The ExScite and Genoa Color?s CEO Ilan Ben-David has held various top managerial positions in the printing industry, particularly at Scitex. In the last position he held there, Ilan was VP research and CTO of Karat Digital Press (KDP), a joint venture owned by Scitex and KBA, of which he was a cofounder. Prior to his joining Scitex, he was a group manager with Optrotech (later merged with Orbot to form Orbotech). Ilan is an electrical and mechanical engineer, with numerous patents and patent applications in diversified fields.
Genoa Color Technologies of Herzlia Pituach, a four-year old Israeli startup, develops technologies to significantly enhance image quality and the viewing experience for a wide range of displays.
On 11/2004 the company has won Grand Award in the Home Entertainment category of Popular Science magazine?s 2004 Best Of What?s New competition. The winning technology is the company?s ColorPeak Multi-Primary Color, a television display system that substantially enhances the TV viewing experience by nearly doubling the color capability and brightness of TV displays.
?It is a great honor for Genoa Color Technologies to have ColorPeak selected by the editors of Popular Science as Home Entertainment?s top new technology,? Ilan said.