Partner, Sughrue Mion, PLLC's Silicon Valley office
Joseph Bach
Mr.
Bach has more than a decade of legal experience in all aspects of intellectual
property law, including patent prosecution and litigation. Joseph has developed
methodologies for, and counsels clients on, efficiently building and managing
effective patent portfolios. Joseph has successfully handled and managed
cases in a broad range of technologies and has litigation experience before
the International Trade Commission and federal courts. Joseph was formerly
Senior Director of Intellectual Property at Applied Materials, where he
was responsible for all aspects of the company's intellectual property internationally.
He hold a law degree from the Duke University School of Law and a B.S. Engineering
and Applied Science from California Institute of Technology (Caltech).Founder and Managing Director, Silicom Ventures
Gadi Behar
As
Founder and Managing Director, Gadi Behar brings 30 years of business and
management experience to Silicom Ventures, LLC. During the last eight years
as Managing Director of Silicom Ventures, Gadi has been engaged in business
planning, development, financial, recruiting and fundraising work for a
variety of Silicon Valley and Israel-based startups - particularly in semiconductor,
life sciences, software and information technologies. Under his leadership,
Silicom Ventures has grown to be the largest global business forum in the
United States. Gadi's vast network includes business leaders and investors
in Silicon Valley, Israel and Europe, as well as relationships with the
governments of Israel, Spain, Mexico and The Netherlands. Founder, CEO and President, Interro Systems
Raffy Chatav
Mr.
Raffy Chatav is a member of Silicom Ventures advisory board. Mr. Chatav
is the Founder, CEO and President of Interro Systems, Inc. a developer,
manufacturer and marketer of automotive diagnostic equipment. From 1989
to 1992 Mr. Chatav founded and served as Executive VP, Director of Edge
Diagnostic Systems, a company involved in the automotive diagnostic equipment
market. The company was eventually sold to Snap-On / Sun Electric. In 1980
Mr. Chatav co-founded DAISY Systems in the EDA industry and served as Sr.
VP Corporate Officer. Mr. Chatav holds an MBA from California State Univ.
Northridge and a BSEE from the TECHNION Israel Institute of Technology.Co-founder and former Chairman of Optonics
Dr. Israel NIv
Dr.
Israel Niv is a member of Silicom Ventures advisory board. Dr. Niv was the
founder and CEO of start-ups, a founder and GM of a company he took public
and a Vice-President in a fortune 200 company. In Late 1998, Israel co-founded
and became the Chairman of Optonics, a provider of transistor level probing
systems. Israel sold Optonics to credence Systems in late 2002 and served
as a president and GM of the Diagnostics business Group (DCG) that grew
from $2M in 2001 to $18.5M in 2004. In May of 1999, Israel co-founded BeyondWork,
an on-line provider of employee benefits. BeyondWork raised $15M during
the Internet high days and served over 4000 companies. In 1986, Dr. Niv
co-founded Opal Inc., a semiconductor equipment metrology company. Israel
served as the VP of R,D&E, later as the GM & Executive VP of Sales
and Marketing. From 1994 he served on Opal's Board of Directors, and was
part of a 3-man team that took Opal public in May 1995. Dr. Niv became a
VP at Applied Materials, when it acquired Opal Inc. in late 1996. Israel
was responsible for the sales, marketing and business development of the
Process Diagnostics group (PDC) (over $150M in annual sales). Israel received
his B.Sc. in Chemistry (Summa Cum Laude), and a Ph.D. in Chemical Physics
from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. From 1982 to 1985 he worked as
a Weitzmann Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Southern California
(USC). In 1992, Israel completed the AEA/Stanford Executive Institute for
Management of High-Technology Companies. Dr. Niv is a board member of Jordan
valley - a semiconductor Metrology company, serves on a board of PGSP -
an academic institution and is an advisor to several start-ups.President, Magnolia Capital Partners
Hagi Schwartz
Hagi has held
several executive positions at leading technology companies including service
as the CFO of Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (Nasdaq: CHKP) and
Mercury Interactive Corporation (Nasdaq: MERQE) at the time of their respective
initial public offerings. In addition, he previously served as the CFO for
Atrica Inc. and HyperRoll Inc. Hagi is on the board of directors of Rackable
Systems (Nasdaq: RACK) and on the advisory board of several technology companies.
Hagi holds a B.Sc degree in economics and accounting from Bar Ilan University.
Hagi enjoys bike riding in his spare time.