Management
Ze'ev Stein, Chairman of the Board |
| In 1996 Mr. Ze’ev Stein joined Orbit Alchut Technologies Ltd., a company that his father helped found. He began working as the Human Resources Manager and continued in this field until 1998. In 1998, Mr. Stein became Chairman of the BOD of Orbit/FR Inc., an American subsidiary of Orbit Alchut which necessitated staying in the United States for long periods of times. From1999 to present, Mr. Stein has been an active Chairman of the BOD of Orbit Communication Systems. |
Avi Cohen, President & Chief Executive Officer |
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Mr. Avi Cohen joined Orbit in December 2008, bringing with him over 28 years of business management experience within the hi-tech industry. Mr. Cohen is a board member of Nova Measurement Instruments’ Board of Directors (NASDAQ:NVMI). In his last position, Mr. Cohen served as Chief Operating Officer and Deputy to the CEO at ECI Telecom, a leading supplier of best-in-class networking infrastructure equipment for carrier and service provider networks worldwide. Prior to joining ECI in September 2006, Mr. Cohen held a variety of management positions at KLA-Tencor (S&P 500 company). During the years 2003-2006 he was a Group Vice President, Corporate Officer and Member of the Executive Management Committee based at the corporate headquarters in the U.S. and during the years 1995-2003 he was the President of KLA-Tencor Israel, responsible for the Optical Metrology Division. Before joining KLA-Tencor Mr. Cohen spent three years as Managing Director of Octel Communications, Israel, following his term as President and CEO of Allegro Intelligent Systems, which he founded in 1985 and was acquired by Octel in 1991. Mr. Cohen holds B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Electrical Engineering and Applied Physics from Case Western Reserve University, USA. |
Shmuel Koren, Executive VP Chief Operations Officer & Chief Financial Officer |
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Mr. Shmuel Koren joined Orbit in October 2009. Koren has a proven track record and a strong commitment to excellence. He served as an executive leader of dually listed hi-tech companies and prior to that in different high level management of financial, operational and IT divisions. Previously Koren has founded Mikory Consulting and earlier he was the President and CEO of B.O.S. Better Online Solutions Ltd. (NASDAQ BOSC) Before that Mr. Koren served as CFO of the Visonic Group (LSE & TASE VSC). Mr. Koren holds a B.A. in Accounting & Management from the The College of Management Academic Studies (COMAS), and is a formal CPA. In addition, Mr. Koren holds an international MBA from Harriot Watt University and a Master degree LLM in law from the Bar-Ilan University. |
Erez Shabirow, Senior VP Corporate Development & Chief Technology Officer |
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Erez Shabirow joined Orbit at 1992 and was appointed Managing Director of Orbit AGM (Airborne & Ground Mobile) at 1996 .Five years later Mr. Shabirow was appointed General Manager of Orbit Tracking SBU. Since 2006 Mr. Shabirow has been leading the Research and Development department at Orbit Technology Group, responsible for various innovations and technology implementations in the fields of Audio Management Systems, Tracking & Telemetry and SATCOM marine, airborne, trains and land mobile. In 2012, Mr. Shabirow was appointed as the company's VP Corporate Development and CTO. Mr. Shabirow holds a B.Sc degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Bridgeport, USA and a MBA from the Heriot-Watt University, UK. |
Nissim Barda, VP Business Operations |
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Mr. Nissim Barda (Brig. Gen. Res) joined Orbit after 31 years of service in the IDF. In his last position, Mr. Barda served as Head of the Planning Division and Human Resources Administration in the General Staff. Mr. Barda joined Orbit in April 2007. He brings with him many years of experience in formulating policies and professional management in the IDF’s Human Recourses Division as well as determining and implementing human resources strategies. Mr. Barda holds a B.A. in Social Sciences from the University of Tel Aviv, an MBA in Economics & Business Management from the University of Derby as well as an MBA in Political Science from the University of Tel Aviv. |
Yaron Aharon, VP Operations & Quality |
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Yaron Aharon joined Orbit in August 2010, bringing with him over 20 years of industrial management experience in international technology companies. Prior to joining Orbit, Mr. Aharon held a variety of senior positions at Elisra, Ceragon Networks and ITS Telecom. Mr. Aharon holds a Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering Management as well as a Master’s Degree in Business Administration both from the Technion Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa. |