Ziv Avtalyon

Head of the Technology Division, Technology and Logistics Directorate, Ground Forces

Military Service

  • 2017 – Present Day: Head of the Technology Division, Ground Forces.
  • 2016 – 2017: Head of the TLD – Ground Forces Merging Management.
  • 2014 – 2016: Head of the Combat Equipment Center.
  • 2013 – 2014: Student National Security College.
  • 2011 – 2013: Head of the Planning & Organization Department, TLD.
  • 2009 – 2011: Head of the Assemblies Plant, MRC.
  • 2007 – 2009: Head of the Planning Branch, GFHQ.
  • 2006 – 2007: Head of the Resource Consumption & Economic Provision Branch, Ground Forces Technology Division.
  • 2004 – 2006: Head of the Planning & Doctrine Branch, GF Technology Division.
  • 2001 – 2004: Aide–de–camp to the Head of the TLD.
  • 1998 – 2001: Head of the Coordination & Inspection Section, MRC.
  • 1994 – 1998: Workshop commander at the MRC (Maintenance & Refurbishment Center).
  • 1992 – 1994: Instructor (Platoon Commander) in the Tank Commanders’ Course at the Armor School.

Education

Academic:

  • B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering from the Israel Institute of Technology
  • M.A. in Business Management from Bar–Ilan University
  • M.A. in Political Science in Haifa University
  • Alumnus of Public Administrative Studies from Harvard University

Military:

  • Armor Officers’ course
  • Ordnance Officers’ course
  • National security course

Spoken Languages

Hebrew, English