People

We have ties & relationships with stakeholders in world's leading companies as well as small innovative organizations in key sectors of innovation. We have partnered so far with teams in Europe, the United States and Israel who are keen on to work on developing projects and bringing innovative solutions directly to the market. We’re currently exploring new partnerships in new regions.
Elie Berdugo
Elie is passionate about helping partners to manage the development of global innovative solutions, with always a “souci” of excellence, his unique French touch.
Elie has joined Ernst & Young in 2005 to coordinate European R&D projects activities in Europe and in the US. He has lead a center of excellence managing global innovative projects from initiation to completion. During the last 12 years, Elie has played a major role in several medium and large scale collaborative projects. Elie is also an active member in technology platforms, and European Commission review panels.
Elie left Ernst & Young in the last quarter of 2011 to dedicate his time to his new business development scheme, The Open Innovation Platform.
Prior to joining Ernst & Young, Elie served as a managing director at ARTTIC (Applied Research Transfer Technology Industrial Collaboration) and developed the Israeli branch of this European consultancy agency (2001-2005). Before his experience at ARTTIC, Elie was in charge of strategic management advisory at L'Oreal Israel.
Elie holds a Post-MBA in Communication, an MBA, and a BA in Economics from Paris-Dauphine University, France.
Outside of work, Elie is a big fan of interior design. He is also a tennis coach getting inspiration from Roger Federer.