From the Technion to Toronto
Dekel graduated in computer engineering from the Technion in Israel in 1986, following his father, who studied architecture there. He moved to Toronto with his young family in 1988.1
Building early 3D and navigation systems
ClaroNav lists a long run of firsts he led or helped lead, beginning with an interactive medical 3D visualization system in 1985 and the first commercial surgical navigation system in 1992.2
With Claudio Gatti he developed the Viewing Wand at ISG Technologies, a CT-based neurosurgery navigation system cleared by the FDA in 1994.3
Claron Technology and ClaroNav
Dekel and Gatti founded Claron Technology in 2001 and grew it on its own profits, without venture funding. After Lexmark bought the company's non-navigation divisions in 2015, the remaining business became ClaroNav.3
He is now co-CEO and security officer of ClaroNav, and he has served on the board of Technion Canada.4,1
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Photo: ClaroNav, Doron Dekel.
