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Under Israeli law, the board has the responsibility of supervising the company's
management of the company's business, including reviewing the company's financial
statements. For information regarding the various committees, please refer to Investor
Relations/General/Committees
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Dr. Orna Berry
Executive Chairperson
Dr. Orna Berry is the former Chief Scientist of the State of Israel, who
was responsible for implementing government policy for industrial R&D
in Israel. Dr. Berry co-founded ORNET Data Communication Technologies Ltd
and managed the sale of ORNET to Siemens. Dr Berry is also known for her
significant technological contributions to the local area network (LAN)
industry. She served as the Chief Scientist of Fibronics, where her design
and implementation work became international standards (IEEE 802.1, 802.5).
She also served as a senior research engineer in companies such as IBM
and UNISYS, and a consultant to Intel.
Dr Berry received her Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of
Southern California and M.A. and B.A. degrees in Statistics and Mathematics
from Tel Aviv and Haifa Universities. She is a frequent lecturer on "High-Tech" and
globalization in Israel, Europe and the United States.
Member of the Remunerations Committee
Chairman of the Nominations Committee |
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Mr. Peter Sprague
Non-executive Director
Peter is Chairman of WaveXpress Inc., a majority-owned subsidiary of Wave
Systems Corp. (NASDAQ:WAVX), itself a public company of which Peter was
the founder and Chairman between 1988 and 2003. WaveXpress enables secure
broadband distribution of premium digital content. Peter is also a director
of SemEquip Inc., an R&D company developing ion implantation equipment
for the semiconductor industry, and was previously a director of uWink
Inc., which markets and develops entertainment software. Between 1965 and
1995 Peter was Chairman of the National Semiconductor Corporation. Peter
has also held positions as Chairman of Aston Martin Limited, Design Research
and Advent Corporation. Peter graduated from Yale University with a BA
in Political Science, followed by graduate work at MIT and Columbia.
Member of the Audit Committee
Member of the Nominations Committee
Member of the Remunerations Committee |
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Mr. Rami Guzman
Non-executive Director
Mr. Rami Guzman has held various executive positions at Motorola Inc. and
Motorola Israel Ltd since joining them in 1985. He also had responsibilities
for business development and was intensely active in industry-wide government
relations and legislation.
Mr. Guzman is an executive member of the Board of Mobat, Afcon Industries,
Taldor Communications and Discount Management of Provident Funds Ltd. Prior
to joining Motorola, Mr. Guzman worked for the Ministry of Finance first
as senior assistant and deputy to the Director of the Budget and then as
government-wide MIS and IT Commissioner.
Mr. Guzman has a BA in Economics (1963) and an MA in Business and Public
Administration (1969) from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He was a
Research Fellow at Stanford University and Stanford Research Institute,
California, USA, and has completed Ph.D. studies at the Hebrew University
of Jerusalem.
Chairman of the Audit Committee
Chairman of the Remunerations Committee
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Mr. Johannes Streng
Non-executive Director
Hans was appointed CEO of the autonomous business group Philips Software
in July 2003. In addition he holds positions as Director of Philips Crypto
B.V., as a member of the management board of Philips Digital Networks and
is a Vice President of Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV. Prior to joining
Philips, Hans was VP of Barconet NV (now part of Scientific Atlanta, Inc)
and CEO of Barconet's Broadband Division following Barconet's acquisition
of The Industree BV, a company of which Hans was the founder and CEO. The
Industree BV was a leading broadband data communications company based
in Eindhoven. Prior to this, Hans was VP of Business Development at Simac
Techniek NV, a leading Dutch system integrator serving most countries in
Western Europe.
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Mr. Shailendra Jain
Board Observer
Mr. Jain served as the CEO and Executive Director of Adamind since its formation in November 2004 through September 2007 while completing its sale. Mr. Jain has 8 years of experience in communications
and media as well as initialization and management of new businesses. He
comes to Adamind from Philips following the merger between Emblaze Transcoding
and Philips MP4Net where he was acting as the General Manager and Chief
Operating Officer, leading the division's activity. Prior to joining Philips,
Mr. Jain was General Manager and Vice President of New Media & Internet
Services at Wave Systems Corporation in Massachusetts, USA. Before this,
in 1996, Mr. Jain co-founded Galapagos Software, a company dedicated to
developing technologies for Internet data management. In between, Mr. Jain
was also involved in a number of pioneering start-up companies including
VZ Corporation and Serius Corporation (later acquired by Novel).
Shailendra Jain studied at the University of Utah, USA and obtained a Bachelor's and a Master's
degree in Computer Science.
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