Our Team

Dr. Dolev Rafaeli assumed the duties of President Chief Executive Officer, and vice-Chairman of the board on October 30, 2023. Dr. Rafaeli has over 30 years of experience in the healthcare, medical device, consumer and industrial services fields. He served as the President and CEO of Strata Skin Sciences between 2018-2021. He was a Member of the Board of Directors of the company that founded the XTRAC business (which was sold to Strata Skin Sciences in 2015), PhotoMedex Inc. (Nasdaq: PHMD), between 2011 and 2017. Under his management at PhotoMedex, he oversaw sales growth from $19 million to over $300 million, driven by increases in brand portfolio, distribution channels and M&A transactions, and the creation of the unique Direct-to-Consumer go-to-market strategies that drove that growth. He was President and CEO of Radiancy, a subsidiary of PhotoMedex, from 2006 to 2017. He also served as General Manager of Orbotech in China and Hong Kong, and held senior positions at Motorola. Dr. Rafaeli holds a Ph.D. in Business Administration from Century University, an MBA (with distinction) from Cornell University, a Masters Degree in Operations Management and a B.Sc. in Industrial Engineering and Management (both Summa Cum Laude) from the Technion Israel Institute of Technology.

Mr. Gillings serves as VP Finance of Strata Skin Sciences. Prior to joining Strata, Mr. Gillings worked in private equity with Accelmed Partners, a middle market investment firm focused on medical device companies. Previously, he headed investor relations for Apollo Endosurgery and was a publishing equity research analyst at JMP Securities, where he covered the MedTech/Medical Devices sector. He holds undergraduate and masters degrees in accounting from the University of Utah and a masters in finance from London Business School.

Shmuel Gov is the Company’s Chief Operating Officer managing the company operations, including Manufacturing, Field Service, R&D, QARA and Value Added Services (Call center and Reimbursement department). In addition to those responsibilities, he is also responsible for the business development and marketing functions and Clinical Support. He joined the Company in 2015 as Vice President and General Manager. He has over 25 years of experience in medical device manufacturing, logistics, and R&D. He holds degrees in electronics engineering and international business management.

Dr. Uri Geiger has served as Managing Partner of Accelmed, a private equity investment firm he co-founded in 2009 focused on medical device companies. He currently serves as Strata’s Chairman of the Board of Directors. Prior to founding Accelmed, Dr. Geiger served as the CEO of Exalenz Bioscience Ltd., a medical technology company, from May 2006 until December 2008. Prior to that, Dr. Geiger co-founded and was the CEO of GalayOr Networks, a developer of optical components from 2001 until 2003. Dr. Geiger was also the founding partner of Dragon Variation Fund in 2000, one of Israel's first hedge funds, which was sold to Migdal in 2007. Dr. Geiger worked on Wall Street during the 1990s, where he gained a broad understanding of and significant experience in capital markets. Dr. Geiger was formerly an adjunct professor at Tel Aviv University's Recanati School of Business where he lectured on private equity and venture capital and authored the books "Startup Companies and Venture Capital" and "From Concept to Wall Street." He earned his doctorate from New York’s Columbia University Center for Law & Economics, where he majored in global equity markets. Uri Geiger brings extensive entrepreneurial, management and investment know-how having created and built many successful medical device enterprises. Dr. Geiger served as Chairman and Board member of over 30 medical device companies including a number of NASDAQ listed companies.

Christina Allgeier is a finance consultant with Danforth Advisors and has over 24 years of experience in the life sciences and medical device industries. Ms. Allgeier previously served as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer from November 2015 through December 31, 2017 and remained a consultant to the Company through March 31, 2018. Ms. Allgeier joined the Company when the Company acquired the XTRAC business from PhotoMedex, where she had been the Chief Accounting Officer. Ms. Allgeier is a Certified Public Accountant in Pennsylvania and holds a BS degree in accounting from Penn State University. We believe Ms. Allgeier’s qualifications to serve on our Board of Directors include her extensive experience in the medical device industry, specifically the XTRAC, and her significant SEC experience.

Shmuel (Samuel) Rubinstein became a director of the Company effective May 29, 2018. Mr. Rubinstein has served for over 20 years as the Chief Executive Officer and General Manager of Taro Pharmaceuticals Industries, a NASDAQ traded dermatology company. Under his management, Taro grew to become a multinational company with over 1,000 employees worldwide and turnover of close to $450 million. In 2003, Mr. Rubinstein received the Exceptional Industrialist award. During these years he also finished an International Marketing Course at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Mr. Rubinstein serves as a board member in Clal Biotechnology Industries, Trima Pharma, Kamada, and KSDG. Previously on the board of Exalenz, Medison Biotech and is a consultant to Sol-Gel Pharma. Mr. Rubinstein is also a director at the Medical Research Fund near The Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center and The National Authority for Yiddish Culture. We believe Mr. Rubinstein's qualifications to serve on the Board of Directors include his wealth of knowledge and industry expertise in finance, investment banking, mergers and acquisitions, equity research and investment management experience in the dermatology industry.

Dr. Yaniv has more than 25 years of experience in the venture capital, pharmaceutical and MedTech industries. As a senior manager, skilled physician, and experienced board member, she possesses a highly developed combination of leadership, decision making and business skills. Dr. Yaniv has served as partner at Accelmed since 2012, and serves as a Director or a Chairperson of a few of Accelmed's Innovative portfolio companies. In 2020, Dr. Yaniv co-founded Almeda Ventures (TASE: AMDA) , and currently serves as the CEO of the fund.

Dr. Yaniv holds an MD degree from the Ben-Gurion University and an MBA from the Recanati Business School at Tel Aviv University.