Dr. Yoav Kimchy Founded Check-Cap Ltd. in April 2004 and has been its Chief Technology Officer and Director since April 2009. Dr. Kimchy founded Check-Cap LLC in December 2004 and served as its President and Chief Executive Officer until March 2008 and as its President and Chief Technical Officer since March 2008. From 2005 to 2012, Dr. Kimchy also served as Vice President of Research and Development at CheckCap Ltd. From 2000 to 2003, Dr. Kimchy served as the Vice President of Research and Development of V-Target Ltd. From 1998 to 2000, Dr. Kimchy served as Director of Cardiovascular Research at Impulse Dynamics Ltd. (Israel), a medical device company developing a unique therapeutic pulsing technology for chronic heart failure. From 1994 to 1998, Dr. Kimchy served as a systems engineer and algorithm specialist for an Israeli government contract project with the Israeli Navy. Dr. Kimchy also served as a lieutenant in the Israeli Navy. Dr. Kimchy served as Director of Check-Cap Ltd. (Delaware), the manager of Check-Cap LLC, from December 2004 to December 01, 2015. Dr. Kimchy holds a B.Sc. degree in physics and mathematics from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, an M.Sc. degree in biomedical engineering from Tel Aviv University and a PhD from the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology.