Eric Paneth has been Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of Orckit since its founding in 1990. From 1975 until 1983 Mr. Paneth was a senior engineer in the Israeli Government and from 1985 to 1990 was head of a technical department in the Israeli Government. From 1983 until 1985 he was employed by Linkabit Inc. in San Diego California. Mr. Paneth holds an advanced engineering degree from the Israel Institute of Technology commonly known as the Technion. Since January 2000 Mr. Paneth has been a director of Tikcro Technologies Ltd. |