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Li Carmel
joined us in November 2009 and serves as Vice President of Human Resources. Li brings with her more than ten years of
experience in Human Resources management positions in the Hi-
Tech industry. She served as VP of Human Resources at Surf Communications
Ltd., as Human Resources Manager at Radware Ltd., and held HR positions at Nice Systems Ltd. and Orbotech Ltd. Li holds a B.A in
Psychology and Philosophy, and an M.B.A. from Tel-Aviv University.
Arik Czerniak
was elected director in December 2009. Arik is a veteran internet entrepreneur and a founder of several consumer
focused internet startups. He spent 4 years as founding CEO of Metacafe Inc., one of the world’
s largest privately held video sites, with 50
million monthly visitors. Before becoming an entrepreneur, Arik spent 10 years in the Israeli Air Force -
first studying for a BA in mathematics,
physics and computer sciences at the Talpiot R&D officers project, and later serving as a fighter pilot. Arik also holds an MBA in finance and
banking.
Tamar Gottlieb
has served as our director since 2001 and became Chair of the Board of Directors on February 3, 2006, the closing date
of our initial public offering. She is a Managing Director of Harvest Capital Markets Ltd., an investment banking and financial consulting firm
that she founded in January 2001. Prior to 2001, Ms. Gottlieb held Managing Director or Senior Manager positions in several investment
banking institutions, including Investec Clali
Management & Underwriting Ltd. (from July 1997 to January 2001), Oscar Gruss (1996) Ltd.
(from February 1996 to May 1997) and Leumi & Co. Investment Bankers Ltd. (from 1980 to 1991). From August 1991 to June 1994,
Ms. Gottlieb served as the Founding Managing Director of Maalot The Israeli Securities Rating Company Ltd., Israel’
s first credit rating
agency. She currently serves as a board member of several Israeli public and private companies, including Emilia Development Ltd., Leumi
Mortgage Bank Ltd., N.R. Spuntech Industries Ltd. and Reit 1 Ltd. In the past she has also served as a director of, among others, El Al Israeli
Airlines Ltd. and “Dan”
the Company for Public Transport Ltd. Ms. Gottlieb has a B.A. in international relations from the Hebrew University of
Jerusalem and an M.A. in economics from Indiana University.
Yuval Hamudot
is our Chief Operating Officer(COO) and Chief Technology Officer .(CTO) Yuval was appointed COO in March
2010 and has been CTO since March 2007. As CTO, Yuval is responsible for the technological design and development of our products and
online system. In that capacity he manages our research and development team as well as our quality assurance and information technology
departments. As COO, Yuval is also responsible for business intelligence and customer support. Yuval joined us in 2000, and since 2003, and
until his recent appointment, was Vice President
Research and Development. Prior to joining us, Mr. Hamudot worked for two years in the
research and development at Commonsense Ltd., a software company that outsourced hi-
end technology solutions. Mr. Hamudot served in the
IDF computer unit ("Mamram") and has a B.Sc. in Computer Science from Tel Aviv University and an M.B.A. from Bar-Ilan University .
Jeff Holzmann
was engaged as Executive Vice President and General Manager of IncrediMail USA in April 2006. Prior to joining
IncrediMail Mr. Holzmann was the CEO of Genius Technologies, a high tech venture capital fund. Mr. Holzmann also served as the CEO of
GREY Interactive in Israel, an interactive advertising agency, as Vice Chairman of the board of M.L.L Software (TASE:MLL), an Israeli
publicly traded IT software company, and a director with a venture capital fund at Koor Technologies (NYSE:KOR), an Israeli publicly traded
holding company. Mr. Holzmann is a certified systems analyst and holds a B.A in Business Administration and Information Technologies from
the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya.
David Jutkowitz was elected to serve as an “external director”
at our shareholders meeting on December 27, 2007. David Jutkowitz
serves as a director of Arad Investment and Industrial Development since 2006. From 2001 until October 2007, Mr. Jutkowitz has served as an
external director of Carmel Investment Group Ltd., and was a member of the audit, investment and portfolio committees of Carmel Investment
Group Ltd. Between 2000 and 2003, Mr. Jutkowitz held the position of CEO at BXS Ltd., where his responsibilities included managing all
stages in development of the business, including the raising of funds from investors and building a local and international distribution. From
1995 until 2002, Mr. Jutkowitz held the position of CEO at E.L. Advanced Science Ltd., where his responsibilities included identifying and
acquiring appropriate companies and taking an active part in the management of such companies. From 1976 to 2001, Mr. Jutkowitz held the
position of CFO at Etz Lavud Ltd.
Yacov Kaufman
was engaged to serve as our Chief Financial Officer in 2005. From 1996 to November 2005, Mr. Kaufman was the
Chief Financial Officer of Data Systems & Software Inc. (OTCBB: DSSI.OB) that, through its subsidiaries, provides software consulting and
development services and serves as an authorized dealer and a value-added-
reseller of computer hardware. At Data Systems, Mr. Kaufman
established and subsequently managed the accounting and financial departments of the company and its subsidiaries. His responsibilities
included financial analysis and implementation of procedures for internal control over financial reporting. Mr. Kaufman also served as the
comptroller of dsIT Technologies Ltd., a subsidiary of Data Systems since 1986, and as its Chief Financial Officer since 1990. From 1993 to
1999, Mr. Kaufman served as a director of Tower Semiconductor Ltd. (Nasdaq: TSEM), an integrated circuits manufacturer and then subsidiary
of Data Systems & Software Inc. Mr. Kaufman is an Israeli Certified Public Accountant and has a B.A. in accounting and economics from the
Hebrew University of Jerusalem and an M.B.A. in business finance from Bar-Ilan University.
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