Ran Poliakine

Ran Poliakine
Born 25 October 1967
Jerusalem, Israel
Residence Motza Illit
Nationality Israeli
Alma mater Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design
Occupation Entrepreneur
Founder of Powermat

Ran Poliakine (Hebrew: רן פוליאקין) is an Israeli businessman, the founder, former CEO and current vice chairman of Powermat Technologies.[1][2] Poliakine is a serial entrepreneur, inventor, industrial designer and technical visionary.

Early life and education

Poliakine was born in 1967 and grew up in Jerusalem, Israel. He is the second born of four children. He attended Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design and pursued industrial design studies. Poliakine lives in Israel with his wife and five children.

Career

Poliakine has founded several companies and ventures over the years. These include Powermat Technologies, Wellsense, Magink Display Technologies, Years of Water, QinFlow, CardioLogic Innovations, Nanox Imaging, MoMilk, Planet of the Apps, illumigyn, Tap Systems, and Clkim.

Powermat

In 2007, Poliakine founded Powermat Technologies, a company that utilized inductive charging technology to develop wireless power solutions. In 2011, General Motors announced that the 2013 Chevrolet Volt would incorporate the Powermat technology.[3] In March 2012, Powermat teamed with Procter & Gamble to form the Power Matters Alliance.[4] Duracell, General Motors, Starbucks, Flextronics, and AT&T all adopted the Powermat technology.[5]

Wellsense

In 2009, Poliakine formed Wellsense. Wellsense developed the world’s first bedsore monitoring system.[6] He met with Amir Ben-Shalom and developed a real-time bedside pressure sensing mat and technology, the Monitor Alert Protect (MAP) system. The MAP system continuously monitors a patient to display potential development of high-pressure points that lead to bedsores and pressure ulcers.[7][8] Wellsense MAP system and technology is utilized in major hospitals throughout the world and in the United States including the Cleveland Clinic, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston Methodist Hospital and Kentucky’s Jewish Hospital.[9][10]

Years of Water

In 2012, Poliakine teamed with Moshe Moalem to establish Years of Water Ltd. A primary goal of Years of Water was to produce an affordable and portable home water treatment system.[11] The company developed The Water Elephant, a small, portable, cost effective water treatment solution that utilizes an ultraviolet lamp to effectively destroy bacteria, viruses, and protozoa.[12][13] Poliakine and Years of Water have deployed The Water Elephant to Ecuador, Nigeria, and South Africa.

QinFlow

In 2012, Poliakine established QinFlow Ltd. QinFlow produces The Warrior, a portable blood and IV fluid warming device that can be utilized in emergency situations.[14] QinFlow is a portmanteau of Quality in Flow. In 2016, Qinflow was represented at MEDICA. MEDICA is a trade show event that is held in Düsseldorf, Germany. In 2016, the event was held form 14 - 17 November 2016.[15]

CardioLogic Innovations

In 2012, Poliakine started CardioLogic Innovations Ltd. to develop a solution for acute heart failure with the introduction of a pulmonary congestion monitor system.[16][17][18] The company secured several patents that utilized technology for patient monitoring,[19] a system for electrical thoracic scans,[20] and a method of measuring bioimpedance.[21]

Planet of the Apps

In 2013, Poliakine started Planet of the Apps, Ltd. with the goal of developing online games and apps for the mobile and smartphone environments.[13][22]

Clkim

In 2014, Clkim was established in Neve Ilan, Israel as a URL and link management platform, with an emphasis to provide an alternative to offerings by companies like TinyURL and Bitly.[23] Clkim was founded by Yoav Shalev and Lior Broshi. Shalev is the CEO and the developer of the application that is utilized by brand managers, affiliates and social media marketers. Broshi is the CTO and oversees the development of the Clkim platform.[24] In 2016, Poliakine invested $1 million in Clkim. He is the chairman for the company’s board of directors.[25][26]

MoMilk

In 2014, Poliakine founded MoMilk Ltd. He developed the MoMilk system that utilized a software application and a hardware solution for breastfeeding mothers. With the system, mothers are able to monitor the amount of breast milk that their baby consumes. The objective of the system aims to reduces the stress mothers experience when breastfeeding. Poliakine secured 2 patents for the MoMilk system.[27][28]

Patents

References

  1. ↑ "Israeli company wants to change the paradigm with its wireless charging pad". ynet. Retrieved 2016-02-07.
  2. ↑ "Duracell, wireless power company Powermat team up". The Washington Times. Retrieved 2016-02-07.
  3. ↑ Editor. (6 January 2011). GM, Powermat to Put Added ‘Charge’ in Chevy Volt. Automaker Invests in Start-Up to Do Away With Charging Cords. Corporate Newsroom. General Motors. gm.com.
  4. ↑ "Alliance for Wireless Power and Power Matters Alliance Join Forces". PR Newswire. Retrieved February 11, 2014.
  5. ↑ "Global Technology Leaders Collaborate to Make Wireless Power as Commonplace as WiFi". PR Newswire. Retrieved November 10, 2016.
  6. ↑ Leichman , Abigail Klein. (7 January 2014). World’s first bedsore monitoring system. Israel21c.org.
  7. ↑ Siddiqui, A., Behrendt, R., Lafluer, M., & Craft, S. (2013). A continuous bedside pressure mapping system for prevention of pressure ulcer development in the medical ICU: a retrospective analysis. Wounds. 25: 333-9.
  8. ↑ Behrendt, R., Ghaznavi, A. M., Mahan, M., Craft, S., & Siddiqui, A. (2014). Continuous bedside pressure mapping and rates of hospital-associated pressure ulcers in a medical intensive care unit. American Journal of Critical Care. 23(2): 127-133.
  9. ↑ Scott, R.G. and Thurman K.M. (May 2014). Visual Feedback of Continuous Bedside Pressure Mapping to Optimize Effective Patient Repositioning. Advances in Wound Care. 3(5): 376-382.
  10. ↑ Walia, G. S., Wong, A. L., Lo, A. Y., Mackert, G. A., Carl, H. M., Pedreira, R. A., Bello, R., Aquino, C.S., Padula, W.V. & Sacks, J. M. (2016). Efficacy of Monitoring Devices in Support of Prevention of Pressure Injuries: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Advances in Skin & Wound Care. 29(12): 567-574.
  11. ↑ Vilner, Yoav. (31 January 2016). When The Tech Industry Pushes for Social Justice. Inc. inc.com.
  12. ↑ Kushmaro, Philip. (4 March 2016). 3 life saving start ups – founded by one man: Ran Poliakine. The Times of Israel.
  13. 1 2 Trees, Luke. (15 May 2016). Israeli medical company hopes to save thousands of women’s lives per year. Inside Israel. The Times of Israel. timesofisrael.com.
  14. ↑ Buttice, Claudio. (8 November 2016). Israel presents its own pavilion at the upcoming MEDICA 2016. Digital Journal.
  15. ↑ Solomon, Shoshanna. (10 November 2016). Israel to display health tech at Dusseldorf’s Medica 2016. Israel Day comes to NYSE. Business and Tech News Roundup. Start-Up Israel. The Times of Israel.
  16. ↑ Editor. (2016). CardioLogic Innovations Ltd. Ramot. Tel Aviv University. Tel-Aviv, Israel. ramot.org.
  17. ↑ Keren, A., Feitelson, S., Abboud, S., Deutsch, L., Gotsman, I., Filippatos, G., & Adamson, P. B. (May 2014). Parametric electrical impedance tomography (pEIT): a novel method that accurately identifies early hemodynamic changes, prior to development of pulmonary congestion. European Journal of Heart Failure. 16: 217-217. USA: Wiley-Blackwell.
  18. ↑ Keren, A., Feitelson, S., Abboud, S., Deutsch, L., Gotsman, I., Filippatos, G., & Adamson, P. B. (September 2014). Parametric electrical impedance tomography: a novel noninvasive method that accurately identifies pulmonary congestion. European Heart Journal. 35: 842-842. England: Oxford University Press.
  19. 1 2 Drori, O., Arad, S., Tikochinsky, Y., Krief, H., & Feitelzon, S. (30 November 2014). U.S. Patent Application No. 15/100,349. Washington, DC: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
  20. 1 2 Drori, O. (26 November 2013). U.S. Patent Application No. 14/090,328. Washington, DC: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
  21. 1 2 Drori, O., Arad, S., & Krief, H. (13 March 2014). U.S. Patent Application No. 14/208,465. Washington, DC: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
  22. ↑ Cramer, Jim. (4 March 2014). Ran Poliakine's Planet Of The Apps Breaks Records - Frenzy Ball Featured In 115 Countries On Launch Day. TheStreet.
  23. ↑ David, Muhannad. (21 September 2016). In addition, Clkim to shorten custom links to Chrome. Technological Tips. ait News. aitnews.com.
  24. ↑ Nicastro, Dom. (6 October 2016). Israeli Startup Clkim Challenges Bitly in URL Management. Customer Experience. CMS Wire. cmswire.com.
  25. ↑ Orbach, Meir. (3 November 2016). Ran Poliakine invested $1 million in Clkim company. Technology News. Technology. Calcalist. Calcalist.co.il.
  26. ↑ Nicastro, Dom. (3 November 2016). Clkim Earns Seed Funding. Customer Experience. CMS Wire. cmswire.com.
  27. 1 2 Rofe, Arik, Korech, Ofir, & Trakhimovich, Michael. (2 February 2015). Weight sensing system. U.S. Patent Application No. WO2015121773A1. Washington, DC: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
  28. 1 2 Ben, Shalom Amir, Ouanounou, Dan, Glikman, Shay & Kelly, David. (4 December 2013). U.S. Patent Application No. WO 2014087343 A1. Washington, DC: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
  29. ↑ Poliakine, Ran. (15 May 2001). Electronic billboard with reflective color liquid crystal displays. U.S. Patent Application No. 10/343,113. Washington, DC: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
  30. ↑ Poliakine, R. (10 February 2004). Modular front-lit display panel. U.S. Patent No. 6,690,443. Washington, DC: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
  31. ↑ Poliakine, Ran, and Amir Ben-Shalom. (8 November 2005). Modular front-lit display panel. U.S. Patent No. 6,963,386. Washington, DC: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
  32. ↑ Poliakine, Ran, and David Coates. (24 February 2009). Structurally supported LCD media. U.S. Patent No. 7,495,718. Washington, DC: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

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