Dr. Zvi Marom - CEO, BATM Advanced Communications

Dr. Zvi Marom is the founder and CEO of BATM, parent company of Telco Systems, which is based in Foxboro, Massachusetts. He started BATM in 1992 as a bootstrap and brought it to a world-class company. Prior to establishing BATM, he was the head of the Electronic faculty of the Israeli Open University and senior consultant to several industrial and academic institutions. He graduated in excellence from the Naval Academy and served in combat command posts. He was awarded the Techmark "Technology Man of the Year" award from the London Stock Exchange in 2000.

Ofer Barner - CFO

Ofer Bar-Ner, Chief Financial Officer, joined BATM in 1999. From 1996 he was Chief Financial Officer of Silver Arrow LP, a subsidiary of Elbit Systems and EL-OP, and between 1989 and 1993 he was group manager in the finance Department of Elbit. He graduated in Industrial Engineering and Management from the Technion in Haifa and has an MBA and MA in accounting from Northeastern University in Boston, MA.

Itzik Weinstein - CEO, Telco Systems

Weinstein brings over 20 years of management experience and a strong track record in the telecommunications and hi-tech industries to Telco Systems. Prior to this recent appointment, Weinstein was President and CEO of ECtel, a provider of revenue management solutions to the telecommunications industry. He has also held senior positions with VocalTec, NetManage, KLA-Tencor Corp., Scitex Corp., and Intel.

David Moses - Vice President, Research & Development

David Moses has unparalleled background in Ethernet technology with over 15 years of experience in engineering and networking. After 6 years as VP of SW Engineering, Mr. Moses was appointed to the role of VP R&D. Prior to joining the company, he worked for N-BASE Communications (MRV) and RAD Network devices (RND). At MRV David led the development of DirectIP technology for Router acceleration and Linux Router concepts. In RND he was a member of the team developed the industry first deployed IP and Decnet routers. Mr. Moses is graduated in physics by the Technion- Israel Institute of Technology.

Greg Gum - Senior Vice President, Chief Marketing and Business Development Officer

Greg Gum has been appointed to the position of Senior Vice President, Chief Marketing and Business Development Officer. Greg comes to Telco Systems from ANDA Networks where he served as Chief Marketing Officer and Vice President of Business Development. ANDA Networks was acquired by Telco Systems in May of this year. Greg brings a strong telecom carrier, networking equipment, venture capital, and semiconductor background having previously worked for USWEST/QWEST now CenturyLink, Philips Semiconductor, and Tsunami Ventures. Based in Sunnyvale, CA, Greg will be responsible for the Company’s marketing and business development activities worldwide.

Reini Florin  Vice President of US and Canada Sales

Reini (Reinhard) Florin brings over 25 years of experience in managing sales teams and has been instrumental in profit growth for both public and private companies. As vice president, Florin will manage the North American sales and support team for the Company’s IP product line. He has extensive sales and marketing experience within the telecommunications sector in general and the IP Ethernet, mobile operator, wireless backhaul, and microwave markets in particular. Reini was most recently General Manager of Americas for Fusion Products at DragonWave. He has also served at Axerra (acquired by Dragonwave), SilverStorm Technologies (acquired by QLogic), Carrier Access, and Paragon Networks (acquired by Carrier Access). Reini holds a B.S. in Management from Ball State University and MBA from the University of South Florida.

Hector Menjivar  Vice President of LATAM Sales

Hector Menjivar, who has been leading the Latin American territory sales efforts for Telco Systems since 2006, has been promoted to vice president of LATAM sales. He has over 20 years of experience in international sales and a strong expertise in distribution channels and long-term strategic planning. Hector has played a pivotal role in the Company’s success in adding global telecommunication companies as customers and establishing a base of Tier 1 service providers within Latin America. Prior to joining Telco Systems, Hector was director of Latin American sales at Metrobility (acquired by Telco Systems in 2006). He holds a B.S. in Finance and a B.S. in Economics from University of Central Florida.

Francois Tournesac - Senior Vice President of Sales and Support, Europe

Francois Tournesac has been appointed Telco Systems' Senior Vice President of Sales and Support in Europe. Based in Paris, Francois has 20 years of experience spanning both fixed and mobile telecommunications. Francois previously served as head of IP/Ethernet sales for Nokia Siemens Networks, where he was responsible for targeting mobile operators in Europe and Asia. Francois also served as Europe's marketing co-chair of the Metro Ethernet standards evolution. Earlier Francois served as Vice President of Sales with Atrica, where he initialized the enterprise Carrier Ethernet services with major European providers, using his 3Com data networking expertise developed in Asia and Europe.

Orlando Tan - Vice President of Sales, APAC

Orlando Tan has been appointed to the position of Vice President of Sales in APAC. Based in Singapore, Orlando comes to Telco Systems from Audiocodes where he served in a similar role. Orlando has 18 years of experience in the information and communications technology industry with a solid track record in sales management, channel development and new business strategy. Orlando has spearheaded sales, new business and channel strategy for various organizations in both the service provider and enterprise sectors. In addition to Audiocodes, Orlando has served as the APAC region vice president of sales for ECtel and RoAPAC ECI Telecom.

Dave Garrity - Vice President, Finance Telco Systems

Dave is Vice President of Finance for Telco Systems, a position he has held since December of 2000. Dave is responsible for all finance, legal and human resource matters for the company. Joining Telco in 1988 as Fiber Optics Division Controller, Dave has held various positions of increasing responsibility in the areas of finance and administration.

Earlier in his career, he held financial management positions at Power General Corp., Unitrode Corp. and Data General. Dave holds a B.S. in Accounting from Suffolk University in Boston, MA.