Stanley B. Stern has served as a member of
our Board of Directors since September 2020. Mr. Stern is
currently the chairman of the board of directors of
AudioCodes Ltd. (Nasdaq, TASE: AUDC), a leading vendor of
advanced communications software, products and productivity
solutions for the digital workplace, and serves as a member
of the boards of directors of the following public
companies: Ormat Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: ORA), Ekso
Bionics Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: EKSO). Since 2013, Mr. Stern
has served as the president of Alnitak Capital, a strategic
advisory firm, engaged primarily in high-tech, alternative
energy and healthcare. Previously, from 2004 until 2013, Mr.
Stern served in various positions at Oppenheimer & Co.,
including as a Managing Director and Head of Investment
Banking, Technology, Israeli Banking and FIG. From 2002
until 2004, he was a Managing Director and the Head of
Investment Banking at C.E. Unterberg, Towbin where he
focused on the technology and defense related sectors. From
January 2000 until January 2002, Mr. Stern was the President
of STI Ventures Advisory USA Inc., a venture capital firm
focusing on technology investments. Prior to his term at STI
Ventures, he spent over 20 years at CIBC Oppenheimer in the
investment banking department and started the technology
banking group in 1990. In the past, Mr. Stern was a board
member of several public and private companies, including
Given Imaging Ltd. and Fundtech Ltd., and the chairman of
the boards of directors of Tucows, Inc. and of SodaStream
International Ltd., until its sale to Pepsico in December
2018. Mr. Stern holds a B.A. degree in economics and
accounting from City University of New York, Queens College,
and an M.B.A. from Harvard University