Management Team

Early in his career Hadar founded and served as CEO of CTP Systems (micro cellular networks) until its acquisition by DSP Communications (NASDAQ: DSPC). Hadar continued with DSPC's executive management team for two years, and subsequently the company was acquired by Intel.  Hadar went on to co-found Ensemble Communications, a pioneer in the broadband wireless space and the WiMax standard, where he served as executive vice president, sales and marketing. Following that, Hadar served as CEO of Native Networks where he was instrumental in successfully shaping the company into a market-driven provider of MPLS based solutions to tier-1 telecoms and in orchestrating the company’s ultimate acquisition by Alcatel.

 Arazi is a certified public accountant with over 18 years of financial management experience including strategic planning, mergers and acquisitions, budget planning and control, treasury and accounting departments, as well as US securities law compliance issues. Prior to Allot, Arazi held various financial roles including VP Finance at Verint Systems Ltd., one of the largest subsidiaries of Verint Systems Inc., a multi-national, analytic software-based telecommunications solutions provider. Before Verint,  Arazi served as CFO of H.L. Finance and Services Ltd., a publicly-traded company on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, and worked as a CPA at various companies dealing with partnership, in leading accounting and auditing firms.

Before joining Allot, Klein served as VP Strategic Business Development at DSPG (VoIP and multimedia silicon solutions) where he was responsible for strategic technology acquisitions. Prior to this, he co-founded and held the position of CTO at Ensemble Communications (wireless access systems) and was one of the founders and creators of WiMAX and IEEE 802.16.  Klein was also CTO and VP of R&D at CTP Systems (cellular system manufacturer) which was acquired by DSP Communications and later by Intel. Klein holds numerous patents in the telecommunications field.

Prior to Allot, Elefant worked in the product management of airborne systems. This included responsibility for products from the characterization of requirements and development stages through new system introduction and maintenance. Elefant has a B.Sc. cum laude in Mechanical Engineering and an MBA in Marketing and Business Development.

Moyal comes to Allot from AudioCodes where as VP of Business Development, he was responsible for developing and implementing the company’s global strategy.  Previous positions include AudioCodes’ VP of Marketing, VP of Business Development at BridgeWave Communications, and a variety of management positions in Orckit, including VP of Product Management and VP of Business Development.  Moyal holds a B.Sc. in Physics from the Hebrew University and an MBA from Tel Aviv University.

Cohen has over 15 years of experience in telecom sales. He joins Allot from ECI Telecom, where he served in a variety of positions including GM of the Access Line of Business, Vice President of Sales and Sales Operations for the Broadband Access Division, Vice President of Strategic Alliances for the Broadband Access Division.  Earlier, Cohen co-founded and was President and CEO of Gigaspaces Technologies where he was responsible for growing the company into a multi-million dollar business.  Cohen holds a B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications from Coventry Polytechnic and an MBA from the University of Manchester.

He brings to Allot more than 20 years of experience within sales, marketing and operations at top tier telecommunication carriers in the United States.  Prior to Allot, Costello assumed management positions of increasing responsibility at NYNEX Corporation including Vice President Business Network Solutions and Vice President Global Sales. After the NYNEX merger with Bell Atlantic, he was appointed President & CEO of Bell Atlantic Network Integration, where he grew the unit to exceed $300M in annual revenues with 1200 employees located throughout the United States.

After Bell Atlantic, Costello served as VP Sales at Corvis Corporation, an optical networking start-up, where he was instrumental in penetrating telco accounts and driving over $200M in sales. He was subsequently named Vice President and General Manager of Managed Storage Services when Corvis acquired Broadwing.  

Prior to joining Allot, Hochbaum served as COO of Axerra, an international leader in circuit emulation and service emulation solutions. Before Axerra, he was Senior Vice President of R&D at Vyyo, a leading provider of extended bandwidth solutions for HFC network operators. This followed an 11-year tenure at Avaya where he held various managerial and executive positions including VP R&D and General Manager. Hochbaum holds a B.Sc. and M.Sc. with honors in Mathematics and Computer Science from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Moriah has over 25 years of experience managing high-tech businesses and  technology products. Prior to Allot, he was a founding member of Daisy System's Design Center, manager of software development at Orbot Instruments, and VP R&D and acting General Manager at ACA.

Gvili has extensive experience in manufacturing operations (from the prototype level to mass production), coordination of cross functional teams through the whole product lifecycle process, and in the planning and execution of budgets and cost reduction activities to decrease COGS and personnel overhead.   Prior to Allot, Gvili was VP Operations for a start-up company specializing in solutions for cellular network optimization. He also served as VP Operations and IT at Terayon Communication Systems, a broadband access company, and as Manager of Integration and Final Testing at Telegate, a developer of communications systems for cable operators.

Prior to Allot, Shenig served as Human Resources manager of the Davidoff Insurance Company and as an organizational consultant at Aman Consulting.  Shenig holds a MSc in organizational behavior from the University of Tel Aviv.