Giora Yaron

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Dr. Giora Yaron was born in 1949 in Israel. He is an active founding investor and founder of a group of high-tech and med-tech companies. Among these companies are P-cube (acquired by Cisco), PentaCom (acquired by Cisco), Qumranet (acquired by Redhat), Comsys (acquired by Conexant, Texas Instruments), Exanet (acquired by Dell) Hyperwise Security (acquired by Checkpoint), Qwilt, Itamar Medical, Excelero, Equalum, Aqua Security and Vulcan Security. Dr. Yaron has been serving as board member and/or chairman of the boards of these companies since their inception. He also served as a chairman of the board of Mercury Interactive (acquired by HP). Dr. Yaron has also served as the president of Indigo NV, leading the company to a NASDAQ IPO. Prior to joining Indigo, he served as Corporate Vice President of National Semiconductor [NSC] and was the Founder of NSC wafer fab in Israel (today Tower-Jazz Semiconductors). In 2017 Dr. co-founded Siraj Technologies and Siraj NGO focused on bringing the Bedouin community into the high-tech domain. Earlier in his career, he led, with his team at NSC, the invention of the revolutionary microprocessor, which provided the foundation for the microprocessors as we know them today.

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May 18, 2018 · www.calcalistech.com

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Israeli Tech Veteran Giora Yaron Wants to Bring Israel's Bedouins Into the Tech Fold

General Electric is outsourcing jobs to a small team of Bedouin engineers through a nonprofit organization called Siraj Technologies. Siraj provides software development services, primarily for the industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) industries. The goal is to generate more tech job opportunities in the Negev region of Southern Israel and reinvest the profits in the education of the next generation of Bedouin tech professionals. Bedouins, who are traditionally underrepresented in the local job market and tech sector, face barriers such as language and culture differences and lack of networks. General Electric plans to double the team of Bedouin engineers, and Siraj aims to provide job opportunities to hundreds or even thousands of Bedouins. The founder of Siraj, Giora Yaron, is seeking government funding to support the organizations growth.

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May 28, 2017 · www.globes.co.il

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Dr. Giora Yaron: Startups need carrots not sticks

Dr. Giora Yaron, a key figure in Israels high tech industry, has been involved in numerous successful startups, including TowerJazz, Indigo NV, Mercury Interactive Corp., PentaCom, P-Cube, Qumranet, and Exanet. He has also been a director at Amdocs, which has 26,000-27,000 employees worldwide, including 6,000-7,000 in Israel. Yaron is currently chairman of the Executive Council of Tel Aviv University and is involved in bringing high tech to broader swathes of Israeli society, including the Bedouin community.

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