# Opher Flohr

> Opher Flohr is the chief executive of Taranis, the Westfield, Indiana-based crop-intelligence company that uses automated aerial imagery and artificial intelligence to help agronomists and growers spot field problems early. An EY and Cyren finance veteran, Flohr joined Taranis as CFO in 2019, added operating responsibility, and became CEO in April 2023. His public case for agricultural AI is deliberately economic: the technology earns trust when timely, leaf-level evidence helps a farmer avoid a needless input, protect yield, or direct scarce attention to the right acres.

- **Role:** Chief Executive Officer at Taranis
- **Organizations:** Taranis, Cyren, EY
- **Education:** Tel Aviv University
- **Known for:** Advanced from Taranis CFO to combined CFO and COO, then to CEO in April 2023., Helped lead Taranis as it expanded its crop-intelligence service across millions of acres and operated in the United States, Israel and Brazil., Made agricultural retail partners central to Taranis's commercial strategy and oversaw a multi-year collaboration with Syngenta.

## Career timeline

- **2009-2014** — Worked at EY, progressing to manager.
- **2014-2017** — Served as corporate controller at cloud-security company Cyren.
- **2017-2019** — Served as vice president of finance at Cyren.
- **2019-2020** — Joined Taranis as chief financial officer.
- **2020-2023** — Combined chief operating officer and chief financial officer responsibilities at Taranis.
- **2023** — Appointed chief executive officer of Taranis in April.
- **2024** — Led Taranis into a multi-year collaboration with Syngenta focused on AI-supported agronomic decisions for U.S. retail partners.
- **2026** — Outlined Taranis's crop-intelligence economics and adoption strategy in a March interview with Investment Reports.

## Achievements

- Advanced from Taranis CFO to combined CFO and COO, then to CEO in April 2023.
- Helped lead Taranis as it expanded its crop-intelligence service across millions of acres and operated in the United States, Israel and Brazil.
- Made agricultural retail partners central to Taranis's commercial strategy and oversaw a multi-year collaboration with Syngenta.
- Championed the use of automated aerial imaging and AI to connect leaf-level crop symptoms with timely agronomic decisions.
- Promoted conservation services designed to connect precise agricultural practices with applicable USDA program funding.

## Latest updates

- **2026-03** — In an Investment Reports interview, Flohr described farm profitability pressure, Taranis's automated drone-to-AI workflow, and consistency, trust and economic value as the three requirements for digital-agriculture adoption.
- **2026-02** — Flohr amplified Taranis's inclusion in the 2026 THRIVE Top 50 AgTech Report and the company's focus on measurable, real-time crop intelligence.
- **2024-10** — Announced a multi-year collaboration with Syngenta intended to support faster crop-input and farm-management decisions for U.S. agricultural retailers and growers.

## Links

- Website: https://www.taranis.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/opher-flohr-18983947
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/TaranisAg
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/taranisvisual/

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Last updated: 2026-09-27