Board of Directors
Robi Hartman, co-founder and Chairman of the board
Robi has over 30 years experience as a technology entrepreneur, a global executive for leading technology companies with vast experience in public markets, fund raising and M&A. He is currently CEO of West End Technology Investments focused on fund raising and advisory services to start-up companies.
Robi was a founder, Chairman and initial CFO for StoreAge Networking Technologies from its inception until its acquisition by LSI (NASDAQ:LSI). He was Chairman and CEO of IIS (NASDAQ:IISLF), CEO of Teledata (NASDAQ:TLDCF) that was sold to ADC (NASDAQ:ADCT), and Vice Chairman of Teledata Networks that was sold to Enablence (CDNX.ENA.V). He has served on the Boards of numerous companies and qualifies as a “financial expert” for both public and private companies.
Robi has a B.A. in Political Science and Economics from Bar Ilan University and an MBA with a concentration in finance from Bentley College.
Eli Shapira, co-founder and Board Member
Eli was recently vice president of Software Strategy at LSI Corporation. Previously he was CEO and co-founder of StoreAge Networking Technologies. Eli was the primary leader of StoreAge, sheparding the company from inception to significant worldwide revenue and the eventual sale to LSI.
Eli has been in the position of CEO in several technology firms over the last 25 years ranging from large public firms (IIS/Decision Data) to private startup companies like StoreAge. He is a seasoned senior executive that in addition to his top leadership roles has been consulting with technology firms for many years on a worldwide basis.
Eli holds a B.Sc degree in Mathematics from the Technion, the Israeli Institute of Technology.
