Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) |
Position |
| Avi Mazaltov |
President, Operations & Infrastructure |
| Avi Wellingstein |
President, Customer Business Division |
| Avinoam Barak |
President, Broadband Wireless Access Division |
| Greg Daily |
President |
| Uzi Breier |
President, Broadband Mobile Unit |
| Efrat Makov |
Chief Financial Officer |
| Mr Roni Haim |
Coo |
| Zeev Roth |
Alvarion's Chief Technology Officer |
| Amir Tirosh |
Vice President, Corp Dev |
| Avi Ravina |
Vice President of Customer Service |
| Benny Glazer |
Vice President |
| Haim Srur |
Vice President, HR |
| Jehuda Haklai |
Vice President, Business Development |
| Mohammad Shakouri |
Corporate Vice President of Marketing |
| Patrick J. Leary |
Assistant Vice President |
| Rudy Leser |
Vice President, Strategy & Marketing |
| Udi Shaked |
Alvarion's Managing Director |
| Jean-Pierre Devieux |
Director, Applications Engineering and Technical S |
| Tomer Horev |
Director, Customer Support Center |
| Adi Shachar |
Manager, Service Contract |
| Oren Gerstner |
Alvarion Professional Education Center |
| Amnon Yacoby |
Director |
| Jasper Bruinzeel |
Director |
Board of Directors
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Alvarion Ltd. |
President, Operations & Infrastructure |
Current |
Avi Wellingstein has recently joined Alvarion as President of the Customer Business Division, bringing to the company years of extensive managerial experience earned while at Comverse. Immediately prior to coming to Alvarion, he led the Comverse InSight Open Services Environment group as vice president and chief commercial officer, responsible for its worldwide business. His previous positions at Comverse included corporate VP and chief procurement officer, a position in which he was in charge of $300M annual expenditures and led the company’s cost trimming campaign and prior to that, managing director of APAC. Before joining Comverse, Mr. Wellingstein fulfilled the role of vice president of sales and marketing of Orbotech Pacific where he led the sales of optical inspection equipment for the printed circuit board industry and LCD manufacturers in the Far East. Mr. Wellingstein earned a bachelors of science in engineering and an MBA in information technology and marketing from Tel-Aviv University.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Alvarion Ltd. |
President, Customer Business Division |
Current |
| Comverse, Inc. |
chief procurement officer |
Former |
| Comverse, Inc. |
Vice President |
Former |
| Apac, Inc. |
managing director |
Former |
| Tel Aviv University |
MBA In Information Technology |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Alvarion Ltd. |
President, Broadband Wireless Access Division |
Current |
| RADVision Ltd. |
General Manager, Technology |
Former |
| RADVision Ltd. |
General Manager, Technology |
Former |
Greg Daily joined Alvarion, Inc., its North American subsidiary, in January 2006 and was named President in August 2006. Mr. Daily brings to Alvarion an 18-year track record, leading venture-backed private companies in general management and executive sales roles. He was most recently President and CEO of Pedestal Networks, a developer of innovative universal broadband solutions. Prior to Pedestal he worked for ten years at ADC Telecommunications, serving in various positions including General Manager of their $200 million Loop Transport Products division, General Manager of its Optical Networking Group, Group Vice-President of North American Sales and other sales management positions. Mr. Daily holds both Master and Bachelor of Science degrees in engineering management and electrical engineering from the University of Missouri at Rolla and is a graduate of the executive development program at the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Alvarion Ltd. |
President, Broadband Mobile Unit |
Current |
Ms. Efrat Makov joined Alvarion in April 2007 as the Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Makov has extensive management experience with Israeli-based NASDAQ-listed companies. Her most recent position, as Chief Financial Officer at Aladdin Knowledge Systems Ltd., included managing the finance, operations, information systems and human resource functions. Prior to that Ms. Makov served as Vice President of Finance at Check Point Software Technologies Ltd., and Director of Finance for NUR Macroprinters Ltd. Ms. Makov also spent seven years in public accounting with Arthur Andersen in New York, London and Tel Aviv. Ms. Makov is a Certified Public Accountant in both Israel and the United States and holds a BA in Accounting and Economics from Tel Aviv University.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Alvarion Ltd. |
Chief Financial Officer |
Current |
| Check Point Software Technologies, Inc. |
Vice President of Finance |
Former |
| Tel Aviv University |
BA In Accounting and Economics |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Alvarion Ltd. |
Alvarion's Chief Technology Officer |
Current |
Amir Tirosh joined the Alvarion management team in January 2007 as Corporate VP of Strategy and Corporate Development, bringing with him over 10 years of impressive experience in management and business development. Before joining Alvarion, Mr. Tirosh worked in M-Systems (NASDAQ: FLSH), which was acquired by SanDisk (NASDAQ: SNDK) in November 2006 for $1.6 Billion, as the Corporate Vice President and General Manager of the Embedded Business Unit, and as the Corporate Vice President of Corporate Business Development, leading all M&A, investment and strategic agreements of the company. Prior to M-Systems, Mr. Tirosh served as the Director of Corporate Business Development at Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., the world's largest generic drug company, where he managed the process of new business opportunities, focusing mainly on M&A and joint ventures. Mr. Tirosh holds a B.Sc. degree in Industrial Engineering and Management from the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, and an MBA from Tel Aviv University.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Alvarion Ltd. |
Vice President, Corp Dev |
Current |
| Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. |
Director of Corporate Business Development |
Former |
| Tel Aviv University |
Bachelors of Science Degree In Industrial Management Engineering |
Former |
| Tel Aviv University |
MBA |
Former |
| Tel Aviv University |
Bachelors of Science Degree In Industrial Management Engineering |
Former |
Mr. Avi Ravina joined Floware as Vice President of Customer Service in 2000, the role he continues to fulfill today in Alvarion. Over the past five years, Mr. Ravina is the driving force behind the growth of the Customer Service department from the dimensions of a start-up to a global corporate organization with 80 professional engineers and technicians worldwide, incorporating a wide range of technical services. Prior to joining Alvarion, Ravina served over 20 years as an officer in the Israeli Air Force. Following a fulfilling army career, Mr. Ravina moved to the civilian sector at Telrad Networks (Israeli subsidiary of Nortel), where he held a project manager position responsible of communications networks establishment global wide, as well as leading R&D special projects. Mr. Ravina received his bachelors and masters of science degrees in Industrial Engineering from Ben Gurion University.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Alvarion Ltd. |
Vice President of Customer Service |
Current |
| Israeli Air Force |
Officer |
Former |
| Nortel |
|
Former |
| Ben-Gurion University of the Negev |
Bachelors and Masters of Science Degrees In |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Celtro, Ltd. |
Executive Vice President, Worldwide Sales |
Current |
| ECtel Ltd. |
Senior Vice President, Sales |
Current |
| Alvarion Ltd. |
Vice President |
Current |
| Tel Aviv University |
M.B.A. degree |
Former |
| Ben-Gurion University of the Negev |
B.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering |
Former |
Since December 2000, Haim Srur has led the Human Resources Department as Vice President throughout the merger of the two companies into Alvarion, and subsequent acquisitions of Innowave and Interwave. In this role, Mr. Srur has concentrated on creating the Alvarion identity as a leader, developing the internal structure that best encourages personal development and growth, and focusing on employee retention. Today, at a level of over 1000 employees worldwide, Mr. Srur is proud of the company's high level of internal promotion and mobility. Previous to Alvarion, he held the position of HR Director of R&D and Operations Division at Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, and prior to that position, he worked an independent consultant in human resources and organizational management to start-up companies. Mr. Srur holds a masters degree in organizational sociology from Bar-Ilan University, Israel.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Innowave Incorporated |
Vice President |
Current |
| Alvarion Ltd. |
Vice President, HR |
Current |
| Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. |
HR Director |
Former |
| Bar-Ilan University |
Masters Degree In Organizational Sociology |
Former |
Joining BreezeCOM as Vice President of Business Development in 2001, Mr. Jehuda Haklai continues to serve Alvarion in the function, however, with a wider vision of a constantly expanding, global entity. The process of refocusing Alvarion from the merger of two early stage companies to become a global market leader in a position for strategic growth acquisitions was the major challenge for Mr. Haklai. He has driven Alvarion to design and implement a growth strategy, identify advanced disruptive technologies and strategic cooperative agreements, and select those prime opportunities for acquisition. Prior to his tenure at Alvarion, he established a start-up company and subsequently sold it to Terayon. In earlier years, he served as Vice President at Elisra, part of Israel's giant Tadiran, heading the division which specializing in naval electronic warfare and was responsible for establishing innovative spin-offs in the commercial market based on military technologies. Mr. Haklai earned both a bachelors and masters degree in electrical engineering from the Technion Israel Institute for Technology.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Alvarion Ltd. |
Vice President, Business Development |
Current |
| Technion-Israel Institute of Technology |
Bachelors and Masters Degree In Electrical Engineering |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Wmif.Com |
Vice President, Alvarion |
Current |
| Alvarion Ltd. |
Corporate Vice President of Marketing |
Current |
| Wimax Forum |
Wimax Forum Board Member and Vice President of Mar |
Current |
| Wimax Forum |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Lucent |
|
Former |
| Wimax.Com, Inc. |
Board Member |
Former |
| Stanford University |
Doctorate In Electrical Engineering |
Former |
Patrick Leary, Alvarion's assistant vice president of marketing for North America, is one of the nation's top authorities and most visionary thinkers on wireless broadband. His ideas, followed by his aggressive evangelism, have literally transformed the license-exempt industry. For example, in 2002 Mr. Leary created the "mixed spectrum" model whereby multiple frequency band cells are symbiotically layered into a network to enable maximum subscriber acquisition and scale. Today, the mixed spectrum architecture has been embraced as a core deployment technique by most unlicensed operators and is central to the product strategies of every major vendor with a North American market. Mr. Leary was also an invited panelist for the prestigious Spectrum Policy Task Force established in 2002 by then FCC Chairman Powell to re-evaluate the nation's spectrum policies. In 2003 Mr. Leary was named "WISP Advocate of the Year" at WISPCON and is an executive committee member of the License Exempt Alliance within the Wireless Communications Association International. Mr. Leary has also guest lectured at academic institutions from Stanford Law School to Virginia Tech. He is a veteran speaker at over 100 spectrum policy symposiums, trade events, and economic development conferences. A key source of industry knowledge for the market's analysts, Mr. Leary has also advised numerous policy think tanks such as the New America Foundation. Entering the industry building major metro fiber optic MANs, Mr. Leary emerged literally from the broadband trenches and now has over 18 years specializing in the physical architecture of networks. Mr. Leary has been dedicated to the wireless side of network infrastructures for nine years, holding executive sales and business development roles with previous firms. He has been involved in the implementation of hundreds of WLANs and WMANs using license exempt bands. Mr. Leary joined Alvarion (formerly BreezeCOM) in mid 1999 where he served for two years as its Southeast U.S. district manager. In 2001 he was promoted to chief evangelist, a position created specifically in recognition of his aggressive advocacy. In 2003 Mr. Leary was again promoted, this time to his current position as assistant vice president of marketing, reporting directly to the president. As assistant vice president of marketing, he is responsible for Alvarion's North American marketing efforts. A passionate champion for wireless broadband, especially in underserved communities, Mr. Leary attended West Los Angeles College and James Madison University and holds a liberal arts degree. He currently resides in the Bay Area of California with his wife and two daughters.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Alvarion Ltd. |
Assistant Vice President |
Current |
| Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University |
|
Current |
| Alvarion Ltd. |
Chief |
Former |
| F.C.C. Co., Ltd. |
Founder |
Former |
| Alvarion Ltd. |
District Manager |
Former |
| Stanford Law School |
Executive |
Former |
| James Madison University |
|
Former |
Mr. Rudy Leser has been a member of Alvarion’s executive management team since 2000, beginning with Floware and continuing in Alvarion. In August 2008 Mr. Leser was appointed Corporate Vice President Strategic Initiatives , to further create and position Alvarion into new major Strategic developments .He previously served as Alvarion’s Corporate Vice President of Strategy and Marketing and was responsible for many activities within the company including overall business strategy, product line management, product marketing, strategic marketing, partnerships and marketing communications. Mr. Leser lead the development and implementation of key business and go-to-market strategies for Alvarion while establishing and executing the company’s product vision and direction, acting as a catalyst for internal changes and business initiatives. Under Mr. Leser’s direction, Alvarion gained market leadership within the WiMAX industry with a continuous market share of over 30%. Mr. Leser is regarded as a visionary within Alvarion and in WiMAX marketplace and was instrumental as one of the most proactive people contributing to the creation of the WiMAX industry worldwide.Prior to Alvarion , Mr. Leser was a prominent leader in the early development of the broadband industry and held a significant roles in the telecommunication industry serving in several managerial positions in telecom companies such as Metalink Broadband Access Ltd.Mr. Leser holds a B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Aerospace Engineering from the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Alvarion Ltd. |
Vice President, Strategy & Marketing |
Current |
| Floware |
Vice President of Business Development |
Former |
| Technion-Israel Institute of Technology |
Masters of Science Degrees In Aerospace Engineering |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Alvarion Ltd. |
Alvarion's Managing Director |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Alvarion Ltd. |
Director, Applications Engineering and Technical S |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Alvarion Ltd. |
Director, Customer Support Center |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Alvarion Ltd. |
Director of Corporate Marketing & Chair Wimax Forum Mwg Events Task Group |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Alvarion Ltd. |
Manager, Service Contract |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Alvarion Ltd. |
Alvarion Professional Education Center |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Aternity, Ltd. |
Chairman |
Current |
| Alvarion Ltd. |
Director |
Current |
| Alvarion Ltd. |
Co-CEO |
Former |
| Aternity, Ltd. |
Founder |
Former |
| Floware |
Founder |
Former |
| Technion-Israel Institute of Technology |
B.Sc. |
Former |
| Technion-Israel Institute of Technology |
Degree |
Former |
Benny Hanigal is one of Sequoia's three Israeli Partners and focuses on components and systems investments in Israel. Prior to joining Sequoia Capital in 2001, he was a Partner in Star Seed, a German - Israeli Venture Fund where he led the investment activities in Israel and abroad. Before establishing Star Seed in 1998, Benny had founded Lannet in 1985 and served as its President and CEO until it merged with Madge Networks in 1995, where he continued to serve as a Senior VP for Product Development and Marketing. In 1993 Benny co-founded BreezeCOM (BRZE) and served as its chairman until 1999. Benny received his EE degree from the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology - in 1971.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Sequoia Capital |
|
Current |
| LanOptics Ltd. |
Chairman of the Board of Directors |
Current |
| Hyperroll, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Alvarion Ltd. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Provigent, Inc. |
Director |
Current |
| Scalemp |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Madge Networks |
CEO |
Former |
| Lannet |
Chief Executive Officer |
Former |
| Madge Networks |
President |
Former |
| Lannet |
President |
Former |
| Product Development Corporation |
Senior Vice President |
Former |
| Madge Networks |
Senior Vice President |
Former |
| Lannet |
Founder |
Former |
| Alvarion Ltd. |
Co-Founder |
Former |
| Star Seed |
Partner |
Former |
| Technion-Israel Institute of Technology |
EE degree |
Former |
Dr. David Kettler joined as a member of our board of directors in May 2004. He provides consulting on telecom and information technology through DAK Solutions, LLC in Atlanta. Previously, Dr. Kettler served as the BellSouth Vice President in charge of the Science & Technology organization and Chief Architect for the BellSouth Network until his retirement at the end of 2000. Prior to BellSouth, Dr. Kettler spent over 15 years at AT&T Bell Laboratories and in Strategic Planning at AT&T Corporate Headquarters. After his retirement from BellSouth he served a few years as Managing Director and General Partner of H.I.G. Capital Management. He has actively contributed to Computer Science & Telecommunications Board Committee Reports on the Internet and Broadband. Dr. Kettler also serves on the College of Computing Advisory Board of Georgia Institute of Technology and numerous research and economic development steering committees. He has proactively engaged university/industry activities, led numerous consortia projects and facilitated the technology transfer from research laboratories toward commercialization. Dr. Kettler is an IEEE Fellow. He earned his BEE, MSEE, and Ph.D.EE from the University of Virginia and is past Chairman of the ECE Industrial Advisory Board and served on the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) Academic Board.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Alvarion Ltd. |
Director |
Current |
| Alcatel |
Director of Operations |
Former |
| San Diego State University |
Mba Degree |
Former |
| Delft University of Technology |
Msee Degree |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Star Ventures |
Managing Partner |
Current |
| Alvarion Ltd. |
Vice Chairman |
Current |
| Star Ventures |
Founder |
Former |
| Identify Software, Ltd. |
Board Member |
Former |
| Chiaro Networks, Inc. |
Board Member |
Former |
| Alvarion Ltd. |
Board of Directors |
Former |
Mr. Oded Eran has served as a member of our board of directors since September 2003. Mr. Eran is a corporate lawyer, who has been a member of the Israeli law firm of Goldfarb, Levy, Eran, Meiri & Co. since 1986. From 1983 to 1986, Mr. Eran was an associate lawyer at the New York law firm of Kronish, Lieb, Weiner & Hellman. Mr. Eran is a member of the Israeli Bar (1981) and the New York Bar (1984). He holds LLB and LLM degrees from the Tel Aviv University Faculty of Law.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| The Goldfarb Corporation |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Alvarion Ltd. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Kronish Lieb Weiner & Hellman Llp |
Associate Lawyer |
Former |
| Tel Aviv University |
Llm Degrees |
Former |
| Tel Aviv University |
Llb |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Alvarion Ltd. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
Professor Raphael Amit has served as one of our external directors since September 2003. He serves on the audit and on the Compensation Nominating and Governance committees. Prior to joining the Alvarion Board, Professor Amit served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Creo Products Inc (NASDAQ: CREO until May 2005). Professor Amit has been the Robert B. Goergen Professor of Entrepreneurship and a Professor of Management at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania since July 1999. Professor Amit also serves as the Academic Director of Wharton’s Goergen Entrepreneurial Management Programs. Prior thereto, Professor Amit was the Peter Wall Distinguished Professor at the Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration, University of British Columbia (UBC), where he was the founding director of the W. Maurice Young Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital Research Center. From 1983 to 1990, Professor Amit served on the faculty of the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University, where he received the J.L. Kellogg Research Professorship and the Richard M. Paget Research Chair in Business Policy. Professor Amit holds B.A. and M.A. degrees in Economics from the Hebrew University and a Ph.D. in Management from the Northwestern University’s J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management. Professor Amit serves on the editorial boards of the Strategic Management Journal and The European Journal of Management. Professor Amit has served as a consultant to a broad range of organizations in North America and Europe on strategic, entrepreneurial management and new venture formation issues.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Alvarion Ltd. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Creo Products Limited |
Chairman of the Board of Directors |
Former |
| Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
M.A. Degrees In Economics |
Former |
| Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
B.A. |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Portview Communications Partners |
Founder |
Current |
| Alvarion Ltd. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Mintera Corporation |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Portview Communications Partners |
Managing Partner |
Former |
| Floware |
External Director |
Former |
| Living Cities |
Director of Capital Formation |
Former |
| Portview Communications Partners |
Member of the Investment Committee |
Former |
| Shearson Lehman |
Investment Banker |
Former |
| Portview Corporation |
|
Former |
| Floware |
Board of Directors |
Former |
| Harvard Business School |
Mba |
Former |
| Radcliffe College |
Bachelors Degree Magna Cum Laude |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Alvarion Ltd. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Alvarion Ltd. |
CEO |
Former |
| ECI Telecom Ltd. |
Vice President of Marketing and Sales |
Former |
| Tel Aviv University |
Masters |
Former |
| London Business School |
masters in science |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Alpha Summit Europe |
|
Current |
| Surf Communication Solutions |
Chairman |
Current |
| Teledata Networks Ltd. |
Chairman of The Board |
Current |
| Alvarion Ltd. |
Board Member |
Current |
| Sequans |
Director |
Current |
| Alvarion Ltd. |
CEO |
Former |
| Floware |
Co-Chief Executive Officer |
Former |
| Tel Aviv University |
MBA Degree |
Former |
| Technion-Israel Institute of Technology |
Bsee and Msee Degrees |
Former |
| Tel Aviv University |
Bsee |
Former |
| Technion-Israel Institute of Technology |
Degree |
Former |
| Tel Aviv University |
Degrees In Electrical Engineering |
Former |
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