Additive manufacturing and 3D printing technology company Stratasys has appointed Yoav Zeif as the company’s new chief executive, effective Feb. 18, 2020. Current Interim CEO Elchanan Jaglom will continue in his role as chairman, the company said in a statement.

Mr. Zeif was president of the Americas Division, head of Product Offering and chief commercial officer at micro-irrigation company Netafim, from 2013 to 2018. Prior to that, he was senior vice president of Products and Marketing at Makhteshim. Since 2018, Mr. Zeif has been a partner in the New York office of McKinsey.

Mr. Zeif obtained an Executive MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and a Ph.D. in International Economics from Bar-Ilan University.

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