Shmulik Aran

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Ofer Brothers Hi-Tech is a leading investor in technology-based Israeli-related companies, from pre-seed through early-stage to publicly-traded, working in communications, software, medical devices, bio-technology and microelectronics. Shmulik have gathered entrepreneurs' traction, screened, did due diligence, closed investment agreements, performed a complete turnaround in a portfolio company, and is an chairman or board member in several public and private IT, comm & life science portfolio companies

Formed and managed virtually from zero the sales and marketing team of NSC (Natural Speech Communication), one of the world technological leaders in telephony based automatic speech recognition. Tripled sales in first year. Generated a clear position for the company in the marketplace. Won prestigious award for NSC products.

Various positions: Sales Development Diector - In charge of sales of new products, and technical focal point for account managers and sales engineers for repeat sales. Product & Project Management Director - In charge of Comverse’s Americas division Product Management, and in parallel managed a strategic project in the US. Product Team Leader - Initiation, definition and development of a new product line, a service creation self-contained toolkit for the main product line.

With honors. Thesis title: “Optimal soft decision decoding of Reed-Muller codes and nonlinear generalizations.”

With Honors.