Uri is a seasoned entrepreneur in the hi-tech industry with over 17 years of management and R&D experience.

Prior to founding Safer Place, Uri founded and served as the CEO and VP R&D of AIseek, who pioneered and introduced the world’s first hardware accelerated Artificial Intelligence for video games. Prior to AIseek, Uri worked as a System Architect at Pulsicom Technology developing the world’s most accurate real-time location system, based on a groundbreaking usage of ultra-wideband technologies in unlicensed bands.

Uri held several other multidisciplinary R&D positions working on projects ranging from chip design for one of the first ADSL modems to software management of client-server web applications.

Uri holds a B.Sc in Electrical Engineering suma cum laude from the Technion’s (Israeli Institute of Technology in Haifa) prestigious “Excellence” program for exceptional students. Uri also won the Fintzi award for outstanding achievements.

Uri is a major (ret) of the IDF Core of Engineers, R&D department.