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Yoni Cheifetz, Chairman of the Earnix Board; Partner, Lightspeed Ventures
Mr. Cheifetz has close to four years of venture capital experience and over sixteen years of operating & entrepreneurial experience. Prior to joining Lightspeed Venture Partners, he was a partner with Star Ventures a leading Israeli venture capital fund, investing in Aeroscout, Kabira, Mercado, Sandlinks, Sheer Networks (acq. by Cisco) and Teneros. Before joining Star Ventures, Mr. Cheifetz was an entrepreneur for many years serving as founder, CEO, Chairman and investor in several software companies, including: Demantra (acq. by Baan and Oracle), Agentics (acq. by Mercado), Earnix, Traiana and others. Previously, he ran product mgmt. and bus. dev. for Click Software [CKSW]. Mr. Cheifetz holds a M.Sc. in Math & Computer Science. from the Weizmann Inst. of Science and a B.Sc. in Applied Mathematics from the Tel-Aviv University. |
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David Schapiro, CEO
A visionary and seasoned executive in the field of business software solutions, Mr. Schapiro has over 20 years of marketing, technology and business experience in senior management positions.
Prior to Earnix, Mr. Schapiro served as Executive Vice President of Markets and Products at ClickSoftware (NASDAQ: CKSW), where he was also a key factor in driving the company from its founding, through an IPO, to the position of leading provider of Service Optimization Solutions.
Mr. Schapiro is well versed in growing software companies in dynamic markets. He has consulted for numerous venture capital funds and leading startup companies where he helped define the marketing, product, and overall business strategy. Prior to his position at ClickSoftware Mr. Schapiro held management and development positions at Applied Materials, Scitex, and Control Data Corporation.
Mr. Schapiro holds a Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics and Computer Science from Tel-Aviv University, and a Master’s in Computer Science from Bar-Ilan University.
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Shai Beilis, Managing Partner, Formula Ventures
Mr. Beilis has over 25 years of top executive experience in the IT sector. During this period he has served as Chairman or Director of the boards of more than sixty IT firms. He is a board member of several Formula Ventures' portfolio companies. Mr. Beilis also serves as the Chairman of the Formula Ventures Ltd., the fund's general partner and of Formula Vertex UK Ltd., which manages a technology portfolio for UBS in Europe.
Prior to joining Formula Ventures, Mr. Beilis was CEO of Argotec Ltd., where he was responsible for initiating, overseeing and managing the investments of Formula Systems. He was the Chairman of Crystal Systems Solutions and Wiztec Solutions, both of which conducted successful public offerings on NASDAQ.
Prior to his association with Argotec, Mr. Beilis held executive positions in several leading Israeli IT firms. As CEO of Clal Computers and Technology he was responsible for investments in such companies as Malam, Geo Interactive and Ornet. At Digitial Equipment Corporation, he established and managed DECsys, a unique software subsidiary. As CEO of Yael Software and Services Ltd., he led the growth of the company from a small 10 employee firm to 300 professionals, the second largest software house in Israel (in 1985).
Mr. Beilis holds an M.Sc. in Computer Science from the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel and a B.Sc., cum laude, in Mathematics and Economics from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Israel. |
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Sammy Krikler, CTO
Mr. Krikler has extensive experience in research and development in the financial markets. During the 90's he worked as R&D manager of Eventus R&D, leading a highly qualified group of mathematicians, statisticians, economists and software engineers in the development of mathematical models for forecasting, derivatives pricing and risk management of financial markets. Mr. Krikler hold a Master's degree in Statistics from the Jerusalem Hebrew University. |
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Eitan Bauch CEO, JVP Studio JVP
Mr. Bauch is an entrepreneur with extensive experience in the management of technology companies in various stages of development. Most recently he was Vice President of F5's (NASDAQ: FFIV) Security Business Unit. Prior to F5, Mr. Bauch was the CEO of MagniFire, a JVP portfolio company in the security space, which was acquired by F5 in June 2004 after a successful strategic redirection initiated and led by Mr. Bauch. Previously he held a variety of senior positions in international technology companies, including as CEO of Tundo, a VOIP company.
Mr. Bauch has a proven track record of cross border strategic leadership and an in-depth understanding of the key elements and processes that are critical to the success of young start-up companies.
Mr. Bauch holds a BA in Economics and Business Administration from the University of Haifa. |
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Graham Masters
Mr. Masters served as Head of Pricing for the Winterthur Insurance Group, now part of the AXA Group. In this capacity, Mr. Masters was responsible for formulating pricing policies, instituting best practices, and implementing innovative solutions throughout the group's non-life subsidiaries worldwide. Prior to Winterthur, Mr. Masters was Head of Pricing for Schemes and Corporate Partnerships at Norwich Union. He joined Norwich Union's following the acquisition of the London and Edinburgh Insurance Company, where he was responsible for all aspects of the Personal Lines business. Mr. Masters is a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries. |
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Kevin Sinclair
Mr. Sinclair is Managing Director of underwriting agency iPrism, founded by a team of well-known insurance executives to offers brokers an alternative channel for commercial lines SME business. Before joining iPrism, Mr. Sinclair was Managing Director of AA Insurance, Great Britain's largest independent home and car insurance broker, prior to the company’s £6bn merger with Saga. Previously, Mr. Sinclair held various posts including Director of Marketing and Underwriting at AXA and Director of Underwriting at Guardian Direct. |
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Professor Ya'acov Ritov
Professor Ritov is an established expert in Mathematical Statistics, specializing in asymptotic theory, semi-parametric models; statistical analysis of stochastic processes; survival analysis; change detection, and signal processing. Over the past 20 years, Prof. Ritov has published over 70 papers and monographs in statistics. Prof. Ritov is a former associate editor of the Annals of Statistics and a former chairman of the Department of Statistics at the Hebrew University. He is a fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics, and co-Author of "Efficient and Adaptive Estimation for Semi Parametric Models" (Springer, New York). |
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