Rami Malachi (born 1970) is an IDF officer in the reserves with the rank of Brigadier General of the Lotem unit.^[1][2] He served as commander of the Lotem Unit for Telecommunications and Information Technology in the Computer Service Directorate.^[3]

Malachi was born in Haifa and studied at the Reali School. He enlisted in the IDF in 1991, after completing his studies in electrical engineering at Technion. He later earned an MBA from Tel Aviv University and an MA in political science from the University of Haifa.^[4]

In the IDF, he served in a wide variety of positions in the fields of development of communication systems, computer systems and command and control systems. In 2008, he was promoted to colonel and appointed head of the Digital Ground Forces Technical Directorate (בראשי תיבות: צי"ד). In 2011, he was appointed Director of ICT Systems in the Ground Forces, and then went to study at the National Security College. In 2014, he was appointed Weapons Chief in the Computer and IT Directorate.^[4]

In 2016, he was promoted to Brigadier-General and was given command of the Lotem unit. In 2016, Malachi, together with a team from the IDF, Maf'at and Elbit Systems, won the Israel Defense Prize for their contribution to the development of the "ZID" system.^[5][2] In November 2019, he left his position and retired from the IDF.

After his retirement, he was appointed VP Strategic R&D and Synergy at Elbit Systems.^[2]