Ran Poliakine

Ran Poliakine
Born	25 October 1967 Jerusalem, Israel
Residence	Motza Illit
Nationality	Israeli
Education	Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design
Occupation	Entrepreneur Founder of Powermat

Ran Poliakine (Hebrew: רן פוליאקין) is an Israeli businessman, the founder of Powermat Technologies. Poliakine is a serial entrepreneur, inventor and industrial designer.

Poliakine was born in 1967 and grew up in Jerusalem, Israel. He is the second born of four children. He attended Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design and pursued industrial design studies. Poliakine lives in Israel with his wife and five children. He is the son of Miron Poliakine, an architect born in Egypt and Nira Poliakine, a psychologist born in Israel.

Poliakine has founded several companies.

In 2007, Poliakine founded Powermat Technologies, a company that utilized inductive charging technology to develop wireless power solutions. In 2011, General Motors announced that the 2013 Chevrolet Volt would incorporate the Powermat technology. In March 2012, Powermat teamed with Procter & Gamble to form the Power Matters Alliance.Duracell, General Motors, Starbucks, Flextronics, and AT&T all adopted the Powermat technology.

In 2009, Poliakine formed Wellsense. Wellsense developed the world’s first bedsore monitoring system. He met with Amir Ben-Shalom and developed a real-time bedside pressure sensing mat and technology, the Monitor Alert Protect (MAP) system. The MAP system continuously monitors a patient to display potential development of high-pressure points that lead to bedsores and pressure ulcers. Wellsense MAP system and technology is utilized in major hospitals throughout the world and in the United States including the Cleveland Clinic, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston Methodist Hospital and Kentucky’s Jewish Hospital.

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