Dario Dekel

Current

Co-Founder and Vice President R&D at CellEra

Past

Thermal Battery Plant General Manager at Rafael
R&D and Engineering Manager at Rafael

Education

Technion-Machon Technologi Le' Israel
Technion-Machon Technologi Le' Israel
Technion-Machon Technologi Le' Israel

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Dario Dekel’s Summary

VP R&D and co-founder of CellEra, developing a disruptive Fuel Cell technology and product.
Former General Manager of Rafael Thermal Battery Plant.
Former R&D and Engineering Director of Rafael Thermal Battery Plant.
Highly experienced in Thermal Battery Technology, electrochemistry of low/high temperature, and Fuel Cell Technologies.

Dario Dekel’s Experience

Co-Founder and Vice President R&D

CellEra

(Oil & Energy industry)

2007 — Present (2 years )

CellEra’s mission is to turn fuel cell power into a mass-market reality by making it truly affordable and reliable.
CellEra is a first mover in the development and commercialization of disruptive Platinum-Free-Membrane Fuel Cell (PFM-FC) technology, targeted at breaking the cost barrier to mass market commercialization of polymer electrolyte fuel cells.
Thermal Battery Plant General Manager

Rafael

(Government Agency; Defense & Space industry)

2005 — 2007 (2 years )

Rafael is the main R&D authority for the Israel Ministry of Defense. The Thermal Battery Plant in Rafael is an unique highly world wide recognized unit exporting most of its product to US, Europe and Asia.
As a general manager of the Thermal Battery Plant, I was in charge of all Marketing, R&D, engineering, operations, production and quality activities. During this period we reached production and sales highest records.
R&D and Engineering Manager

Rafael

(Government Agency; Defense & Space industry)

2001 — 2005 (4 years )

During this period I led a multidisciplinary team of 20 engineers developing the core battery technology and high reliable battery products. The developed battery products gained world wide recognition and were distinguished as the state-of-the-art front of the technology. The high power batteries are being used in emergency systems, critical backup power and other unique applications, in the most sofisticated and reliable systems all over the world.
In addition, I was leading a R&D high qualified team developing new materials and disruptive processes for battery technology, going from the basic materials to the final production processes and testing, to create next battery generation.

Dario Dekel’s Education

Technion-Machon Technologi Le' Israel

MBA , 2006 — 2008
Technion-Machon Technologi Le' Israel

PhD , Membrane Science , 1994 — 1998

Solvent resistant membranes; nanofiltration membranes; polymeric membranes; carbon membranes; membrane separation in organic media; gas separation; solvent flow through membranes; gas flow phenomena through inorganic membranes; membrane separation processes; ultrafiltration membranes; flow modeling through membranes.
Technion-Machon Technologi Le' Israel

MSc , Advanced ceramics, Material Science , 1992 — 1994

Superconducting powder preparation; advanced ceramic powder processing; powder processing; powder preparation methods; aerosol powder preparation; spray drying process; spray roasting process; ultrasonic spray processes; spray pyrolysis methods; spray pyrolysis reactor modelling; superconducting powder characterization; powder characterization.