About Cupron

One of Cupron's priorities is to develop and test bioactive fibers in a variety of fields, including healthcare, industrial, military and consumer industries. Utilizing the unique qualities of copper, Cupron's patented technology adds a broad-spectrum anti-microbial compound to protect a wide range of Cupron fiber products. Cupron's technological breakthrough enables these qualities to be exploited in a cost effective manner in a wide variety of new products.

Tests conducted in independent testing laboratories have demonstrated product efficacy in deactivation of a wide variety of microorganisms. Cupron's proprietary copper oxide compound is natural and long lasting and is biocompatible for non-intrusive medical devices.

Who We Are

Cupron Senior Management.

 

Danny Lustiger, President and CEO

15 years of experience in high tech and industrial business and managment. Education: Stanford University, CA. Graduate School of Business; Tel Aviv University, MBA in Finance and International Management and B.A. in Accounting and Economics. Most recent positions: Deputy CEO & CFO of Shikun & Binui Holding Company Ltd. (TASE), one of Israel’s largest companies with total revenues around $1 billion. CFO of Optibase Ltd (NASDAQ). President of Optibase Inc (CA).

Jeffrey S. Gabbay, Founder and CTO

Mr. Gabbay studied textile engineering and has a background in finance from New York University. He has thirty years of experience in hi-tech fibers and textiles, a background, which afforded the unique, multifaceted approach needed to develop the Cupron technology. For the past twenty years, Mr. Gabbay has served as a technical consultant and representative of Springs Industries and Burlington Industries, Inc., the two largest textile companies in the U.S. and as an independent consultant to military establishments in numerous countries. He has served as an advisor to a number of countries over his 30 year career in military and technical textiles.  Mr. Gabbay has spearheaded the development of Cupron's technology and product line. With a team of textile and mechanical engineers, he has engineered, designed, and built the pilot system for upgrading to mass production.

Dafna Gabbay, VP Marketing

Dafna spent 5 years in New York working in advertising agencies on global brands such as Motorola and IBM. Prior she worked as a manager at Ernst & Young (Israel) for 4 years. Dafna holds an Executive M.S. in Marketing from Baruch College and an LL.B. from the The Law Faculty in the Hebrew University.

Gadi Borkow, Ph.D., Virologist and Chief Medical Scientist

Dr. Gadi Borkow obtained his Ph.D. degree on Biochemistry from the Tel Aviv University, Israel on 1994. His post-doctoral studies were conducted at McGill University AIDS Centre between 1994 to 1997, during which he specialized on Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 (HIV-1).

In 1998 Dr. Borkow joined the Hebrew University Institute of Clinical Immunology and AIDS Center, where he studied virological and immunological aspects of HIV-1 infection. Since 2002 Dr. Borkow is the Chief Medical Scientist of Cupron. Dr. Borkow also teaches virology at the Hebrew University in Israel. Dr. Borkow is the inventor of 7 patents, has published over 85 peer reviewed manuscripts in scientific journals, and his studies have been presented in more than 80 scientific conferences. Dr. Borkow serves on the Editorial Board of the Open Biology Journal and as a reviewer of several chemical and biological scientific journals and granting organizations, including the USA National Institute of Health (NIH).

Tom Page , VP for Environmental and Regulatory Affairs

Tom Page , VP for Environmental and Regulatory Affairs, comes to Cupron from a position as an attorney at the largest Washington, DC law firm, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr, a federal appellate clerkship with Judge Carlos F. Lucero, and a fellowship to study European and French law at the University of Paris.  In addition to his work for Cupron, he has taught environmental and public health law at the Faculty of Law at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and has lectured and published in those fields.

Mark Faber, Chief Operating Officer

Mr. Faber holds a BA in Intl. History and Msc in Mangement both from the London School of Economics & Political Science. For the past 10 years both in Israel and the US, he has worked as a management consultant and executive aiding companies improve their operational efficiency and profitability in a variety of industries, as well as working with enterprise software companies to develop hi-tech solutions to supply chain and other operational problems. Most recently, Mr. Faber spent 4 years as COO and CIO of Marc Ecko Enterprises, a $1.2 billion design, wholesale and retail apparel and youth lifestyle company.