Management

 Uzi Ish-Hurwitz, Chairman

Uzi has more than 30 years experience in management of high technology companies. Presently engaged in distressed M&A of high-tech companies and sale of technology assets. Among the senior positions he held are: 

• CEO and Chairman of the Board, Shira Computers Ltd., Israel
  Shira specialized in development of software products for the pre-print market.
• Executive VP and Member of the Board
  Neuromedical Systems, Inc.,  New York – a NASDAQ, medical device technology company and CEO of its Israeli R&D and manufacturing subsidiary.
• Co-founder and President, Indigo Graphic Systems Ltd. (IGS), Israel
  IGS developed, manufactured and sold the world’s first wide-format high-speed plotters and engineering reprographics systems for engineering applications.
• VP Operations, Scitex Corporation Ltd.,  Israel
  Scitex developed, manufactured, marketed and serviced imaging systems used in the printing, publishing, printed circuit board manufacturing, cartographic and energy exploration industries. Built, led and managed the R&D, manufacturing, engineering, customer support, logistics, facilities, management information systems and quality assurance groups. IPO in 1980.

He holds MSc and BSc degrees, both in electrical engineering and both from the Technion. He is a graduate of the London Business School and Harvard Business School senior management programs.

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 Ofir Perl, Founder and CEO

Ofir has five years experience managing and leading large-scale development projects in telecommunications and signal processing, from idea-stage to completion. He served as an officer (Captain) in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) where he was responsible for several systems engineering projects involving state-of-the-art communications and computing technology. Prior to founding APM, Ofir worked at RAD Data Communications in pre-sales as a developer and integrator. Ofir holds MBA and BSc degrees, both from Tel Aviv University, the latter with majors in communications, signal processing and bio-medicine. He lived for six years with his family in Belgium during which he had the opportunity to become familiar with the diverse multinational mix making up the new Europe.

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 Yossi Zlotnick, Co-founder and CTO

Yossi has five years experience managing and leading large-scale development projects in telecommunications and signal processing, from idea-stage to completion. He was a Captain during his military service with the IDF, working on the same projects and with the same levels of responsibilities as APM Co-founder Ofir Perl. 

Yossi was admitted to the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology’s prestigious Excellence Program that enables exceptional students to “learn differently” and to think “outside the box”. He earned a BSc (Summa Cum Laude) from the Technion and an MSc (with honors) from Tel Aviv University, both degrees in electrical engineering. He specialized in high-diversity MIMO channel coding.

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 Yossi Rahima, CFO
           
Yossi is an accomplished business and financial consultant with over 25 years' experience providing strategic and fiscal planning services to leading high technology companies in Israel.
He served as CFO at Zend Technologies, Xmpie, M.C.M. Environmental Technologies, and Ornet NeuroVision and Light Instruments Ltd., and as a consultant to Clal Industries, ICl, Indigo, the Aurec Group and the Strauss-Elite Group. Mr. Rahima was previously the Head of Business Planning and Reporting at Scitex Corporation Ltd., where he designed and implemented systematic planning procedures and was responsible for annual corporate budgets, monitoring worldwide subsidiaries, raising funds for R&D and investment activities, and implementing performance measurement systems. Early in his career Yossi was the senior manager of Tadiran’s Home Appliances Division.

Yossi holds an MBA in Finance and Human Resources and a BA in Economics and Social Sciences, both from The Hebrew University, Jerusalem.

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 Avishai Bartov, VP Research & Development

Avishai has extensive experience leading and managing multidisciplinary R & D –groups responsible for creating innovative applications and products, most recently as a director in Applied Material in the fields of CAD, image processing and SEM imaging. He has hands-on experience defining technical concepts as well as market requirements, and is a holder of a number of patents.

Avishai earned a BSc (Cum Laude) from the Technion and an MSc from Tel Aviv University, both degrees in electrical engineering. He also holds a graduate diploma in business administration from the University of Bradford (UK).

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 Tal Laufer, VP Operations

Tal's background includes nine years service in the Office of the Prime Minister, two of them in diplomatic assignments abroad. He has successfully managed large teams executing difficult and complex projects and involving professionals drawn from multiple disciplines. Tal is a graduate of the Executive International Masters Program in Commercial Law (LL.M magna cum laude), offered by The Buchmann Faculty of Law at Tel Aviv University in collaboration with the Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California at Berkley, USA, and is a member of the Bar in Israel. Tal also holds BA (with Honors) in Government from The Interdisciplinary Center Herzlia (IDC).