Eli Gimmon is a Japanese culture enthusiast since his first visit to Japan in early 1990s. Then he joined the Israel-Japan chamber of friendship and for many years he has been a member of the Chamber’s steering committee.
Eli is currently a full professor of management and Dean of Engineering at Shenkar College in Israel with focus on teaching and research of innovation and entrepreneurship. He received Ph.D. in entrepreneurship at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland (2006). MBA earned at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York (1979) and B.Sc. at the Technion in Haifa, Israel (1976).
Eli is emeritus professor at Tel-Hai University where he had founded the entrepreneurship and innovation center. His expertise in entrepreneurship and innovation emerged from extensive field experience, including co-founding two American–Israeli IT companies. Before he had practiced managerial duties for 13 years at the multinational electronic corporation Elbit Systems Ltd in Haifa.