Informing
Policy
for Progress

Gilead Fortuna

Senior Research Fellow
Industry
Specializations:

Strategic planning, R&D and manufacturing

Education:

PhD Chemical Engineering, University of Illinois

MSc Chemical Engineering, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology

BSc Chemical Engineering, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology

Specializations:

Strategic planning, R&D and manufacturing

About

Dr. Gilead Fortuna is a Senior Research Fellow and the Founder and Head of the Center for Industrial Excellence at the Neaman Institute Committed to enhancing the veteran industry, the center, under his leadership, fosters improved collaborations with academia, implements industry 4.0 technologies, and strengthens ties with the hi-tech sector. The vision is smart, productive, and globally competitive, and green, providing good employment to everyone. Driven by a vision of a smart, productive, globally competitive, and environmentally friendly industry, the initiative aims to generate substantial employment opportunities. He has a BSc and MSc in Chemical Engineering from Technion and a PhD in Chemical Engineering from the University of Illinois and a graduate of the AMP program at HBS. He has extensive industrial management experience in diverse sectors. He was the Senior VP at Rafael, CEO of Tami-IMI, CEO of Fertilizers and Chemicals and VP of BD of Teva Pharmaceuticals. He is the Founder of Aquise, a leading water company and Novetide, a peptide company.  He is a member of the Technion Board of Governors and was until recently a member of the Technion Council.

Publications
Opinions / Commentary
Projects
May 2024

Israelis in Berlin: Community in the Making

Shuki (Joshua) Stauber, Gilead Fortuna, Sybil Heilbrun

May 2024

Sustainable Developmentent

Ofira Ayalon, Revital (Tali) Tal, Tal Goldrath, Gilead Fortuna, Tzipi Eshet, Tammy Trop, Naama Shapira, Idan Liebes, Maayan Zerbib Tsion, Daniel Madar, Adi Wolfson, Vered Eyal-Saldinger, Hagit Snir-Salinger, Dan Tchernov, Amos Tendler, Yael Kakhal, Noam Mozes, Efrat Kerem, Yael Rosenfeld

May 2024

Innovation – Environmental Technologies

Ofira Ayalon, Gilead Fortuna, Idan Liebes, Shiri Freund-Koren, Gershon Grossman, Avi Temkin, Miriam Lev-On, Perry Lev-On, Efrat Elimelech, Haim Zaban, Eliezer Fruchter, Michal Nachmany, Tal Goldrath, Daphne Getz, Vered Gilad, Eran Leck, Yifaat Baron, Yitzhak Goren, Eli Israeli, Yoram Avnimelech, Yaron Arnon, Noam Gressel, Mordechai Shechter

May 2024

Agriculture

Ofira Ayalon, Yoram Avnimelech, Liron Amdur, Haim Zaban, Miriam Lev-On, Perry Lev-On, Eliezer Fruchter, Tzipi Eshet, Yaarit Licht, Tammy Trop, Idan Liebes, Maayan Zerbib Tsion, Efrat Kerem, Dan Tchernov, Amos Tendler, Yael Kakhal, Noam Mozes, Gilead Fortuna, Shiri Freund-Koren, Noa Feller, Ehud Gelb

Factories in Haifa Bay
May 2024

Issues for Formulating a Metropolitan Plan in the North

Arnon Bentur, Amnon Frenkel, Dan Chemansky, Emil Israel, Eran Leck, Maria Marinov, Tamar Dayan, Avigdor Zonnenshain, Yehuda Hayuth, Gilead Fortuna, Omri Rand

Press room
January 2012

The water of tomorrow

Gilead Fortuna, Shiri Freund-Koren

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