Shlomo (Tom) Wyler serves as a President, Chief Executive Officer and member of the Board of Directors. He has served as Chairman of the Board of Directors from September 2001 to September 2009. Since his investment in us in September 2001 (then through Festin Management Corp.), Mr. Wyler has served in various senior executive positions. Through the Festin Group, of which he is a co-owner, Mr. Wyler has had substantial stakes in several public companies in Switzerland. His other areas of involvement include investment banking, foreign exchange, financial futures and real-estate. Mr. Wyler holds a Masters degree in Business Economics from the University of Zurich.
Alex Hilman serves as Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors since September 2009. He has joined the board of directors in February 2002. Mr. Hilman is a partner in Hilman & Co., which provides auditing, tax and business consulting services to corporations. Mr. Hilman was the President of the Israeli Institute of Certified Public Accountants in Israel, served on the board of IFAC, and is a member of the Small & Medium Practices committee in IFAC. Mr. Hilman has published professional works on tax and accounting, among them, The Israel Tax Guide, and in the past was an editor at Globes, a leading Israeli financial daily paper. Mr. Hilman has also held professional and management positions at the Ministry of Finance. Mr. Hilman holds a B.A. in Accountancy and Economics from Tel-Aviv University.
Mr. Itzik Wulkan joined our board of directors in December 2007. Mr. Itzik Wulkan is currently an entrepreneur of telecommunication companies. Previously Mr. Wulkan has served for two years as Vice President Business Development Wireless at Audiocodes. Prior to this, Mr. Wulkan acted as Vice President Business Development of the MMA group at Comverse. Mr. Wulkan holds a Master in Business Administration from Tel-Aviv University and a B.Sc. in Electrical engineering from the Technion Technological Institute.
Orli Garti-Seroussi joined our board of directors in February 2008. Ms. Garti-Seroussi has been involved in implementing public policy for the past 20 years. She is currently the Director of the Bureau of Municipal Corporations at the Municipality of Tel-Aviv Jaffa. Between 1999 and 2001 Ms. Garti-Seroussi was the Director of the Consulting Department at the Shif-Hazenfrats & Associations CPA firm. Prior to this, she served as the Deputy Director Market Regulation Division and as the C.P.A Corporate Division at Israel Securities Authority (ISA) and as the Auditor at the Supervision and Inspection Division of the Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange. Ms. Garti-Seroussi holds a Master in Public Administration from Harvard University, a Master in Business Administration from Tel-Aviv University Recanati School of Business, a Diploma in Law Enforcement for Senior Executive in the Public Sector and a B.A. in Accounting and Economics from Tel-Aviv University.
Dana Tamir-Tavor joined the board of directors in September 2000. Presently Ms. Tamir is serving as the Chief of Staff of the VAS Group in Comverse. From January 1997 to May 2000, Ms. Tamir served as the Chief Executive Officer of Qronus, Inc., a company that was spun off by Mercury Interactive. Prior to that Ms. Tamir managed and executed large-scale Command Control & Communication real-time systems for the Military and Homeland Security industries in Israel and Europe for NESS Technologies.
Danny Lustiger joined our board of directors on October 2009. Mr. Lustiger is an independent consultant and has over 15 years of experience in various aspects of Hi-Tech industry at senior positions together with Real estate and infrastructure industries, experience at senior position in public companies. From 2007 until 2009, Mr. Lustiger served as the Chief Financial officer of Shikun & Binui Holdings Ltd. From 1996 and until 2005, Mr. Lustiger served at different managerial positions at Optibase including Chief Financial Officer. From 1993 to 1996 Mr. Lustiger held the position of an accountant and auditor at Igal Brightman & Co. (currently Brightman Almagor & Co., a member of Deloitte & Touche Tomatsu International). Mr. Lustiger is a Certified Public Accountant in Israel. Mr. Lustiger holds a B.A. degree in Accounting and Economics and an MBA in Finance and International management from the Tel-Aviv University. |