Zeev Rubinstein - CEO of Tadiran Telecom Inc. (USA)
Zeev Rubinstein joined Tadiran in 2007 and leads all operations supporting North and South America.
Mr. Rubinstein's CEO experience spans several successful national and global telecommunications
companies. Prior to joining Tadiran, Rubinstein was President and CEO of LEADCOM Integrated Solutions,
a subsidiary of Elgadcom Communications Ltd., where he successfully launched the subsidiary in the U.S.
Prior he was CEO of Solgod Cellular Communications in Israel which had built and then marketed cell phones in partnership with
SK Korea. He was also CEO of Bezeq-Call Communications, a subsidiary of Bezek (ptt) of Israel. Zeev also
held senior sales and marketing positions at Eurocom Group, the leading supplier of telephones and office
automation products in Israel, Aboudi Advertising, the largest billboard advertising agency in
Israel, and the Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) in Israel and the U.S. He holds a Bachelors degree in Marketing
and an MBA in Management/Marketing from New York Institute of Technology. He is also a board member of the America-Israel Friendship League.
Eitan Livneh - CEO and President, Tadiran Telecom, Ltd.
Eitan provides strategic supervision for all Tadiran’s
operations worldwide and is based in our international
headquarters in Petah Tikva Israel. Eitan has over twenty
years of leadership experience with brand name, global
companies. Prior to joining Tadiran Telecom, he served as
CEO of ELGO Irrigation Ltd, a subsidiary of the Haifa
Chemicals Corporation, as General Manager of two divisions
of Packer Steel and as VP of Marketing of Elisra
Electronics Systems.
Pinchas Just
- Senior Vice President
Pinchas Just has over forty years
experience with Tadiran. During that time he has worked
in a variety of roles including almost twenty years managing
all activities in North and South America. In addition,
Pinchas was responsible for setting
up operation in China and currently manages Business
Development in Central and
South America.
Gabi Ayalon
– Senior VP Engineering, R&D Worldwide
Gabi Ayalon Gabi joined Tadiran Telecom
in 1992 after several years in the defense industry in
a variety of engineering positions. He leads the development
and technical services departments for Tadiran Telecom
worldwide. Gabi spent his first five years
with Tadiran in research and development in Israel, where
he contributed to the design and development of ISDN,
QSIG,
and other trunk interfaces. In 1997 he moved to the US
office, in 2000 became the Director of Engineering and
in
2007 became Vice President of Research and Development
for all Tadiran operations.
Prior to Tadiran Telecom, Gabi was the founder of a start-up
company that developed a general-purpose PC-based voice
processing and distribution system. Gabi earned a Bachelor
of Science degree in Computer Engineering from the Technion
– Israel Institute of Technology, Israel. He received
his Master of Science degree in Management from Florida
Institute of Technology.
David Sopko
- Vice President Tadiran Government and Enterprise Projects
David serves as General Manager of the Government Systems Division since 1995.
David has steered the division to continual growth and innovation, helping to
establish Tadiran as a global supplier of telecommunications solutions to the
U.S. Government.
His division also provides complete support for larger enterprise projects. David
has 18 years experience working in the public and private sector where he gained
an extensive background in government contracting, senior-level decision making,
policy direction, and strategic business planning.
Prior to taking the reins as general manager, David was the contract manager
for the Government Systems Division, where he established Tadiran's policies
and procedures for administration of government contracts. Previous to Tadiran,
David served as procurement manager for Science Applications International Corporation
(SAIC)'s healthcare acquisitions.
David also has worked at the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Headquarters and
served twelve years in the United States Navy Aviation Supply Corps, where he
worked on an extensive range of Aviation logistical support programs.
David received his education at Central Michigan University. He is an active
member of the National Contract Management Association (NCMA), National Association
of Purchasing Management (NAPM) and Coalition for Government Procurement.
Pat Lennon
- Vice President of Marketing
Pat leads marketing for Tadiran.
He has focused his career in marketing software and
telecommunications products that address the small
and medium business market. With Key Voice Technologies,
he was instrumental in bringing a fledgling telecommunications
software developer from startup to a world-class market
leader. He served in a variety of executive management
roles with
Comdial and Key Voice from 1993 to 2002 including VP
of Marketing. At NetWise Technology and WebChili Inc.,
Patrick focused primarily in overseeing marketing
communications and project management. He is a graduate
of Ball State University (Muncie, IN) with a B.S. in
Business
Administration with a minor in Microcomputer Applications.
Leigh Bickell
- Vice President of Finance
Leigh heads up all aspects of Finance and Accounting
for Tadiran's US operations. She started with Tadiran
in 2001 and was promoted to VP of Finance in 2007. Prior
to Tadiran she had five years as Controller of Sutton
Online/Global Capital Markets an online brokerage firm,
where she was responsible for all functions of the Accounting.
She assisted the President of Company in their IPO. She
also has five years experience as Staff Accountant for
DCA Food Industries. Leigh holds a Bachelors of Science
in Accounting
Lindsay Kintner
- Vice President of Engineering and Field Support
Lindsay
manages strategic, OEM relationships, and Composit sales
in
the Americas. Lindsay served in the
U.S. Air Force after graduating high school. He began his
career
in the telecommunications industry in 1980, working through
the ranks from cable puller to sales engineer. His first
exposure
to Tadiran was in 1986 while working for a long-time Tadiran
reseller. He joined Tadiran Telecom in 1994 as a Regional
Sales Manager. He moved to Director of Product Management
at Tadiran in 2000 and was promoted to Sr. Director of Product
Marketing in 2002. Lindsay
holds a B.S. degree in Computer Science from the University
of Michigan.
Barry
Slyper –
National Sales Manager
Barry has
over twenty years experience in telecommunication sales
management-
training
and managing sales teams. His familiarity of the reseller
business model and his knowledge of the industry provide
an excellent foundation for best positioning Tadiran’s
sales activities.
Barry has a Business Administration
degree from Brooklyn College,