Corporate Management
Management Team
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| Gideon Hollander – Co-Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board Gideon Hollander is the Chief Executive Officer and founder of Jacada. Gideon is highly regarded for his strategic vision and innovation-centered leadership, and is focused on ensuring that Jacada delivers high quality, best-of-breed solutions. Prior to founding Jacada, Gideon was part of the research and development team at Comverse Technology. Prior to Comverse, he served in various technology and management positions in an elite unit of the Israeli Defense Forces, where he specialized in expert systems and user interface design. Two of the projects that Gideon managed won the most prominent Israeli award for technological innovations. Gideon also has a passion for rock and mountain climbing. |
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| Guy Yair — Co-Chief Executive Officer Guy Yair is the Co-Chief Executive Officer of Jacada. Guy has vast experience in both the Telecom and IT industries. Prior to joining Jacada in 2011 as Sr. Vice President and General Manager - EMEA and APAC, Guy worked at Alvarion in different positions from 2007-2011. While at Alvarion, Guy held positions of European GM, VP sales operation, and GM Enterprise LOB where he was responsible for broadband wireless solutions for private and alternative networks in Enterprise markets worldwide. Prior to Alvarion, Guy held various senior sales and marketing management positions at Rad-Bynet Group, where he also served as VP of Sales in the Executive Management, reporting directly to the CEO of Bynet communication. Guy holds an Executive MBA from Tel Aviv University Recanati School. |
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| Caroline Cronin – Chief Financial Officer As Chief Financial Officer, Caroline Cronin is responsible for the global finance and accounting operations at Jacada. Caroline initially joined Jacada in June 2008 as Vice President of Finance, prior to being promoted to Chief Financial Officer in January 2011. Caroline is a CPA with several years of experience in financial leadership, management and reporting. Most recently Caroline was CFO for Optio Software, a document automation software provider, where she led the divestiture team and successfully negotiated the sale of the company to Bottomline Technologies. Prior to her tenure as Optio's CFO, Caroline served as the Corporate Controller for Optio and as the Assistant Corporate Controller for Medical Manager Corporation, a healthcare management software provider. Caroline began her career as a Senior Accountant with Coopers & Lybrand and holds a BS in Accounting and an MBA from Florida State University. |
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| Dan Weil – Chief Technology Officer Dan Weil is Chief Technology Officer for Jacada. Dan joined Jacada in December 2006 and played key roles as development manager, solution architect and as the Regional Lead Architect for EMEA operations. In this role, Dan led design and implementation for enterprise customers such as Capita TVL, Telefónica O2 UK and E.ON Sverige AB. Since 2010, Dan took a global role as Chief Architect for Jacada and has been responsible for global architecture leadership for Jacadas products and customer solutions. Prior to joining Jacada, Dan served in various architecture and development management roles, as an officer in the IDF C4I Research and Development unit. Dan has extensive architecture and development management experience in enterprise applications and mission critical systems. |
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| Tzachi Naim – General Manager, EMEA and APAC Tzachi Naim joined Jacada in April 2013. Tzachi brings vast managerial experience and track record of growing business in global companies such as Alcatel-Lucent and Ericsson. In his last position he established the Israeli branch of the Aricent Group. Prior to Aricent, Tzachi served as VP sales, Service Providers at Alcatel Lucent and has held various management roles with Ericsson, Israel, where he took the company to a remarkable market share of 100% in UMTS networks in Israel (2009). Tzachi holds a BA in Business Administration with honors from the Israeli College of Business. |
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| Gal Kimel — VP Sales Mobile Customer Solutions EMEA Gal joined Jacada in February of 2012. He brings with him over 20 years of sales and management experience in hi-tech companies. Gal has a proven track record of delivering results, developing and managing sales teams, and building revenue streams through direct and indirect sales initiatives in the US, EMEA, Asia Pacific, and Latin America. Gal started his career working for Autodesk, where he managed the company's business in Latin America, EMEA, and Asia. Gal later worked with various organizations building global sales channels and direct business throughout Northern and Western Europe with companies such as Identify Software and BMC. Gal holds a BA in Economics & Business Administration from Tel Aviv University and has completed International Business and International Marketing courses at University of California, Berkeley extension program. |
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| Merav Choset – VP Human Resources As VP Human Resources, Merav Choset is responsible for the delivery of Jacada's overall strategy, planning, and programs in the areas of talent management, organizational development, total rewards, and all other employment matters in the company. Prior to joining Jacada, Merav held several senior positions in human resource management at companies including IPEX ICS, Ness Technologies and most recently at MediaMind-DG where as HR Director she was responsible for multiple sites in the Americas. In addition to her expertise in coaching, facilitation, and management training, Merav also specializes in performance management, team-building, and employee relations. She holds an MSc in Organizational Behavior from Tel Aviv University. |
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| Oren Shefler – General Counsel As General Counsel for Jacada, Oren Shefler is responsible for all contract negotiation, legal matters, and corporate governance. Oren earned a LL.B from the Law Faculty of the College of Management in Tel Aviv, Israel. Prior to Jacada, Oren served as an associate for Meitar, Liquornik, Geva & Leshem Brandwein for seven years, where he represented public and private venture-based technology companies, venture capital funds and underwriters in an array of transactions. |
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Board of DirectorsGideon HollanderYossie Hollander Yossie Hollander, director, has been a member of the board of directors since 1990, serving as Chairman from 1995 – 2007. Mr. Hollander was a founder, and from 1983 to 1994 served as the Chief Executive Officer, of New Dimension Software Ltd., an enterprise system and management software company that was acquired by BMC Software in April 1999. Mr. Hollander is a member of the executive committee of the Weizman Institute. Yossie Hollander is Gideon Hollander's brother. Ohad Zuckerman Ohad Zuckerman has served as a director since December 2000. Mr. Zuckerman is the CEO and President of Zeraim Gedera Ltd., an agricultural company which specializes in development and production of vegetable seeds, a position he has held since January 2000. From 1998 to January 2000, Mr. Zuckerman served as the Executive Vice President of Zeraim Gedera and from 1990 to 1998 he served at the same company as the Marketing Manager. Mr. Zuckerman served as a member of the board of directors at Maximal Innovative Intelligence LTD, a provider of software for extracting information from data warehouses, from 1998 to 2002. Avner Atsmon Avner Atsmon joined us in October 2006 as a director. Mr. Atsmon has served as Vice President of Engineering of Starhome Ltd. from January 2000 to June 2002. From December 1993 to December 1999 Mr. Atsmon served in several positions at Comverse Infosys including as a Chief Operating Officer. From November 1991 to November 1993 Mr. Atsmon was Fax Application Manager of National Semi-Conductors, Palo Alto California. Gittit Guberman Gittit Guberman joined the board in October 2010 as a director. Ms. Guberman serves as the CFO of Micronet Ltd., as a member of the board of directors of Israel Discount Bank and as an external director of Cham Foods (Israel) Ltd. and RoboGroup T.E.K. Ltd. From 2002 to 2008 Ms. Guberman served in various positions in Incredimail Ltd., the latest of which was director. Prior to 2002 Ms. Gubermen served as an attorney and investment banker with Eihut Capital Markets Ltd. Between 2002 and 2008 Mrs. Guberman also served as an external director of the Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange. Ms. Guberman has a B.Sc. in economics and mathematics, an M.A. in Economics, an M.B.A and an L.LB from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. |
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