Millimeter wave frequencies were the Antarctica of telecoms before Siklu – very few went there and those who did paid a lot for it. Then we invented our all-silicon radio and started a revolution: prices were sliced by 90% and more, devices shrunk in size, performance skyrocketed – and a market was born.
Izik Kirshenbaum is a serial entrepreneur who has been involved in the wireless communication business and technology for the past 30 years. Together with a number of telecommunications veterans, he founded Siklu Inc., a developer of ground-breaking, mmWave radio systems for affordable, easy to deploy, last mile multigigabit connectivity.
Previously, Izik co-founded and served as CEO of Envara, a Wi-Fi chipset startup acquired after 4 years by Intel. At Intel, Izik served as Co-General Manager of the Broadband Wireless Division responsible for Intel’s WiMAX activities.
Izik has taken on mentoring and advisory roles in a number of startup companies in their early phases, among them PrimeSense that was acquired by Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), and SolarEdge (NASDAQ: SEDG). His knowledge and expertise are helping to lead and shape the mmWave industry transformation from what was a niche market based on military technology only 5 years ago, to a mass market accessible to (almost) every building and household.
Izik holds a B.Sc. (Cum Laude) from Ben Gurion University, and an M.Sc. (Summa Cum Laude) from Tel Aviv University, both in Electronics Engineering.
Mr. Assa is the CEO of Siklu and brings 20 years of experience in business and technological leadership.
Prior to joining Siklu, Eyal served as VP of Global Sales at Amdocs (NASDAQ:DOX) in the Network Solutions Division and later as VP Customer Business Executive in EMEA responsible for all business relationships with one of the top European Telecom operators.
Prior to Amdocs, Eyal served in various sales and executive positions at Ceragon Networks (NASDAQ:CRNT), the last one being Executive VP and General Manager of the Long-Haul Business Unit. Prior to Ceragon, Eyal held several senior R&D positions at Seabridge (a Siemens company), the last one being VP of R&D.
Eyal holds a B.Sc. in Mathematics and Statistics (Cum Laude) and M.Sc. in Computer Science (Summa Cum Laude), both from Tel-Aviv University.
Adi Sapir has joined Siklu as Chief Financial Officer bringing a vast experience in leading companies through growth, complex restructuring, international expansion and capital markets transactions. Adi is a certified public accountant with over 18 years of financial management experience including: strategic planning, IPO, mergers and acquisitions, budget planning and control, treasury and accounting, as well as US securities law compliance issues.
Prior to joining Siklu, Adi served as a CFO at Wavion Networks, a company engaged in the development, manufacturing, marketing and selling of wireless networks infrastructure, acquired by Alvarion (NASDAQ: ALVR), a provider of optimized wireless broadband solutions addressing public and private networks.
Prior to Wavion, Adi was a CFO at Rostam, a manufacturer of high quality national brand equivalent feminine hygiene products. Prior to Rostam, Adi was a CFO at Allot Communications (NASDAQ: ALLT) a leading designer and developer of broadband service optimization solutions.
Adi Sapir holds a B.A in Accounting and Economy from the Tel Aviv University and M.B.A – Finance and Capital Markets (cum laude) from Ono Academic College.
Mr. Yigal Leiba is a co-founder and CTO of Siklu. In previous positions, Yigal worked for Runcom Technologies, in charge of the design and the development of the world’s first mobile-WiMAX (802.16e) chip, and a voting member of the IEEE 802.16 standard committee.
Yigal was also a co-founder and CTO of Breezecom’s LMDS group, a spin-off of Breezecom (today Alvarion (NASDAQ: ALVR)). His career includes project management and chief Engineer positions at Breezecom, where he was responsible for development of wireless access and wireless LAN systems. Before Breezecom, Yigal was an R&D engineer in the Israeli Ministry of Defense Electronics Research Department.
Yigal holds an MSc Degree in Electrical Engineering from the Technion – Haifa, Israel.
Mr. Newcomb is the Siklu VP & GM for the Americas. He joined Siklu in May 2017 bringing over thirty-seven years of experience working in information technology and networking.
Mike is a highly successful senior executive with extensive experience in the management of technical sales, engineering, project management, operations, and customer service delivery across a broad geography. He has held senior leadership positions at Brocade, ATT, and Nortel.
His experience includes leadership roles in direct sales, marketing, and channels; he has expertise in building and launching new channels for hardware and software, and in developing vertical market-specific solutions for the partner community.
Mike earned a Masters in Business Administration degree from Southern Illinois University and also holds a PMP Certification in project management. He is based in St. Louis, MO.
Gerard Halimi joined Siklu in February 2018 bringing over 22 years of experience in Project and Customer Management in the telecommunication and software industry.
Mr. Halimi also brings extensive technical and managerial experience from France, where he worked for more then 11 years at leading System integrators including Transiciel and Bull.
Prior to joining Siklu Mr. Halimi worked at ECI and managed the African Market. Prior to this he held managerial positions in Sky Vision, TTI Telecom and Bezeq.
Mr Halimi earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the Technion Israel Institute of Technology and a Master in Information Management System from Skema Business School.
David has held Senior Executive positions from SVP of Engineering, to SVP of Marketing and Business Development, to President and COO of a small communications semiconductor company. He has a deep and extensive experience and contacts in wireless domains ranging from chips to systems, client devices to infrastructure, and hardware to software. David had also work in a wide variety of markets, including the Internet of Things, M2M, Small Cell deployment and backhaul, WiFi, WiMAX, LTE and advanced cellular architectures, including the burgeoning discipline, Wireless Software Defined Networks. His combination of technical knowledge, international marketing savvy, and expertise in strategic marketing and business development, enables to comprehend at a fundamental level the core values of the technologies and systems being promoted, analyze how they fit the marketplace, and develop strategies for driving them into the market. By translating complex technical abilities into business value. David abilities including bringing in and close large sales opportunities, establish strategic partnerships and lead with a clear vision and efficient execution.
Specialties: C Level Executive, Business Development, Strategic Marketing in all things Wireless from WLAN to 4G
Mr. Uri Levi is Siklu’s Vice President of Global Services, responsible for customer success. Uri joined Siklu in 2010 establishing and heading the global pre-sales, technical support, training and customer service teams. With 20 years of accomplishments in the telecommunication market, Uri helped positioning Siklu as the best-in-breed solution provider to partner with.
Prior to joining Siklu, Uri served as VP of customer support at Ceragon Networks, establishing the global support organization.
Uri holds LL.B degree from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem.
Ilan Moshe joined Siklu in July 2011 bringing over 20 years of experience in the North American market and international markets in sales, marketing, business development and product management activities. Ilan has been engaged in direct sales to carriers and service providers, channel sales including distribution, system integrators, and OEM.
Prior to joining Siklu, Ilan worked at Radwin Inc. as President and corporate V.P and before that as VP worldwide Sales and Marketing.
Prior to joining Radwin Inc., Ilan worked at ECI Telecom as Sales & Marketing Director, West Europe. Before joining ECI Telecom Ilan held various managerial positions in global companies.
Ilan holds a B.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering from the Tel-Aviv University.
Yaron brings 25 years of R&D experience to Siklu. Before Siklu, Yaron held several development management positions as VP R&D in bTendo (eventually acquired by STMicroelectronics), Go Networks (acquired by Nextwave wireless) were he was also member of the founding team, and Ceragon Networks. Yaron began his career at the Special Development Unit of Israel’s Ministry of Defense, where he received the Israel Defense Award for research and development.
Yaron holds a BSc and an MSc in Electrical Engineering from Tel Aviv University
Mr. Shlomi Bittan joined Siklu in early 2010 and serves as Siklu’s VP Operations. Shlomi brings over 20 years of experience in Operations and Supply Chain Management in Global Companies.
Prior to joining Siklu, Shlomi was the Director of Supply Chain of AudioCodes Ltd. (NASDAQ: AUDC), a provider of advanced Voice over IP and Data networking products. During his years at AudioCodes Shlomi established a global supply chain for a variety high volume product lines, manufactured in Israel and in China.
Before AudioCodes Shlomi was the head of the Supplier Management Organization of Applied Materials Israel. Applied Materials (NASDAQ: AMAT), a global leader in providing equipment, services and software to the semiconductor industry. Shlomi set-up the Supplier Management Organization as part of the establishment of the company in Israel as a merger of the two Israeli companies: Orbot Instruments and Opal.
In the years prior to AudioCodes and Applied Materials Shlomi served in management positions in the operations of Orbot Instruments, Scitex and the Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI).
Shlomi holds a B.Sc. in Industrial & Management Engineering and MBA both from Ben Gurion University, Israel.
Mr. Elad Dayan is a co-founder and RF Director of Siklu. Previously, Elad worked for the Intel WiMax group (Envara) (NASDAQ: INTC), where he was in charge of RF system and modem front-end design.
Elad’s career includes a hardware management position at Pulsicom, where he was responsible for the HW development of real-time-location-system working at 5.2GHz band. Before this, he was Product Manager at Eureka USA, responsible for the development of a smart antenna-based video wireless link. Previously, Elad was an R&D engineer in at the Israeli Ministry of Defense Electronics Research Department, an organization consisting of hundreds of the top technology professionals in the Israeli defense industries, dealing with state of the art, highly reliable, multi disciplinary systems in the data and telecommunications fields, with a strong emphasis on wireless communication systems.
Elad holds an BSc Degree in Electrical Engineering and MBA from Tel Aviv University.
Mr. Baruch Schwarz is a co-founder and Hardware and System Director of Siklu Communication.
Prior to joining Siklu, Baruch was head of the Design Review team in the Israeli Ministry of Defense Electronics Research Department, an organization consisting of hundreds of the top technology professionals in the Israeli defense industries, dealing with state of the art, highly reliable, multi disciplinary systems in the data and telecommunications fields, with a strong emphasis on wireless communication systems. Before this, he was hardware engineer and VP R&D at WaveAccess (acquired by Lucent Technologies (NYSE: ALU)), developing wireless LAN and wireless internet access solutions.
Baruch holds a BSc Degree in Electrical Engineering from the Technion – Haifa, Israel and MBA from Bar-Ilan University, Israel.
