Management
	Prior to founding Virtual Ports, Ltd. Mr. Gordin was CEO of Ocean Bricks, a startup which develops a marine infrastructure solutions. He was also involved in international business relationships while at Intel Corporation, where he worked for five years as a software engineer and marketing executive. Mr. Gordin graduated Cum Laude from Hebrew University where he majored in Economics and Computer Science.
	Mr. Heftman is a mechanical engineer with extensive experience in the medical device industry. He has worked for several medical device companies, such as Endogun Medical Systems, where he played a significant role in the development of their products from concept to final production.
	Rob is a native of Richmond, VA and has almost 25 years of experience selling surgical products in the Operating Room with Johnson & Johnson’s Ethicon Endosurgery, Ethicon, Inc., GE Healthcare and Siemens Medical. He was named Salesperson of the Year at Ethicon, coming in first place out of over 500 reps nationwide and finished in the Top 10 for five consecutive years. He negotiated GE’s first Image-Guided Surgery National Account, as the exclusive sole source provider and has been inducted into the Siemens Circle of Excellence. He has managed global and national enterprises, such as Matria Healthcare (Alere LLC), HealthSouth and Kaiser Permanente. During his career, Rob has played an integral role in successfully launching five new start up medical device companies. Rob received his Bachelor of Arts in Communications from the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa.
	Dr. Avidor has worked for Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. a Johnson & Johnson company (serving in his last position as Group Product Director, Global Bariatric Market Development). He is well known for his expertise in business development in the field of laparoscopic instrumentation. Dr. Avidor joined Virtual Ports Ltd. to support the Company's business development, research and development and marketing efforts.
	D. Todd Dollinger is Chairman of The Trendlines Group and Managing Partner of Trendlines Venture Partners L.P. He is a founding partner of Trendlines International Ltd. and launched Trendlines, Inc., a Kansas City-based company providing sales, marketing, consulting and product development services for the American market in 1978. Mr. Dollinger was President and CEO of SRD Medical where he managed private equity placements and all aspects of electronic product development and marketing. Todd majored in psychology at the University of Missouri.
	Mr. Evan (Chaim) Goldman has held numerous legal and business positions for Israeli and U.S. based technology companies and law firms. He received his Master in International Business Law from American University and his Bachelor of Law degree from Hebrew University.
	Dr. Paz is the Head of the Urologic Laparoscopic Service of the Department of Urology, Barzilai Medical Center Hospitals, Ashkelon, Israel. He has provided the technical background and expertise upon which the Virtual Ports' system has been founded.
	Mr. Rhodes is the CEO of the Misgav Technology Center, a life-science accelerator that invests in promising medical device companies. He previously served as Deputy Manager of Bank Leumi International Division in Israel. In 1988 he joined SRD Medical as the company's CFO, later becoming Vice President of Sales and Marketing. In 1993, Rhodes co-founded The Trendlines Group, a leading Israeli Business Development and Marketing consulting firm and, in this capacity, established the Trendlines Israel Fund Venture which, invests in the companies of the Misgav Technology Center, including Virtual Ports. Mr. Rhodes holds a bachelor's degree from Harvard University and an MBA from the University of Chicago.
	R&D
	Mr. Elish has several decades of experience in managing research and development projects. Mr. Elish was head of the Mechanical Research and Development Department at Aran Engineering, a leading engineering company in Israel.
	Mr. Schvartzer is a graduate Cum Laude of the Ben Gurion University of the Negev, where he participated in investigating blood vessel active mechanical properties.
	Mr. Sobol is a graduate Cum Laude of the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, where he participated in an arthroscopy project and was a teaching assistant before working with Virtual Ports.
	Medical Advisors
	Dr. Gossot is thoracic surgeon at the Institut Mutualiste Montsouris hospital in Paris, France. His primary clinical focus is development of advanced thoracic endoscopic techniques. Dr. Gossot is faculty member of WebSurg. He has published more than 120 papers and is a member of the editorial board of Surgical Endoscopy.
	Dr. Mintz is the Director of the Robotic Assisted Surgery Program at Hadassah Medical Center, Jerusalem. He is an innovator surgeon who leads the development of Single Port Surgery, Robotic Assisted Surgery and NOTES in Israel. He is a member of the NOTES taskforce and the Technology committees of SAGES.
	Dr. Swanstrom is head of the surgery department at Legacy Emanuel and Good Samaritan hospitals in Portland, Oregon. His primary clinical focus is the development of advanced laparoscopic procedures. Dr. Swanstrom has published more than 40 papers and edited three books, and he is a world renowned researcher and innovator in the field of minimally invasive surgery.
	Dr. Szold founded and served as past President of the Israeli Society of Endoscopic Surgery. He is an Assistant Professor of Surgery at Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University and member of the Technology Committee, European Society for Endoscopic Surgery.
	Business Advisors
	Donna Edmonds brings over 30 years of experience in both the provider and the industry side of the healthcare business. Ms. Edmonds industry experience includes eight years with Baxter International, Diagnostics and Cardiovascular groups, the last four as a Vice President at the group level. Ms. Edmonds was the Senior Vice President, Market and Business Development for the Cardiovascular Strategic Business Unit of Inverness Medical Innovations, a public company with then over $500 million in revenue, following the acquisition of VC-backed Ischemia Technologies in 2005 where she held a similar position. In December 2005 Ms. Edmonds organized the financing for and became the COO and SVP for Market Development for VC-backed Vital Sensors, Inc, which is commercializing a sensor-based cardiac pressure monitor. In October of 2007 Ms. Edmonds accepted responsibility for the continued launch and management of the Virginia Biosciences Commercialization Center and became the Executive Director of the Center.