Gossip

Dalya Bahar has been working for Scitex for the last 24 years (going through all the phases- Scitex/CreoScitex/Creo). She joined the company in 1979 as a 21 years old girl, working as an electronics designer in Scitex Israel. In the past 3 years she works in the POS division (Print On Demand System Group) as a QA team leader and is also Developing Infrastructures and Processes for Quality Assurance at POS. As such, she works in coordination with the Xerox’s QA team in Rochester NY. During the years she studied Marketing and Quality Assurance Methodologies. Currently she is studying for a Business Management degree in Derby University in Tel Aviv. Located in Herzlia, the POS group of Creo develops DFE’s – Digital Front Ends and Color Solution for (mainly Xerox) printers and high-end copiers.

Haim Benjamini Brigadier General (retired) of the Israeli army [IDF], serving in the paratroops and army intelligence, has been with Teva since 1988 and has been the VP-Human Resources since 1989. Before joining Teva, Haim was Corp. VP Human Resources & Organization at Scitex in Israel, from February 1982 through May 1988.
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. of Petah Tikva, Israel is a global healthcare company specializing in pharmaceuticals (www.tevapharm.co.il ) . Its corporate headquarters are in Israel with capabilities of production, sale and distribution of pharmaceutical products. In 2001, Teva posted $2.08 billion in sales generating net income of $278.2 million With over 8,500 employees. The 100 years old Teva is among the most traded shares on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange and among the most widely held Israeli shares on NASDAQ [symbol-TEVA].

Two ExScite’s are holding key positions at Sapiens. Yuval Hadari is corporate CFO and Mony Agam is VP France. For 8 years, Yuval held key financial positions at Scitex in Israel and in Europe, including VP Finance at STE. Mony spent 15 years with Scitex, most of it in application and sales positions at STE. After STE he was with Nur Europe, before he joined Sapiens.
Sapiens International Corporation (NASDAQ: SPNS) of Rehovot, Israel is a global provider of business software solutions that are deployed rapidly and support users? core business processes. Sapiens solutions, which are installed at hundreds locations worldwide, accelerate business solution development, legacy lifecycle management and application maintenance (www.sapiens.com ).

Orit Mey-Tal

Israeli start-up Objet Geometries has recently changed one ExScite CEO (David Ofek) with a new ExScite CEO (Hanan Yosefi).
In an interview with Globes Hanan said that Objet is holding advanced negotiations to raise $10 million from existing and news investors. The round is expected to be completed by the end of the year. The company has raised $5 million so far, and now wants to raise an additional $5 million from strategic investors from the product design and development and polymer product development sectors. He said the company expects to reach the break-even point in mid-2003.
During his 13 years at Scitex Israel, Hanan has held application and marketing positions.
Objet Geometries, founded in May 1998, develops 3D network printers and materials that create models directly from three-dimensional CAD files using patented hardware, software and polymer materials. Investors in the company include Scitex, TDA Capital Partners and private investors. The company is headquartered in Rehovot and has 60 employees at its offices in the US and Brussels.

G