OzVision's management team brings decades of diverse experiences and a history of success. Combining business acumen with technical savvy they are the driving force behind a group of talented employees that have created highly innovative remote video products and services which enable customers to ensure the safety of their person and property.
Avraam (Avi) Fried – Chairman & CEO
Avi Fried was appointed chief executive officer in April 2008, and named chairman of the board of directors in August 2008. He currently serves on the boards of Celbrus, Tribase and GPT. Prior to this Avi was the chairman of the board of Mplicity, General of Manager of Magma Israel, CEO and President of Msafe Inc., General Manager of Avanti Corp Europe, General Manager of Cadence Israel and the Area Director for QuickTurn Israel.
Avi holds a PhD degree in Mathematics.
Alan Avidan – President OzVision Global
Alan Avidan is a senior security industry executive with over 15 years experience in the commercial, military and homeland security sectors. Alan has co-founded and led a high-tech company within the security/advanced wireless communications space. MadahCom, Inc. established itself as a world leader in its field, and achieved rapid profitable growth through its flagship product line WAVES® (Wireless Audio Visual Emergency System).
In April 2007 MadahCom, Inc. was acquired by Cooper Industries (NYSE:CBE) and now forms the core of the Cooper Notification Division.
He is recognized within the industry as a world-expert on anti-terrorism alerting systems, and has been invited to address major security conferences and events, both commercial and military, including ISC, ASIS, NFPA, NSCA, US Pacific Command ATFP and PSEAG.
Alan joined OzVision as President in April 2008. He holds a PhD in Engineering and an Executive MBA
Avi Lupo – President Security Division & Founder OzVision Global
Avi Lupo has more than 20 years of experience in the security industry and was instrumental in establishing the company as a leading developer of advanced video solutions for the security monitoring market. Avi was one of the founders of OzVision Global and served as it's first President. Prior to joining OzVision he was CEO of Scan Group International, a group of three electronic security and monitoring stations in Israel. He was also CEO of Israel-based Vegal Industries.
Michael Buber– Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Buber has diversified experience in accompanying a broad range of Israeli and US high-tech companies. Prior to joining OzVision, Mr. Buber was a Manager at Deloitte where he was responsible for strategic analysis and accompanying companies in their business development activities. He has extensive expertise in Sarbanes Oxley act implementation, IFRS conversation, Tax and IPO’s.
Mr. Buber is a certified public accountant and holds a B.A. in Accounting and Economics from Haifa University, Israel
Yaakov Karsenty – VP Engineering
Mr. Karsenty is an engineering executive with 20 years experience in the communication, Surveillance, VoIP, Video processing, and cellular domains. He has managed small and large development teams both in startup and in large companies. Previously he held VP Engineering positions at Buzz V.C., Mate, VCON and Telrad.
Aviv Venture Capital (http://www.avivvc.com) - "Aviv" invests in Israeli related unique technology companies focusing on mid stage companies that are at the phase of transforming from an "R&D project" to a "full scale" company.
Kardan Communications (http://www.kardan.nl) - Kardan Israel Ltd. is a leading Israeli holding and investment company. The company was established in 1982 and is traded on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (in the TA-100 list).
Kardan Israel operates in the communications and technology sector through its group companies Kardan Communications and Kardan Technologies. They focus mainly on investing in small to medium sized technology companies, in the fields of communications and media, that are beyond the start-up stage and have strong growth potential.
