Management

Elisha Yanay, Chairman of the Board of Directors

Mr. Yanay is an electronics and communications specialist with vast experience in radio, mobile and commercial wireless systems. He has served as the Chairman and CEO of Motorola Israel and as a corporate vice president of Motorola Inc.

 

Zion Hadad,  Founder

Dr. Hadad founded Runcom Technologies Ltd. in 1997. Dr. Hadad possesses an extensive experience in the development of military and commercial communication systems with specialized expertise in the fields of Spread Spectrum (SS), Frequency Hopping (FH), Direct Spread (DS), CDMA, and ECC Adaptive Array Technologies projects. Prior to the inception of the company Dr. Hadad served as VP for Business Development and Chief Scientist of InnoWave, a wireless local loop company, currently a subsidiary of ECI Telecom. In this capacity Dr. Hadad initiated and led the Multi-Gain WLL project. Prior to InnoWave Dr. Hadad served as the Chief Scientist of the Tactical Comm. Division of Tadiran,. Dr. Hadad holds a PhD (Honors) in Electrical Engineering (EE) from UCNY.

 

Moshe Levinson, CEO 

Moshe Levinson has twenty years of experience managing technology companies, focused on development of electronic components, ICs (VLSI) and wireless communication systems.  Mohse joined Runcom in 2001 as Deputy CEO. During his tenure, he dealt with diverse areas of activities, such as licensing transaction, financing, projects management and operations management.  On January 2011 Moshe was nominated as Runcom CEO and he is also a director of Runcom.
Previously Moshe also served as a strategic business consultant to investment companies in the U.S. and Israel and served as an acting Chairman in a company  that was engaged as MVNO and MVNE in USA.

 

Israel Koffman, VP Sales & Marketing& Director

Mr. Koffman has more than 20 years of managerial experience in leading positions in the high-tech industry. Prior to Runcom Mr. Koffman was the Chief Technology Officer of Gilat Communications Ltd. Prior to Gilat, Mr. Koffman spent 18 years at Orbit-Alchut technologies Ltd., rising from R&D engineer and various senior positions in R&D and marketing to become the President of Orbit Communication, Ltd., a subsidiary of Orbit Alchut. Mr. Koffman was one of the founders and the active Chairman of the ISIS Consortium for the development of advanced satellite communication terminals. He holds an MSc. Degree in Electrical Engineering (EE) from Drexel University in Philadelphia.

 

Eli Sofer, VP Business Development
Over the last 25 years Eli Sofer has held key management positions in technology areas focused on    multi-disciplinary programs- Tactical Digital Communication systems, Spread Spectrum Data Links for military applications and CNI systems. Eli has initiated and chaired Israel 4G Mobile consortium  encompassing leading industrial partners and academic research centers in Israel. Eli served as a technical auditor to ACTS projects of the European Commission under domain 5, and till end of 1998 was a manager of NMS consortium operating within the framework of the Israeli “MAGNET” program.  During 1989-95- as the head of the civilian activity of the System Division in Tadiran, Eli spearheaded Tadiran efforts in the conversion of the military technologies and know-how, gained in defense programs, into civilian applications.
During 1982-89, Eli served as the R&D Manager of Tadiran Communication Group. Within this capacity, he initiated and led a team of scientists and experts in diversified disciplines to coordinate R&D activities   and the setup of new business areas in the field of Data Links for airborne and missiles systems and satellite communication. Eli holds MSc in Electrical Engineering from the Technion, Haifa.