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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
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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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Shailendra Jain
Board Observer
Mr. Jain served as the CEO of Adamind since its formation in November 2004 through 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 Master's degree in Computer Science.
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