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Board of Directors Biographies
Listed below are the biographies of the Directors and Executive Officers:
Benny Hanigal, Chairman of the Board of EZchip
Benny Hanigal has served as the Chairman of our Board of Directors since December 2007, and as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of EZchip Technologies since December 2006. Since August 2001, Mr. Hanigal has been a partner in Sequoia Capital Venture Fund. In 1985, Mr. Hanigal founded Lannet Ltd., of which Mr. Hanigal served as President and Chief Executive Officer until 1995. In 1995, Lannet was acquired by Madge Networks N.V., which thereafter employed Mr. Hanigal until he left in June 1997. From January 1998 until 2001, Mr. Hanigal served as a managing director of a company that manages one of the Star funds. Mr. Hanigal also serves as a director of Alvarion Ltd. Mr. Hanigal holds a B.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering from the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology.
Eli Fruchter, President and CEO of EZchip
Eli Fruchter serves as the President and Chief Executive Officer of EZchip Technologies, a position that he has held since EZchip Technologies' inception in May 1999, and has served as a director of our company since its inception and Chairman of our Board of Directors from December 2006 until December 2007. Mr. Fruchter co-founded our company and from 1990 to 1999 he served as our General Manager and the Chairman of our Board of Directors. Prior to that, he was also among the founders of Adacom Technologies Ltd., a manufacturer of data communications products. Mr. Fruchter holds a B.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering from the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology.
Shai Saul
Shai Saul is a General Partner with DFJ Tamir Fishman Ventures, which he co-founded in 1999. In 2001, he acted as CEO for the leading home IPTV networking chip vendor CopperGate Communications, where he also acted as Chairman of the Board from 2000 until its 2009 acquisition by Sigma Designs (NASDAQ: SIGM). From 1994 to 1999 he acted as Executive Vice President for Aladdin Knowledge Systems (NASDAQ: ALDN, acquired by SafeNet), a leading provider of digital security solutions. From 1993 to 1994 he was the CEO of cleantech vendor Ganot. His current board positions include IP service optimization vendor Allot Communications (NASDAQ ticker: ALLT) and visual search innovator SuperFish, among others. His past investments and board positions include metro Ethernet access equipment provider Native Networks (acquired by Alcatel), scale-out computing fabrics provider Voltaire (NASDAQ: VOLT, acquired by Mellanox) and Wave Systems (NASDAQ: WAVX), leading provider of software for hardware-based trusted computing. Mr. Saul holds an LL.B. from Tel Aviv University.
Ran Giladi
Prof. Ran Giladi has served as a director of our company since December 2001. Prof. Giladi is a faculty member of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beersheba, where he founded and was the Head of the Department of Communication Systems Engineering from 1992 until 2000. Prof. Giladi was the active Chairman of DiskSites, Inc., which was acquired by Expand Networks Ltd. in 2006. Prof. Giladi co-founded InfoCyclone Inc. and was President and Chief Executive Officer from 2000 until 2002. Prof. Giladi co-founded Ramir Ltd., which was later acquired by Harris-Adacom, and served as Vice President Research & Development in both companies from 1984 until 1986. Prof. Giladi holds a B.Sc. degree in Physics and M.Sc. degree in Biomedical Engineering, both from the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, and a Ph.D. in Computers and Information Systems from Tel-Aviv University.
Karen Sarid
Karen Sarid has served as a director of our company since December 2001 and is a member of our Audit Committee. Ms. Sarid serves as President and General Manager of Syneron Medical Israel since 2009. Ms. Sarid served as the General Manager of Galil Medical Israel from 2007 to 2009. Prior to that and from 2005, Ms. Sarid served as a General Manager of Orex Computed Radiography Ltd., a Kodak Company focusing on radiography systems for the digital x-ray market. Prior thereto and from September 2000, Ms. Sarid held the position of Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer at Orex Computed Radiography Ltd. From September 1999 until September 2000, Ms. Sarid was Chief Financial Officer and a member of the Board of Directors of Forsoft Ltd., a software solutions provider and a subsidiary of the Formula Group. From 1996 until August 1999, Ms. Sarid was Chief Financial Officer and a member of the Board of Directors of ESC Medical Systems Ltd., a medical laser manufacturer that is traded on the NASDAQ Stock Market. Ms. Sarid was Chief Financial Officer of our company from 1993 through 1996. Ms. Sarid also serves as a director of Oridion Systems Ltd. and Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. Ms. Sarid holds a B.A. degree in Economics and Accounting from Haifa University, and was awarded the Chief Financial Officer of the Year award in 1998 by the Association of Chief Financial Officers in Israel.
David Schlachet
David Schlachet has served as director of our company since September 2005 and is a member of our Audit Committee. Mr. Schlachet served as Chief Executive Officer of Syneron Medical Ltd. from November 2005 to May 2007, after having served as its Chief Financial Officer from July 2004 to November 2005. From January 2000 to June 2004, Mr. Schlachet served as Managing Partner of Biocom, a venture capital fund specializing in life sciences. From 1995 to 2000, Mr. Schlachet served as a senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Strauss Elite Holdings, a packaged food group. Mr. Schlachet also served as an active Chairman of Elite Industries Ltd. From 1988 to 1995, Mr. Schlachet served first as Chief Executive Officer of Yeda, the Weizmann Institute technology transfer company, and later as Vice President of Finance and Administration of the Weizmann Institute of Science. Mr. Schlachet serves as a director of Syneron Medical Ltd., a NASDAQ-listed company, and is a director of Adgar Investment and Development Ltd., BioCancell Therapeutic Inc., Mazor Surgical Technology Ltd. and Taya Investment Company Ltd., which are traded on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange. Mr. Schlachet also serves as a director and audit committee member of the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange and two private startup companies. Mr. Schlachet holds a B.Sc. degree in chemical engineering and an M.B.A. from Tel-Aviv University.
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