Abraham Keinan
Chairman of the Board
Mr. Abraham Keinan has been XFONE's Chairman of the
Board of Directors since the Company's inception. Mr.
Keinan founded Swiftnet, Ltd., XFONE's subsidiary, in
February 1990. From 1990 to October 2003, Mr. Keinan
served as Swiftnet's Managing Director and as its Chairman
since then. Mr. Keinan received a Bachelor of Science
Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Ben-Gurion University
, Beer-Sheeva - Israel.
Guy Nissenson
President, Chief Executive
Officer, Director
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.
Barbara Andrews Baldwin
NTS Communications/Xfone USA President and CEO
Mrs. Baldwin holds a B.B.A. and M.B.A. in Business Administration from Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas. She has been employed by NTS Communications for more than 23 years. Since joining NTS, Mrs. Baldwin has held a variety of positions and has been directly responsible for sales and marketing, management information systems, customer service and account administration. She has served as president for the past 11 years.
John
Burton
Managing Director, Swiftnet
Mr. John Burton joined the Xfone group when Xfone
purchased Equitalk in June 2006. Mr. Burton founded
Equitalk, the UK’s first fully automated e-telco,
in 2000 and served as its Managing Director. Prior
to this he founded Nexus Telecom Limited in 1995,
which designed and manufactured soft switches, and
served as its Managing Director. Before this he joined
Griffin International in 1992 to serve as Business
Development Manager and started 2 new businesses units
focused on Computer Telephony Integration and Video
Conferencing. Between 1985 and 1992 he served as R&D
Manager at Nortel Networks, where he was responsible
for 30 engineers based in the United States and United
Kingdom and for manufacturing operations in the Far
East. Mr. Burton has a degree in Electronic Engineering
from the University of Liverpool and a Masters in
Business Administration (MBA) from Cranfield School
of Management.
Roni Haliva
Managing Director - Xfone
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Mr. Haliva has over 20 years of experience in the telecommunication market. During the last two years, he was Senior Vice President of Bezeq International Ltd., a leading telecommunication services provider in Israel. Prior to this position, he established the marketing and sales division of Malam Group, one of the major IT service providers in Israel, and served as Senior Vice President with overall responsibility for the business development, marketing & sales of the company. Prior to Malam, Mr. Haliva worked as VP Marketing and Sales for Siemens Israel, which is the Regional Company representing the global Siemens conglomerate in Israel. He has also served in various managerial duties in Bezeq, the local exchange carrier in Israel. Mr. Haliva received a Bsc. degree in computers engineering from the Technion (The Israel Institute of Technology). He also holds an MBA from the Ben Gurion University in 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.
Brad D. Worthington, Esq.
NTS Communications, Executive Vice President and Secretary
Southwest Texas State, Texas Tech universities graduate. Mr. Worthington received his B.S.Ed. from Southwest Texas State University in 1987 and his J.D. from the Texas Tech University School of Law in 1990. He is licensed to practice law in the states of Texas and Colorado and is admitted to practice in the Federal District Courts, Northern District of Texas. Mr. Worthington is a member of the Lubbock County Bar Association and the Corporate Counsel Section of the State Bar of Texas. Mr. Worthington has been employed by the Company since 1990. His present duties with the Company include: overseeing the day-to-day functions of the Company in conjunction with the president, retail sales, strategic planning for the Company's operations, new business development, new product development, advising senior Company staff on all legal and regulatory issues which may arise, preparation and review of Company contracts, contract and business negotiations and representing the Company in all legal and regulatory proceedings to which it is a party.
Jerry E. Hoover
NTS Communications, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Texas Tech graduate.
Jerry E. Hoover joined the Company as chief financial officer in April 1994. Mr. Hoover is a certified public accountant and business consultant. He is a former founding principal in a major Lubbock, Texas accounting firm. He graduated from Texas Tech University in 1971 and shortly afterward began a career in public accounting. In his 30-plus year career, Mr. Hoover has served as a university instructor of accounting, auditing and taxation, and he has also served as a chief financial officer in the financial industry. Mr. Hoover worked closely with the Company as a financial consultant and auditor for more than a decade prior to joining the Company.
Bosmat Houston
Chief Technology Officer
Mrs. Bosmat Houston, has been our Research and Development
Manager since our inception. She joined Swiftnet,
Ltd., in September 1991 as its Research and Development
Manager. Mrs. Houston received a Bachelor of Science
Degree in Computer Science from the Technion Institution
of Technology, Haifa Israel in 1986.
Iddo Keinan
Commercial Director
Swiftnet Ltd, Xfone Inc.
Mr. Iddo Keinan has been Commercial Director at
Xfone Inc through Swiftnet since May 2004. Mr. Keinan
first joined Swiftnet Ltd in 1999 and became Operations
Manager in 2002. Mr. Keinan received a Bachelor of Arts
degree from Kingston University, in London.
Alon Reisser
General Counsel and
Secretary
Advocate Alon Reisser joined XFONE, Inc. in 2004 and
serves as corporate In House Counsel and Secretary.
Prior to XFONE, Mr. Reisser was the Managing Director of
Talmud Torah Amal Ha Torah Elementary School for two
years. From 2000 through 2002, and following his earning
an L.L.B degree from Tel-Aviv University Faculty of Law,
Mr. Reisser served as a jurist at the law firm of Agar-Shimrony-Kaner.
From 1995 through 1998, Mr. Reisser served as an Adviser
to the President of Rada Electronic Industries Ltd., a
public company which operates in the aerospace industry,
where he handled legal matters. From 1991 until 1995,
Mr. Reisser served in the Israeli Defense Forces ("IDF")
- at the Central Drafting Base. Mr. Reisser holds the
rank of Captain in the IDF.
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