Board of Directors

Tuvia Barlev, Executive Chairman
Prior to founding Actelis Networks in 1998, Mr.  Barlev was head of the R&D organization at Teledata, a communications company operating in the access space, which was acquired by ADC in 1998. Previously, Mr. Barlev held a top management position in the Israeli Defense Forces, as the head of several major communications projects. Mr. Barlev holds a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in electrical engineering, communications and computer science, Summa Cum Laude, from Tel Aviv University. Mr. Barlev led Actelis Networks as president and CEO from 2001 to 2010.

Vivek Ragavan, President and Chief Executive Officer
Vivek Ragavan is a network industry veteran and seasoned entrepreneur with more than 25 years of high-technology leadership experience in the telecommunications industry. Prior to joining Actelis, Mr. Ragavan was CEO of Atrica, a carrier-Ethernet company acquired by Nokia Siemens Networks in 2008. Mr. Ragavan was also CEO at Redback Networks and Siara Systems, which merged with Redback in 2000. Previously, Mr. Ragavan was the President of the Residential Broadband Group of ADC Telecommunications, Inc. At ADC, he was responsible for ADC's $300 million telecommunication equipment businesses focused on the broadband communication access and transport markets. Earlier in his career, Mr. Ragavan led development of General Instrument’s leading digital video transport system, which powered the growth of cable TV’s video and data services penetration. He has a BSEE from Northwestern University and an MSEE from Cornell University.

Kamran Elahian, Director and Co-founder
Mr. Elahian joined as a co-founder and chairman of Actelis Networks, Inc. in 1998. Mr. Elahian is a Silicon Valley veteran with over 24 years of experience in the semiconducter, software, and telecommunications industries. Mr. Elahian founded CAE Systems, Inc., Cirrus Logic, Inc., Momenta Corporation, NeoMagic Corporation, and Centillium Communication Corporation.

Marty Kaplan, Director
Mr. Kaplan joined the board of Actelis Networks, Inc. in 2000. Mr. Kaplan also serves as  Chairman of the Board for JDS Uniphase (NASDAQ:JDSU). Mr. Kaplan brings one of telecommunications distinguished track records to Actelis. Most recently he served as Executive Vice President of SBC, where he was responsible for the integration of SBC Communications with Pacific Bell, Southern New England Tel Co and Ameritech. While at Pacific Bell, he served in a broad range of strategic executive roles, including president of the Network Services Group and chief technology, quality, and re-engineering officer. Mr. Kaplan also served on the Bellcore/Telcordia board for 10 years.

Jere Drummond, Director
Mr. Drummond joined the board of Actelis Networks in 2006. Mr. Drummond retired as Vice Chairman of BellSouth Corporation in Atlanta, Georgia on December 31, 2001. He was responsible for public relations, advertising, brand management, and regulatory and external affairs, including the Washington, D.C. office. He also led BellSouth’s continued effort to enter the long-distance market. A native of Rome, Georgia, he received an undergraduate degree from Georgia Tech University, an MBA from Georgia State University and MSM from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he was a Sloan Fellow.

Hatch Graham , Director
Mr. Graham joined the board of Actelis Networks, Inc. in 2005. Hatch is the co-founder and Managing Director of ATA Ventures, a venture capital firm in the Silicon Valley area of California. In addition, Hatch has co-founded several innovative telecommunications companies in wireless, optical, and wireline telecommunications, such as Wave7 Optics in Atlanta, a leader in the fiber-to-the-home systems industry and California-based Resonext (acquired by RF Micro Devices), a successful pioneer in the wireless 802.11 "wi fi" chipset sector. Prior to his activities with privately owned companies, Hatch held executive officer positions within industry leading public companies, including World Access, TCSI Corporation, and Stanford Telecom. As a technologist, Hatch's architectures have led to key patents in direct digital synthesis, programmable logic device, digital filtering, forward error correction, spread spectrum wireless, cable TV, and cellular telephone applications. For his invention in digital modulation for cable TV, he was granted the coveted "reverse path" patent which enabled cost effective bidirectional communication over CATV -- a primary enabler for the cable modem industry. Hatch was also granted an error correction patent that contributed to the introduction of Direct Broadcast Satellite television. Hatch has been a recipient of Idaho State University's Professional Achievement Award, where he graduated in 1982 with a B.S. Engineering degree.

Frederic Veyssiere, Director
Mr. Veyssiere joined the board of Actelis in 2005. Mr Veyssiere has been in the venture capital industry since 2000 with Innovacom Venture Capital, a pionneer fund of early stage venture capital in Europe. Mr. Veyssiere is currently a Director of Atrica Inc., Metconnex Inc. and a board observer at Aperto Networks, Bitphone, Bytemobile and Radioframe Networks. Before joining Innovacom, Mr. Veyssiere was Vice President Business Development & Operations at France Telecom NA in New York, heading several key projects including the implementation of the company¹s Internet backbone in the US, the investment of France Telecom in Sprint PCS, and the business planning and implementation in the U.S. of the first gateway allowing seamless roaming between GSM-900 and DCS-1900 networks. Mr. Veyssiere holds an MS in physics from Paris Science University, an MS in telecommunications engineering from the École Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications in Paris and an MBA from the Columbia Graduate School of Business.

Ghia E. Griarte, Director
Ms. Griarte joined the board of Actelis Networks in 2009. She is a managing director at Saints Capital, and prior to Saints Capital, she was with Centennial Ventures, a telecom and media focused early stage venture capital firm. Her primary focus was investments in: broadband access, cable, networking, satellite, wireless, IT services and digital media. Prior to Centennial Ventures, Griarte was a consultant at Gemini Consulting in the Telecom, Media and Networks practice focused on strategy and operations for major US ILECs, European PTTs and Israeli wireless telecommunications companies. She advised CEOs and management teams in the areas of: strategy, portfolio management, product development, and channel strategy. She began her career as an electrical systems engineer at Lockheed Martin’s Aeronautics division developing subsystems for anti-submarine and advanced tactical fighter aircrafts. She also served as chairman of the corporate avionics taskforce. Griarte is responsible for Saints Capital’s investments in communications, specifically wireless, software, and infrastructure and storage sectors. Ms. Griarte received a dual degree of Masters of Business Administration from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management and Masters of Engineering Management from Robert L. McCormick School of Engineering at Northwestern University. She earned her bachelor's degree in electrical engineering and computer science at University of California at Berkeley.

Robin Murray, Director
Mr. Murray joined the board of Actelis Networks, Inc. in 2009. Robin is a partner at Adams Street Partners, where he is responsible for sourcing and executing late-stage venture and growth equity investments in Internet and communications software and services. His past investments include Demand Media, Merchant E-Solutions and Sonim. Mr. Murray was previously an investor in Appshop (acquired by ATT), Bitfone (acquired by HPQ), Fotolog (acquired by HIM.Pa), Mobile365 (acquired by SY), Omniture (OMTR), Placeware (acquired by MFST) and Vonage (VG). Prior to joining the firm, he was a partner in four 3i venture funds and partner in the 3i Growth Equity fund. Before 3i, Mr. Murray served as CFO for two venture-backed technology startups in Silicon Valley. He also held positions with McKinsey & Ernst and Young in London.

 


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