Mr. Shukhman, Metalink's founder, has served as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors since Metalink's inception in 1992. From 1992 to 1999, he also served as Metalink’s President. Prior to founding Metalink, Mr. Shukhman was an independent consultant for RAD Data Communications Ltd. and ECI Telecom Ltd. from March 1989 until March 1993. Mr. Shukhman served in the Israel Defense Forces, where he founded a group involved in digital signal processing applications. He holds a B.Sc and an M.Sc. from the Technion - Israel's Institute of Technology.
Itzik Ben-Bassat
Chief Operating Officer
Mr. Ben-Bassat joined Metalink as Chief Operating Officer in November 2006, with over 16 years of extensive experience in the telecom, internet and video markets. Prior to joining Metalink, Mr. Ben-Bassat held various executive positions in publicly-traded companies, including Vice President of R&D and Chief Technology Officer of Scopus during the past four years. Before that, he was Senior Director of Marketing at Gilat for four years, following his position there as Director of R&D. Mr. Ben-Bassat's engineering career began in the elite technical unit of the Israel Defense Forces where he led one of the largest groups, and recieved Israel's Defense Award. He holds a B.Sc. Summa Cum Laude from the Technion - Israel's Institute of Technology.
Yuval Ruhama
Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Ruhama was appointed Metalink's Chief Financial Officer in January 2006 after previously serving as its Vice President of Finance from April 2005 to December 2005, and Legal Director and Company Secretary from June 2000 to March 2005. Previously, Mr. Ruhama worked for one year at Weksler Bregman & Co. Advocates, an Israeli law firm, and for four years at Somekh Chaikin, the Israeli member firm of KPMG International. Mr. Ruhama holds a law degree and BA degree, cum laude, in Accounting from Tel Aviv University, and an MBA, cum laude, from Bar-Ilan University.
Barry Volinskey
Vice President, Marketing
Mr. Volinskey joined Metalink in September 2004. From 1999 to 2004, Mr.Volinskey served as VP of Business Development at RFWaves, a company focused on low cost radio ICs for consumer electronics. From 1993 to 1999, Mr. Volinskey served as an officer in the Israeli Defense Forces, where he managed a wide range of high-technology projects in computing and telecommunications. He holds a BSc. in Electronic Engineering from the Technion - Israel's Institute of Technology and an MBA from Tel Aviv University.
Alister Chu
Vice President, Greater China and South East Asia
Mr. Chu joined MetaLink in May 2007 as Sales Director for Taiwan and South East Asia, and assumed his current position in May 2008. He has over 20 years of experience in the personal computers, telecom and data networking industries. Prior to joining MetaLink, Mr. Chu held executive sales and marketing positions at various publicly traded multinational companies with leading technology and market dominance in their respective fields (AuthenTec – Country Manager for Taiwan and South East Asia, GlobespanVirata - Country Manager and Marketing Director for Taiwan & South East Asia, Alcatel ITS Taiwan – Country Manager). Mr. Chu holds an MBA degree from the Royal Roads University in Canada and a degree in Radio & Line Transmission from City & Guilds in the UK.
Gil Becker
Vice President, Product Marketing & Program Management
Mr. Becker joined Metalink in 2000, holding key positions in R&D and later in Product Marketing, where he served as Director of the WLAN product line. He assumed his current position in 2008. Prior to joining Metalink, Mr. Becker gained experience as an Embedded Real Time Software engineer at TdSoft-VocalTec. He holds a B.Sc. degree in Communication System Engineering from Ben Gurion University and is currently completing his MBA at the Technion – Israel’s Institute of Technology.
Liat Hortig
Vice President, Human Resources
Ms. Hortig joined Metalink in June 1999 and served as Recruitment Manager and Human Resources Manager for Israel, assuming her current position as Vice President of Human Resources in November 2005. Before joining Metalink, Ms. Hortig served as an Organizational Consultant for various companies. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Psychology and Economics from Tel Aviv University and a Master's degree in Organizational Psychology from Bar Ilan University.
Bentsi Algazi
Vice President, Operations
Mr. Algazi joined Metalink as VP Operations in March 2007, with over 16 years experience in the electronics and telecom industry. Most recently, Mr. Algazi served as the Director of Supply Chain at SuperDimension Ltd. For 10 years prior to that, he was Director of Operations at Gilat Satellite Networks and relocated to the Gilat subsidiary in the US, Spacenet Inc. Previously, Mr. Algazi held senior engineering and purchasing positions at Intel Electronics. Mr. Algazi holds a B.Sc. degree in Physics & Mathematics and an MBA, both from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem.
