Management

Uri Picciotto

Uri Picciotto

General Manager
Mr. Picciotto was appointed as the GII’s General Manager in July 2015. Uri started his career in the Geophysical Institute of Israel in 1989 as a Geophysical Observer. Over time, he was promoted to Senior Observer and Head of Recording Department roles. During international seismic projects, Uri was the Technical Liaison between clients and the GII.
  • MBA from the Center of Academic Studies, Israel
  • BA in Business Management from Derby University, UK
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Dr. Uri Frieslander

Dr. Uri Frieslander

Head of Applied Geophysics Division
Dr. Frieslander’s experience covers more than 35 years of national and international seismic data acquisition and processing. He joined the GII in 1980 as a Seismic Analyst in the Data Processing Division. Since then he has served as a Senior Analyst, Deputy Head and then Head of Data Processing, Head of Seismic Data Acquisition Division, Deputy General Manager and 11.5 years as the General Manager of the GII until June 2015. Dr. Frieslander was appointed Head of Applied Geophysics division in April 2017.
  • Ph.D. Geophysics, Institute of Earth Sciences, Hebrew University, Jerusalem
  • M.Sc. Geophysics, Dept. Of Geophysics and Planetary Sciences, Tel‑Aviv University, Tel Aviv
  • B.Sc. Geology, Dept. of Geology, Hebrew University, Jerusalem
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Alon Talmor

Alon Talmor

Risk Manager, Pricing and Budget control
Mr. Talmor began his career at GII in 2012 as the pricing and budget controller. In 2015 Alon was appointed as the GII's Enterprise Risk Manager. Alon is responsible for pricing GII’s local and international projects, and monitoring the day to day budget. Mr. Talmor brings with him extensive experience as a senior financial analyst in various companies from different markets and industries. 
  • MBA, Peres Academic Center, Israel
  • BA, Economics and Management, College of Management, Israel
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Amnon Shlomo

Amnon Shlomo

Head of Data Acquisition and Operations

Mr. Shlomo brings over 20 years of experience to his position as Head of the Data Acquisition and Operations department. Starting his career as a seismic observer in 1986, Amnon has held several positions including Party Chief and Operations Manager in international seismic acquisition projects.

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