• Veteran IT executive with over 25 years of management and investments experience
• A recognized thought leader in the software and VC space
• Co-Founded Viola Group and Carmel Ventures along with Shlomo Dovrat in the year 2000
• Served as an active Chairman of Actimize Ltd. from 2001 and until it was sold to NICE Systems Ltd. (NASDAQ: NICE) in July 2007 for $280 million on the verge of its IPO
• Served as an active director on the boards of Tecnomatix (until it was sold to UGS in 2005 for $230 million) and MINT and Decalog, two successful financial software companies
• Served as CFO of Oshap (1994-1999), an active software investment company, playing a key role in the sale of the Company to SunGard for $220 million in 1999
• Served as CEO and President of MINT Technologies, a provider of intelligent application integration solutions for financial institutions (1984-1994)
• Consistent track record of successfully taking Israeli companies to the global stage, helping their market penetration and generating significant shareholders value
• Major contribution to three Fin-Tech success stories & exits: Mint, Decalog and Actimize.
• A lecturer at Kellogg Recanati Executive MBA Program – “VC –What’s it all about” course

Boards:

• OpTier, Oversi, Clarizen, SundaySky, Payoneer, TradAir, Actimize (acquired by NICE)
• Member of the VC Committee of the Israel Advanced Technology Industries

Community Outreach:

• Co-Founder and active board member of TZEVA, an educational non-profit organization, which operates enrichment centers for underprivileged children by volunteers, and is primarily backed by the Israeli VC and High-Tech community.
• Member of the Board of Directors of the Center for Educational Technology (CET).

Recognition:

• Granted the Management Excellence Award of The Hi-Tech CEOs' forum of The Israel Management Center (IMC), in the Category of leading Venture Capital Investor for 2007.