Bio.

Brigadier General (ret.) Barouch Matzliach is a PhD student at the industrial engineering department in Tel-Aviv University, in the Laboratory of Machine learning, AI and Business Data Analytics (LAMBDA). He holds a B.Sc. in mechanical engineering and M.Sc. in industrial engineering, both in Tel-Aviv University.

He has served in the IDF for 30 years. During his service he specialized in developing and manufacturing land combat systems.

Matzliach, the chief engineer of Merkava tank project, received the Israel Defense Award for developing 'Meil Ruach' – an active protection system of combat vehicles. In 2013, he was promoted to Brigadier General Rank and served for five years, as the head of the Merkava & Armored Vehicles program in the Ministry of Defense.