of the inventors, is an expert in air pollution and aerosol physics and has an extensive experience in exposure assessment to different stressors. In 2011, he established the Technion Center of Excellence in Exposure Science and Environmental Health (TCEEH) and since then he directs it. Prof. Broday’s research interests include air pollution, aerosol physics, exposure assessment to airborne pollutants, technologies to improve the air quality and the innovative H2OLL technology for extracting water from the air (atmospheric moisture harvesting).

Prof. Eran Friedler

Prof. Eran Friedler, one of the inventors,  is an expert in alternative water sources and wastewater reuse

Dr. Khaled Gommed

Dr. Khaled Gommed (PhD in Mech. Eng.) who is an expert in absorption systems and have extensive experience with design, construction and operation absorption systems

Ben Gido

Ben Gido (Msc), one of the  investors. A former IsraAID’s WASH coordinator. Expert in water technologies, WASH (water, sanitation and Hygiene ) and our consultant for humanitarian aid.