Yishay Dotan

Yishay Dotan was born in 1946 in Yad Mordechai

Yishay Dotan was born in 1946 in Kibbutz Yad Mordechai. He studied mechanical engineering at the Technion and holds an MBA from Tel Aviv University.

He joined the IDF in 1964 and served in the Combat Engineering Corps. He helped build the army's river crossing force and fought in the Six-Day War and the Yom Kippur War. During the Suez Canal crossing he set up a pontoon bridge and later took command of Battalion 601, whose commanders had been hit.

He later served as Northern Command engineering officer, head of the military engineering school, Chief Engineering Officer from 1989 to 1992 and chief of staff of the Home Front Command. He left regular service in 1995.

In civilian life he was a vice president at Amdocs. In 2002 he became CEO of NTA and resigned in June 2010. He also chaired public inquiries into bridge collapses, including the 1997 Maccabiah disaster.

In 2012 he was elected head of the Engineering Corps association. His daughter is the actress and singer Roni Dotan.