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| Team > Management |
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 D. Todd Dollinger, CEO and Chairman, The Trendlines Group; Chairman, Misgav Venture Accelerator
Todd Dollinger was born with the entrepreneur gene. At the age of 15, he joined his first start up, a tropical fish import and breeding business; later Todd would sell his share to his partner before starting college. While a university student, Todd established his second business - from which he had his second exit - a concert promotion company. His passion for transforming ideas into successful enterprises led him to launch Trendlines, Inc. with his brother Mark in 1978, providing sales, marketing and business development services in the U.S. Todd served as Trendlines' president until 1990 when he sold his interest to Mark and moved to Israel. There, Todd joined the marketing department of medical device company SRD Medical. He later became that company's CEO.
Determined to work in a capacity where he might merge his business development skills with his entrepreneurial drive, Todd founded business consultancy Trendlines International with Steve Rhodes in 1993. Trendlines International was established to support seed- and early-stage companies and the start-up activities of large corporations. Todd and Steve established their first venture fund, the Trendlines Israel Fund, in 2004 and founded The Trendlines Group in 2007 when they purchased two Israeli government licensed business incubators, the Misgav and Mofet Venture Accelerators. The business development and marketing communications services originally provided by Trendlines International continue to be offered through Signal Business Development, The Trendlines Group's business development unit.
Today, Todd is the Chairman and CEO of The Trendlines Group. Under the leadership of Todd and Steve, The Trendlines Group's portfolio companies and three investment funds have raised more than $130 million. He has taken two companies public on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange: ETView Medical and FlowSense Medical. Additionally, Todd serves as chairman of the Misgav Venture Accelerator and as a director and chairman of the board of a number of public and private companies.
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 Steve Rhodes, CEO and Chairman, The Trendlines Group; Chairman, Mofet Venture Accelerator
Even as a young adult, Steve Rhodes demonstrated the ability to engage and inspire audiences. Honing his presentation skills as a high school speech champion, Steve later employed those talents to form Harvard University's Zionist Alliance (HRZ"L), a student leadership organization supporting the Jewish State.
Steve began his professional career in 1979 with the Chicago branch of Bank Leumi, where he advanced through a number of financial marketing and lending positions including director of marketing. While working at the bank, Steve completed an MBA from the University of Chicago and received a CPA from the State of Illinois. When he moved to Israel in 1985, Steve continued with Bank Leumi, serving as deputy manager of the Bank's International Division. In 1988, Steve joined SRD Medical as the company's CFO, later becoming vice president of sales and marketing. He left the company in 1993, to create Trendlines International, a business development consultancy for seed- and early-stage companies, with Todd Dollinger.
In 2004, together with Todd, Steve created the Trendlines Israel Fund to invest in the portfolio companies of the Misgav Venture Accelerator, an Israeli government licensed business incubator, on whose board Steve had served for many years. In 2004, Steve became the CEO of the Misgav Venture Accelerator, focusing the incubator's innovation efforts on the life sciences, particularly medical devices. As manager, he concentrated his attention on increasing the incubator's value through hands-on managerial mentorship to portfolio companies and providing much-needed business development support to them. In 2010, the Misgav Venture Accelerator, under Steve's leadership, received the "Best Incubator" award from the Government of the State Israel. The incubator management, mentorship, and funding models developed by Steve at Misgav were brought to Mofet Venture Accelerator when The Trendlines Group acquired it in 2007.
Today, Steve shares the positions of Chairman and CEO of The Trendlines Group with Todd and additionally serves as chairman of the Mofet Venture Accelerator and as a director in numerous public and private companies.
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 Eran Feldhay, M.D., CEO, Misgav Venture Accelerator, Corporate Vice President, Life Sciences, The Trendlines Group
Eran began his career as product manager at cardiology-imaging and IT solutions provider Medcon when the company was a start-up. During his tenure as product manager, Medcon expanded to include full cardiology IT solutions as well as cardiac cath-lab monitoring solutions.
In 2004, Eran was appointed VP of marketing and product management. He served as a senior member of the due diligence team when Medcon was acquired by McKesson, a Fortune 20 company. In 2006, Eran was appointed as GM of McKesson Israel and VP cardiology for McKesson Imaging Group.
Since 2008, Eran has served as director of publicly traded TopSpin Medical. He earned his M.D. and B.Sc. from Tel Aviv University. He holds an MBA from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.
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 Nitza Kardish, Ph.D., CEO, Mofet Venture Accelerator, Corporate Vice President, The Trendlines Group
Nitza has 15 years of experience working in senior management positions at life science companies. She served as VP, Business Development at TechnionSeed, a technology incubator, where she was responsible for the life sciences and clean tech fields.
Prior to that, Nitza served as CEO of Clal Life Sciences - a research and development center for emerging life science companies; CEO of UroGyn, a start up that developed minimally invasive surgical tools; and as VP, Business Development at the Raphael Development Cooperation.
Nitza earned her M.Sc. and Ph.D. (Life Sciences) degrees from the Tel Aviv University - both with distinction - and has a formal education in Law from Tel Aviv University.
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 Yosi Hazan, CEO, Trendlines Labs
Yosi Hazan brings considerable experience in global organization general management (GM) and global marketing. He held several executive positions in engineering and has more than 25 years of experience in different markets, including military and semiconductor capital equipment and medical devices. Prior to joining The Trendlines Group, Yosi was GM at Cognifit and Biosense Webster (a J&J company). Previously, he served as a business unit manager at KLA-Tencor.
Yosi holds an M.Sc. in electrical engineering from the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology.
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 Gabi Heller, CFO, The Trendlines Group
Gabi has extensive financial experience as an accountant, CFO, and director of public and private companies. Prior to joining Trendlines, she served as CFO of Walden Israel Ventures’ funds. Prior to Walden, Gabi was a manager with Ernst & Young Israel.
She currently serves on the boards of directors of Camtek, Kerur Holdings, and Elco Holdings, all publicly traded companies, and Kolchey Misgav (water supply company for the Misgav Regional Council), a private company.
She received her LL.M. degree from Bar-Ilan University Faculty of Law, her B.A. in economics and accounting from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and she is a CPA.
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 Yossi Ron, COO, The Trendlines Group
Yossi Ron brings more than 20 years of extensive managerial experience in industry, including establishing and managing the aviation electronic equipment production company AEROMAOZ, which became a global company under Yossi's leadership.
Prior to his appointment as COO of The Trendlines Group, Yossi served as CEO of Trendlines' Mofet Venture Accelerator. Before joining Mofet, Yossi served as a senior organizational consultant at TEOM, where his activities included crystallizing operation patterns for the Office of the Chief Scientist of Israel's Ministry of Industry, Trade & Labor.
Yossi holds a bachelor's degree in industrial engineering and management from Tel Aviv University.
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 Jen Maidenberg, Chief Marketing Officer, The Trendlines Group
Prior to joining The Trendlines Group, Maidenberg was the CEO of Mindful Living NJ, a PR and brand strategy firm she founded to support professionals with their business development, marketing communications, public relations, and social media strategy. Maidenberg also was publisher and managing editor of Mindful Living NJ Magazine, a monthly lifestyle online magazine, as well as a regular Mind/Body/Spirit columnist for New Jersey Health & Beauty Magazine. Jen's previous employers include Scholastic Books, Parade Magazine, Patch.com (an AOL company), and The Arizona Jewish Post, as well as dozens of publications and organizations for which she has produced freelance writing and editorial work. She is currently a regular blogger for The Jerusalem Post and The Arizona Jewish Post, writing about her Aliyah experience.
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 Etai Gilboa, Manager of Investor Affairs
Etai Gilboa brings years of experience in business development, with particular expertise in the life sciences. He specializes in establishing networks and partnerships with global companies and research centers in Israel and abroad.
Previously, Etai served as CEO for medical device company, R&D Supports, and VP business development and COO for Oshfir International Shipping and Custom Agencies. Etai holds a Ph.D. in political science from Haifa University.
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