Gidi Kahana, CEO

Gidi is an experienced manager in the high-tech field, with background in both the chemical and life-science industries.  He is the co-founder of SteadyMed Ltd., a technology-based drug-delivery company, and was the Managing Director of an innovative company specializing in novel delivery mechanisms for oral probiotics (Novobiotec Ltd.), prior to its sale to a US company.  Gidi has extensive background in dry-powders and in commercializing novel technology-based processes.     

Ian Solomon, Business Development

Ian is a serial entrepreneur in the high-tech field, specializing in drug packaging and drug delivery.  As co-founder of the Profile Group of companies, in recent years he has been involved in the establishment and commercial development of drug-delivery companies in the parenteral, nasal and pulmonary fields.  Ian is leading the market definition and industry contacts for Aespira. 
 
Prof. Dan Adler, Technology

Prof. Dan Adler is a co-founder of Aespira Ltd., and an international expert in airflow design and an Emeritus Professor at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. His specialization is the theoretical, numerical and experimental investigation of flow, heat and mass transfer, related to turbomachines and jet engines; the development of flow field and pressure measurement techniques in rotating passages; and digital simulation of gas turbines and jet engines. His professional appointments have included being a Professor of Aeronautics at The U.S. Naval Graduate School, and being a consultant to major international turbine companies including General Dynamics, Pratt & Whitney, McDonnell-Douglas and Cummins Engines Co. He has been the director of the Turbomachinery Laboratory at the Technion since 1970.