Mr. Itzhak Almog
Chairman of the Board and Audit Committee
Mr. Itzhak Almog has been a member of our Board of Directors
since May 18, 2006, and is our Chairman of the Board and Audit Committee.
From 2002 to present
Mr. Almog is
an independent business consultant, specializing in
international marketing and management. From 1993 to
2002 Mr. Almog has been the President and CEO of Comverge
Control Systems Ltd., an Israel based start up company,
which developed innovative solutions for Electric Utilities.
From
1990 to 1993 Mr. Almog has been the President of Tasco
Electronic Services, Inc., a US based Hi-Tech company,
specializing in Automatic Test machines for commercial
and military Aviation. Mr. Almog was an officer with
the rank of Rear Admiral in the Israel Defense Forces
and served in various commanding posts in the Israeli
Navy. In 1980 Mr. Almog received a BA in Modern Middle
East History and Economics from the Tel Aviv University
in Tel Aviv. In 1984 Mr. Almog received
a Master of Business Administration from the Tel Aviv
University in Tel Aviv.
Mr. Guy Nissenson
President & CEO
Mr. Guy Nissenson has been XFONE's President, Chief
Executive Officer, and Director since its inception.
Mr. Nissenson joined Swiftnet, Ltd. in October 1999
and became a Director of Swiftnet,
Ltd. in May 2000 and later its Managing Director in
October 2003. He was a marketing manager of RADA Electronics
Industries in Israel from May 1997 to October 1998.
Mr. Nissenson was an audit
and control officer with the rank of Lieutenant of the
Israeli Defense Forces - Central Drafting Base and other
posts from March 1993 to May 1997. In July 2000, Guy
Nissenson received a Bachelor
of Science Degree in Business Management from Kings
College - University of London and in September 2001,
received a Master of Business Administration (MBA) in
International Business
from Royal Holloway at the University of London in London,
United Kingdom.
Mr. Shemer Schwartz
Audit Committee Member
Mr. Shemer Schwartz has been a member of our Board of
Directors since December 19, 2002
and is a member of the Audit Commitee. From March 2003
to present, Mr. Schwartz has been the
co-founder and research and development expert of XIV
Ltd., a data storage start up company located in Tel-Aviv,
Israel. From November 2001 to March 2003, Mr. Schwartz
has been an Application Team Leader of RF Waves, an
Israel based high technology company in the field of
wireless communication. From 1996 to 2001, Mr. Schwartz
was a Captain in the Research and Development Center
of the Israeli Defense Forces Intelligence. In July
1995, Mr. Schwartz received a BSc degree in Physics
and Mathematics from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem.
In September 2003, Mr. Schwartz received an MSc degree
in Computer science from the Tel-Aviv University in
Tel-Aviv, Israel.
Mr. Israel Singer
Audit Committee Member
Mr. Israel Singer is the managing director of the
academic center "Raanana College" in Israel and an
elected member of the Ramat Gan City council. During the
years 2004-2005 Mr. Singer was a consultant to the
Education Committee of the "Israeli Knesset" (the
Israeli Parliament). From 1985 to 2003, Mr. Singer was
the principal of the "Blich High School" in Ramat Gan.
From 1992 to 1998 Mr. Singer was a member of the board
of directors of Rada Electronic Industries Ltd. In 1973,
Mr. Singer received a B.Sc in Physics from the Tel Aviv
University in Tel Aviv, Israel. In 1978, Mr. Singer
received an M.Sc in High - Energy Physics from the Tel
Aviv University in Tel Aviv, Israel.
Niv Krikov
Chief Financial Officer, Xfone Inc.
Mr. Krikov, prior to joining the Company in
March 2007, held the following financial and
accounting positions: Corporate Controller of Nur
Macroprinter Ltd., a publicly traded company (OTCBB:
NURMF.PK) acting as a manufacturer of wide format
digital printers, where Mr. Krikov was responsible,
among other duties, for the preparation of all
financial reports (2005 to March 2007); Controller and
later Credit and Revenues Manager of Alvarion Ltd.
(NASDAQ: ALVR) (2002 to 2005); Certified public
accountant at the Israeli public accounting firm of
Kost Forer Gabbay & Kasierer, an affiliate of the
international public accounting firm Ernst & Young
(1997 to 2001). Mr. Krikov holds a B.A. degree in
Economics and Accounting from the Tel Aviv University
and is
licensed as a CPA in Israel. Mr. Krikov also
holds a LL.M degree from the Faculty of Law at the
Bar
Ilan University.
Mr. Arie Rosenfeld
Member, Board of Directors
Mr. Rosenfeld is currently the Chairman of Software Imaging Ltd., a UK-based company specializing in software tools for printer drivers and controllers, and is a managing partner in DOR Ventures, S.A. a Brussels-based venture capital fund. From 1997 to 2007, he served as Chairman of XAAR plc, an international provider of ink jet technologies to the industrial printing market. During his tenure at XAAR , revenues increased significantly. From 1988 to 1995, Mr. Rosenfeld served as President, CEO and as a director of Scitex Corp. Ltd, a multinational company providing visual information communication products for the graphic arts and digital printing industries. Mr. Rosenfeld has also served on the boards of Creo Products, Inc.; Tecnomatix Technologies Ltd; and AVT Ltd. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in electronics engineering from the Technion, Haifa, Israel and holds his MBA from INSEAD, Fontainebleu, France.
Dr. Timothy M. Farrar
Member, Board of Directors
Dr. Timothy M. Farrar has been a member of our Board of Directors since December 27, 2010 and is an independent director. Since 2002, Dr. Farrar has served as the President of Telecom, Media and Finance Associates, Inc., a consulting and research firm specializing in telecommunications strategy and market analysis. Since 2006, Dr. Farrar has also served as the President of the Mobile Satellite Users Association, an industry association in satellite communications. From 1995 to 2002, Dr. Farrar was a consultant holding progressively more senior roles at Analysys Consulting, a telecom strategy consultancy based in the UK. He led the expansion of Analysys into the US, setting up their first US office in the San Francisco Bay Area in 1999, and developing a multi-million dollar stream of new business in the US between 1997 and 2002. Prior to joining Analysys, he worked as a system engineer for Smith System Engineering in the UK from 1993 to 1995, specifying and developing a range of simulations, databases and data communications software for various government agencies. Dr. Farrar has a MA in Mathematics and a PhD in Operations Research from the University of Cambridge, UK.
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