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Nizani rides Kan Akiva

On April 9 we posted here a nice picture of the first product- Kan Akiva, of Scientific Technology (later renamed Scitex). A couple of weeks later on April 19 we received and posted another picture, which was Emailed to us by the (then) customer Ilan Barak. Well now, nowsome else has come out of the woodwork…. Jacob Laor (who worked on the elcronic system) has Emailed this picture of Aharon Nizani (who worked on the optical system) sitting in control.

I hope that these pictures trigger pleasent memories, and YOU TOO would send us historical pictures.

Rami_Hascal

Rami Hascal

The ExScite Rami Hascal has joined H.T PROF. Israel recruting. Rami who had been with Scitex in Israel and in Boston for over 14 years, lives in Newton MA.
We hope that Rami will regulary post job opportunities for our ExScite members at the ExScite Resume Section.
He wrote us:
I am glad to inform you that I joined H.T PROF. Israel (www.htprof.com), an Atlanta based executive search firm dedicated to help Israeli companies to recruit key personnel, executive and technical, in the USA.
As you might guess, my twenty-odd years in the USA, understanding the subtle differences of how business is conducted in Israel and in America, will be a major contribution to Israeli companies as they recruit key management and technical personnel for their US based operation.
HT Prof. Israel has extensive track record of placing key personnel for US-Israeli based companies. I have attached a one page document describing the services provided by the company.
I will be working from my home office so please feel free to use my contact information as it appears below:
Rami Hascal, Principal Email: rami@htprof.com
US office- H.T PROF. Israel
Tel: (Office) 617-916-0028 (Mobile) 617-233-4059

Ilan Barak on Kan Akiva

On April 9 we posted at ExScite/Nostalgia a picture of the 1970’s Scitex product- Kan Akiva (Scitex then still was Scientific Technology). The picture was taken during a field trial on the top of Mount Meron, in Northern Israel.
The giant device was later sold to the Israeli government research arm Refael and was installed in the Southern part of the Israeli desert, the Negev. That picture at ExScite.net has brought fond memories to Ilan Barak. In the early 70’s Ilan had been the Kan Akiva operator at Refael before he joined Scitex. So, Ilan searched through his personal files, found and sent us this picture of him operating the system in the Negev.
YOU too, if your have nostalgic pictures with a story behind them, Email us.

Ronen_Sobel

Ronen Sobel joined HumanEyes as VP Graphic Arts Sales after 11 years at Scitex and Creo where he served, at different periods, in executive positions in the United States, and Asia Pacific. Ronen more recently served as Vice President of sales at View Links Ltd, a company specializing in the fraud detection for the financial institutes.
The Jerusalem based HumanEyes Technologies provide solutions for combining 3D stereo and panorama, previously considered impossible.
HumanEyes Board of Directors includes Chairman Benny Landa (founder and former CEO of Indigo – now HP), Yoav Chelouche (former CEO of Scitex).

The Kan Akiva team at work on the Hermon

The first product of Scientific Technology (the predecessor of Scitex) was the Kan Akiva– a missile tracking system. Designed and integrated 37 years ago, Kan Akiva included a fantastic collection of technologies, analog electronics, large format reflective optics, high precision mechanics in accurate servo control loop and under radar control. The system was financed by the Israeli defense budget and was delivered to the Israeli army intelligence. It worked in the field for more than 20 years.
The picture was taken atop one of the highest mountains in Israel, Har Meron.
Look at the legs, and the sun tan!!!!.
From left to right: Israel Perl (?), Moshe Broudo, Aharon Nizani. The big white monster in the front is a 12” diameter 5000mm focal length Jonel reflective telescope. Its smaller “brother” purple, on the right, is a Questar 2000mm reflective telescope.
If you have additional nostalgic information and pictures about those glory days, please Email me.
For additional information, see the ExScite/Nostalgia posting from Dec 20, 2004 here.

Diana ShemTov passed away

Diana with Ben Gurion.

With great sadness, we announce that Diana Shemtob passed away in Israel on March 17, at the age of 72.
Diana was born in Singapore, and spent World War II in a Japanese concentration camp, together with other Jews and citizens of Western countries who were living there when the war broke out. After the war ended, she came to Israel and took part in building the new state.
A native English speaker, Diana joined Scitex in 1973 as English-language secretary. As one of Scitex’ first 100 employees, Diana got into the company “on the ground floor”. Over the next 25 years, she performed a wide range of administrative and secretarial jobs, and was the first of the administrative personnel to use a Word Processor, on the old VAX computer. In those days, Diana could be seen walking the halls of the office in Herzliya carrying the reels of tape on which her text files were stored.
In addition to her other skills, Diana was a talented seamstress, and made it a habit to knit a new pair of booties for every Scitex baby born in the Israel office, as well as for some of her Scitex colleagues.
Diana was absolutely dedicated to Scitex, and never let go of a project until it was finished to her satisfaction.
Following her retirement, Diana took great pleasure in attending the “Scitex ladies’ reunions”, which a group of ex-Scitex women took turns hosting over the years, in order to maintain our friendships and keep up with each others’ post-Scitex lives. The most recent of the reunions was held in February of this year at the home of Galit Felix.
As a young woman in her early 20’s, Diana served in the Israeli air force. One of the pictures she was always very proud to show around was of her with a friend (sitting in the Jeep, David Ben-Gurion, Israel’s prime minister and minister of defense, during one of his visits at the air force).

Diana was a cherished member of the Scitex family, and we shall all miss her greatly.

Printar

Founded in 1999, Printar of Rehovot Israel, supplies digital printing equipment and consumable chemicals for the PCB industry. Printar market sector focus is on digital printing technologies for PCB manufacturing.
Like many Israeli technology start ups, Printar is also proud to present a strong management team composed of a number of ExScite?s.

Amir Noy – CEO since September 2006. Prior to that, he served as CEO of Sunlight Medical, Ltd., a medical equipment company. From 1994 to 2001 he worked for NUR Macroprinters as VP R&D, VP Marketing and since 1999 as the President of the Asia subsidiary. Before Nur, Amir was at Scitex Israel.
Ron Zohar – President and founder of Printar, defined and initiated the company?s products from scratch to worldwide sales in all PCB market geographic segments. From 1977 ? 1999 Zohar worked for Scitex-Idanit and from 1985 ? 1997 he held various R&D and business development positions at Optrotech and later at Orbotech.
Ori Gerson ? VP Operations joined Printar in 2004 and is in charge of production, logistic, applications & customer support departments. He held various senior positions in Laser industry and Scitex Vision, including VP of operations for the past 19 years.
Albert Yafe– VP R&D Systems joined Printar in 2005 and is in charge of system research and development. Prior to that he held various senior management positions at Scitex and Orbotech for over 25 years. Among others, he was corporate VP R&D at Orbotech and CTO at Orbotech Ventures.
Nachum Korman – President North America & Europe joined Printar in December 2006. Before joining Printar, he was the President of American operations for Nur Marcoprinters. Previous to that, he held a number of senior positions at Nur, including the President of NUR Europe S.A. Mr. Korman began his career at Elbit and Optrotec in Belgium, and also worked for Scitex Europe S.A. as sales and logistics manager.
In addition, the late Ami Caspi (see ExScite/News, Mar 24, 2007) was a Director at the company until he passed away in March 2007.
In the picture from left to right: Amir, Ron, Ori, Albert and Nachum

Ami Caspi, a computer designer pioneer passed away

STA guys run at Corporate Challenge Road Race

Lee Ann Torigian has sent us this old picture from the 1980’s.

This macho group of STA guys entered the Corporate Challenge Road Race and this is how they looked after they crossed the finish line.
Pictured from left to right are: Dani Herzka, Unknown (Help), Kip Cooper, Kevin Kennedy, Richard Wells, Chuck Stewart and Bob Bradford.
Lee Ann is currently with Chantry Networks Corp., A Siemens Company in Chelmsford, MA

Kodak Scitex is relocating [2]