B.Sc. in Industrial and Management Engineering, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa.
M.Sc. in Industrial and Management Engineering, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa.
NSE (Network Support Engineering), The College of Management.
Certification Studies in Management, 820 hours, Technion Haifa & Yezreel Valley College.
Certification studies in Negotiation, 100 hours, The State University of Louisiana, USA.
US Special Agent Badge.
Qualifications & Abilities:
Senior Officer in the Israeli Police Force in charge of hundreds of people for two decades. Rank: Commander (Colonel).
Expertise in long-term strategic planning of projects and their initialization.
Many years of experience in training, development of computerized projects, development of computerized systems for training and management and of teaching programs in variety of domains.
Founding and leading a large scope of logistic projects.
Founding and managing of 2 Startups in the Cellular domain.
Publishing thousands of news items, columns and articles in the Telecom and IT domains in magazines, journals, websites and in "TheCom" in Israel and abroad. Publishing of several books including 2 in the Telecom domain.
Conducting research in the Israel Technology Market, including studies for the international research company - IDC (International Data Corporation).
Consultation in the Telecom and innovative technologies domains for many Israeli and foreign firms and startups.
Examination of communication equipment and its evaluation.
From February 2013 – Present, Avi is the Editor-in-Chief of Telecom News, the leading Telecom, High-Tech, Technologies & Startups news magazine in Israel.
A little about myself:
I am married and have two lovely daughters.
I was POW in Egypt during the Yom-Kippur War.
I try to live life to the fullest and enjoy learning new
concepts and ideas.