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Management Team
- Jay Klein
Jay Klein CTO & VP Jay Klein has over 20 years experience in telecommunications and is responsible for driving Allot's technology strategy and core intellectual property. Before joining Allot, Klein served as VP Strategic Business Development at DSPG (VoIP and multimedia silicon solutions) where he was responsible for strategic technology acquisitions. Prior to this, he co-founded and held the position of CTO at Ensemble Communications (wireless access systems) and was one of the founders and creators of WiMAX and IEEE 802.16. Klein was also CTO and VP of R&D at CTP Systems (cellular system manufacturer) which was acquired by DSP Communications and later by Intel. Klein holds numerous patents in the telecommunications field. Open
- Andrei Elefant
Andrei Elefant VP Product Management & Marketing Andrei Elefant has more than 10 years experience in product management. He joined Allot in 2000 as a product manager, and served as Director of Product Management before being promoted to his current position.
Prior to Allot, Elefant worked in the product management of airborne systems. This included responsibility for products from the characterization of requirements and development stages through new system introduction and maintenance. Elefant has a B.Sc. cum laude in Mechanical Engineering and an MBA in Marketing and Business Development. Open
- Lior Moyal
Lior Moyal VP Business Development Lior Moyal is responsible for driving the company’s global business development strategy including developing partnerships with global system integrators, creating alliances with value added network and subscriber services partners, and recruiting and managing worldwide OEM partners. Moyal comes to Allot from AudioCodes where as VP of Business Development, he was responsible for developing and implementing the company’s global strategy. Previous positions include AudioCodes’ VP of Marketing, VP of Business Development at BridgeWave Communications, and a variety of management positions in Orckit, including VP of Product Management and VP of Business Development. Moyal holds a B.Sc. in Physics from the Hebrew University and an MBA from Tel Aviv University. Open
- Eli Cohen
Eli Cohen VP International Sales
Eli Cohen oversees the international development, implementation and management of direct and channel sales for Allot Communications in EMEA and Asia-Pacific.
Cohen has over 15 years of experience in telecom sales. He joins Allot from ECI Telecom, where he served in a variety of positions including GM of the Access Line of Business, Vice President of Sales and Sales Operations for the Broadband Access Division, Vice President of Strategic Alliances for the Broadband Access Division. Earlier, Cohen co-founded and was President and CEO of Gigaspaces Technologies where he was responsible for growing the company into a multi-million dollar business. Cohen holds a B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications from Coventry Polytechnic and an MBA from the University of Manchester. Open
- Vin Costello
Vin Costello VP & General Manager, Americas Vin Costello directs all Sales, Marketing and Support operations in the Americas.
He brings to Allot more than 20 years of experience within sales, marketing and operations at top tier telecommunication carriers in the United States. Prior to Allot, Costello assumed management positions of increasing responsibility at NYNEX Corporation including Vice President Business Network Solutions and Vice President Global Sales. After the NYNEX merger with Bell Atlantic, he was appointed President & CEO of Bell Atlantic Network Integration, where he grew the unit to exceed $300M in annual revenues with 1200 employees located throughout the United States.
After Bell Atlantic, Costello served as VP Sales at Corvis Corporation, an optical networking start-up, where he was instrumental in penetrating telco accounts and driving over $200M in sales. He was subsequently named Vice President and General Manager of Managed Storage Services when Corvis acquired Broadwing. Open
- Amir Hochbaum
Amir Hochbaum VP R&D Amir Hochbaum joined Allot in 2008 as VP Research & Development, bringing with him over 20 years of experience of managing some of the most successful multi-disciplinary R&D teams in the international high-tech arena. Prior to joining Allot, Hochbaum served as COO of Axerra, an international leader in circuit emulation and service emulation solutions. Before Axerra, he was Senior Vice President of R&D at Vyyo, a leading provider of extended bandwidth solutions for HFC network operators. This followed an 11-year tenure at Avaya where he held various managerial and executive positions including VP R&D and General Manager. Hochbaum holds a B.Sc. and M.Sc. with honors in Mathematics and Computer Science from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Open
- Ramy Moriah
Ramy Moriah VP Customer Care & IT Ramy Moriah is responsible for Allot's worldwide customer care organization, including all maintenance and pre- and post-sale support activities as well as the company's IT infrastructure. Moriah has over 25 years of experience managing high-tech businesses and technology products. Prior to Allot, he was a founding member of Daisy System's Design Center, manager of software development at Orbot Instruments, and VP R&D and acting General Manager at ACA. Open
- Pini Gvili
Pini Gvili VP Operations
Pini Gvili is responsible for Allot’s global operations including the manufacturing, testing, fulfillment and shipping of thousands of products each year. Gvili has extensive experience in manufacturing operations (from the prototype level to mass production), coordination of cross functional teams through the whole product lifecycle process, and in the planning and execution of budgets and cost reduction activities to decrease COGS and personnel overhead. Prior to Allot, Gvili was VP Operations for a start-up company specializing in solutions for cellular network optimization. He also served as VP Operations and IT at Terayon Communication Systems, a broadband access company, and as Manager of Integration and Final Testing at Telegate, a developer of communications systems for cable operators. Open
- Anat Shenig
Anat Shenig VP Human Resources Anat Shenig joined Allot in 2000 as Director of Human Resources and was promoted to Vice President in 2007. She is responsible for personnel recruitment, welfare policies and employee training.
Products / Services
Vendor Appearances
- IR in 12/2011
Articles / Events / Situations
| Date | Source | Title | Tags |
| 23.12.2011 | allot.com | Allot Communications Responds to Bloomberg Story on Unauthorized Resale of Equipment to Iran | ALLOT IR |
| 23.12.2011 | businessweek.com | Bloomberg: Israel Didn’t Know High-Tech Gear Was Sent to Iran Via Denmark | DK IL IR SY ALLOT BLUECOAT |
