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UZI LEVAMI
has been CEO of the Group since February 2009
and an Executive Director since December 2008. He is also a Director in
the Group’s subsidiaries, Galatea, Sarin India, Sarine Color Technologies,
Sarine Polishing Technologies, Sarin Hong Kong, Sarine Holdings USA,
Sarine North America, Sarine IGT H, Sarine IGT I and Sarine IGT JKL. Mr.
Levami completed his studies towards a Master’s degree in Computer
Sciences from the Weizmann Institute of Science and holds a Bachelor’s
degree in Electrical Engineering (cum laude) from the Technion - Israel
Institute of Technology. He is one of the original founders of Sarine and
has a long history of founding high-tech companies (Compulite Ltd.,
Shalev Computer Systems Ltd. and EquipNet Ltd., a start-up spin-off of
Interhightech (1982) Ltd.). Prior to becoming CEO of the Group Mr. Levami
held the position of Director of Business Development at MKS Instruments
Inc., a publicly-traded US company supplying in excess of $700M of capital
equipment to the semiconductor industry, after the most recent company
he founded, EquipNet Ltd., was acquired by MKS. In 1992, while at Shalev
Computer Systems, Mr. Levami was personally awarded the prestigious
Israel Defence Award by then President Herzog for his endeavours on a
development project for the Israel Defence Forces. From 1973 to 1980, Mr.
Levami served in the Israel Defence Forces and attained the rank of Major.
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has been the Group’s Deputy CEO and Chief
Operating Officer (COO) since 2012, with added responsibilities for
worldwide operations and customer care, in addition to being responsible
for overseeing the Group’s worldwide sales and market communications,
including the network of subsidiaries and distributors / resellers. He is also
a Director in the Group’s subsidiaries, Galatea, Sarin India, Sarine Color
Technologies, Sarine Polishing Technologies, Sarine Holdings USA, Sarine
North America, Sarine IGT H, Sarine IGT I and Sarine IGT JKL. Prior to
this appointment, from June 2009, Mr. Block was Deputy CEO and VP
Sales responsible for overseeing the Group’s worldwide sales, including
the network of distributors and subsidiaries, and market communications.
Prior to that appointment, from January 2006, Mr. Block was the CEO of
Sarin India in charge of the overall management of the operations and
business in Sarin India, responsible for over 70% of the Group’s revenues
and the supervision of over 200 employees. Before being assigned to Sarin
India, Mr. Block was a Product Manager responsible for all the products
aimed at the diamond manufacturing market. Prior to joining the Group,
Mr. Block worked at several major Israeli high technology companies
in the management of large-scale development projects, computer
programming, quality assurance and technical writing positions. Mr. Block
holds an MBA from the Kellog-Recanati School of Business, a joint degree
from Northwestern University in the USA and Tel Aviv University, and a
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from the Tel Aviv-Jaffa Academic
College in Israel.
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has served as the Group’s Chief
Financial Officer since May 2009 and is also responsible for Legal and
Human Resources issues. He is also a Director in the Group’s subsidiaries,
Galatea, Sarin
India, Sarine Color Technologies, Sarine Polishing
Technologies, Sarine Holdings USA, Sarine North America, Sarine IGT H,
Sarine IGT I and Sarine IGT JKL. He has over 25 years of corporate and Wall
Street experience, working with publicly-traded and private companies in
Israel and the United States. From July 2006 until May 2009, Mr. Kessler
served as the Principal Finance and Accounting Officer (CFO) of XTL
Biopharmaceuticals Ltd. (Nasdaq: XTLB; LSE: XTL and TASE: XTL) and was
previously its Director of Finance since January 2006, having served as a
financial consultant to XTL during 2005, when he spearheaded the process
of listing XTL for trading on the Nasdaq. From October 2003 until December
2005, he served as a financial consultant to Keryx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc.
(Nasdaq: KERX), following the relocation of its headquarters to New York,
after having served as their Controller in Israel from 2001 until September
2003. From 1996-2000, Mr. Kessler served as Chief Financial Officer for
Interhightech (1982) Ltd. While on Wall Street, he worked as a research
analyst at Wertheim Schroder & Co., covering media and entertainment
companies. Mr. Kessler holds a Bachelor’s degree (magna cum laude) in
Economics and Mathematics from Yeshiva University, and a Masters of
Business Administration from Columbia University, both in NY, USA.
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has served as the Group’s Vice
President of Research and Development since March 2009 and as Chief
Technological Officer since 2004. He is primarily responsible for developing
our technological base and the development of new products. Prior
to 2004, Mr. Kerner was our R&D manager for nearly a decade, having
joined the Group in 1995. Prior to joining the Group, Mr. Kerner worked
for companies related to the Group, where he accumulated 15 years of
engineering experience and was involved for ten of those years in the
development of precision motion control systems and accurate measuring
machines for diamonds. Between 1989 and 1995 Mr. Kerner worked
for Shalev (founded by Mr. Levami, the Group’s current CEO) and then
Interhightech (founded by Mr. Glinert, the Group’s current Chairman, into
which Shalev was merged in 1993) on the original DiaMension™ and the
DiaCenter™, the first automated computerised centering system for rough
diamonds for bruting (a now discontinued product of the Group). From
1986 through 1989 while at Shalev, Mr. Kerner participated in the Group’s
original development project – the Robogem™, an automated system for
planning and shaping non-diamond gemstones. Before that, from 1980
through 1986 Mr. Kerner worked for another of Mr. Levami’s start-ups –
Compulite. Mr. Kerner holds a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering
from the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology.
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is the Vice President of Diamond Manufacturing
Activities, responsible for all products for the diamond industry midstream,
including the Galaxy™/Solaris™ family of inclusion scanning solutions,
rough diamond planning products, laser sawing and shaping systems,
polishing quality aids and polished diamond Cut finishing and grading
solutions. Prior to this appointment, he was, since January 2013, the
Group’s Director with similar responsibilities. From 2005 to 2013, Mr. Ben-
Ari acted as the Product Manager of the rough diamond planning group
of products (the DiaExpert™ and Advisor™ product lines) and managed
the Galaxy™/Solaris™ family of products during their first two years
and participated in their launch, initial marketing drive and acceptance,
ongoing development, etc. Prior to that, since joining Sarine in 2003, Ron
Ben-Ari managed the Quality Assurance team in Sarine, responsible for
testing all of Sarine’s products. Mr. Ben-Ari holds an MBA from the Kellog-
Recanati School of Business, a joint degree from Northwestern University
in the USA and Tel Aviv University, and a Bachelor’s degree in Computer
Science from the IDC College in Israel.
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