Dr. Ahmi Ben-Yehudah is the Business Development advisor at ALYNnovation. He assists the startups partnered with ALYNnovation to reach their POC, as well as securing R&D funding. Prior to his position at ALYNnovation, he was the VP Medical Operations at TakaroTech, responsible for the development of Qni, a para-medical treatment device for the use in physical therapy and occupational therapy. Dr. Ben-Yehudah held the position of Director of Biomedical research at the Israeli Ministry of Science and Technology (2011-2013) and the Director of Research Administration at the Chief Scientist office in the Israeli Ministry of Health (2013-2017). Later, Dr. Ben-Yehudah was the CEO of Mehayom, the Israeli forum for healthy life style and diabetes prevention (2017-2018). Dr. Ben-Yehudah holds a PhD in Biochemistry from the Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel. He conducted his post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. He received both his BSc (Biology) and MSc (Biotechnology) from the Hebrew University, Jerusalem. Dr. Ben-Yehudah volunteers at Yahel, a non-profit foundation assisting family members of those coping with psychiatric conditions.