This picture was sent to us by Peter Havas from the UK. It was taken in the Tel Aviv’s Hard Rock Café. Peter’s trip to Israel was linked to the introduction of the Spontane system.
In the picture from left to right: ? , ?, Bill Young, Jim Buczynski, Peter Havas, ?, Alois Bayer, ?,
The ExScite Alan Weisleder is EVP Sales at GigaSpaces.
Alan is responsible for sales activities in Europe, Asia and Africa. Prior to joining GigaSpaces, he was CEO of the ASP company NewChannel, which was later acquired by LivePerson.
Previously, Alan worked as Group Manager of IT Solutions at Scitex Corporation.
GigaSpaces distributed applications enable developers to Write their business logic once and then scale the application linearly anywhere, and on-demand. It is targeted at applications characterized by high-volume transaction processing and low-latency requirements and provides an alternative to web services for implementing high performance and scalable service-oriented architectures. GigaSpaces customers include leaders in the financial services, telecommunications sectors, and government institutions. The privately held company was founded in 2000 and has offices in Herzliya, New York, San Francisco, London, and Paris.
Laura DeLaurentis, the Ex-Scitex America (Bedford MA) walked around Graph Expo 2006 in Chicago Il and bumped into people.
She did what every good ExScite should do- SENT US THE PICTURES. See the results in the random set of portraits above.
Upper row from the left: Laura DeLaurentis, Arie Doron, Dominic Veroni, Hugo Flores
Middle row from the left: Joice Conoby, Cohen, Kevin Row, Ganther, Zolotko
Lower row from the left: Ernie Clarck, Jacob Gur-Arie
Aliza Peleg
Aliza Peleg is Managing Director of SAP Labs U.S. In this role, Aliza is responsible for the strategy and operations of the Lab. In addition to Labs U.S., Aliza?s role includes positioning the SAP Global Development Network as a significant competitive advantage of the company. Aliza joined SAP in March 2001 after SAP acquired TopTier Software, where she was General Manager of TopTier Israel for five years. Prior to joining TopTier, Aliza was Director of Business Development at Scitex Corporation in Israel and Marketing Manager at Apple Computer. Aliza began her professional career in Development, and grew into a variety of leadership positions in both Marketing & Product Management. In the second half of her career, Aliza held several senior management positions in Business Development and Operations.
Headquartered in Palo Alto, California, SAP Labs U.S. is the first SAP Lab established outside of Germany. The mission of SAP Labs U.S. is to leverage the many valuable assets within Silicon Valley and the expansive U.S. market in order to drive innovation, strategic partnering, and field support/customer success. The group creates dynamic partnerships that foster collective innovation. builds communities at multiple levels by participating in local business, academic, and social relationships.
Anthony Bellia, the ExScite Response Center Manager of Scitex America sent us this recent picture. The photo was taken on October 3rd by Zvi Jalfin at the monthly Ex-Scitex get together sports bar near the Ex-Scitex America headquarters facility in Bedford, MA. Zvi (always behind the camera) is not included in the image.
Writes Tony: “This picture truly represents what it was like to work with such an outstanding team. Meeting with this group truly made it feel like we were home again. During this get together, we honored Paul Quandt our fallen Colleague. All Participants took turns reminiscing the best stories and good times that we experienced with Paul.”
From left to right (bottom row, sitting) Dana Fokos, Joanne Price, Ricardo Trzmielina, Fabio Andrade, Efri Eller, Jim Buczynski, Anthony Bellia
From left to right (top row, standing) Jeannie Rizzo, Rich Thies, Aron Blume, Jay Bergeron, Jose Barbera, Mike Kinnucane, Jeff Rosenbaum, Jim Bourque, Ben Delmonico, Dimitrios Stefanis, Lynne Voytershark, John Ost, Meir Yehezkel, Howard White.
Roni Zomber
is Vice President of Operations at UltraShape.
Roni joined UltraShape in August 2006, and brings with him over 20 years of experience in Operations Management. Prior to joining UltraShape, he served as VP of Operations at Nur Macroprinters LTD., a company specializing in outboard digital printers and M-systems, a leader in the field of transforming raw flash into smart storage solutions. In addition, Roni served as a Senior VP at Nice Systems LTD. Eralier, Roni was 9 years at Scitex Corp. in Herzlia.
UltraShape of Yokneam, Israel is a dynamic, leading edge company that develops, manufactures and markets innovative, non-invasive solutions for the aesthetic medical field. The company?s highly skilled team of professionals and scientists has applied its singular ultrasound know-how into developing the first ultrasound-based system for totally non-invasive body contouring ? a treatment that places UltraShape at the cutting edge of body contouring technology.
Our member from Singapore- Bruno Serrien has Emailed this picture to us.
The picture was taken in Israel during Bruno’s last visit. Although it provokes some memories, this EXITE is not ExScite but it ain’t no Exit either?.
The market for variable data printing that depends on software like XMPie to personalize applications is projected to triple in the U.S. at a compounded annual rate of 26 percent from $5.3 billion in 2004 to $16.6 billion in 2009, according to industry research firm InfoTrends.
“As XMPie’s largest reseller, Xerox has long served customers’ growing demand for variable information software integrated with on-demand printing technology, Web and e-mail applications to create powerful marketing programs,” said Ursula M. Burns, president, Xerox Business Group Operations. “Through this acquisition we are bringing the intelligence of data collection together with the quality of digital printing to provide complete, measurable solutions for multimedia marketing campaigns.”
The XMPie software suite is compatible with industry-standard printing technologies from companies such as Adobe Systems Inc. XMPie can develop customized Web sites for online purchases and use a single database to generate both print and Web pages, tracking response rates and Web traffic to measure the effectiveness and profitability of marketing campaigns.
XMPie’s award-winning image personalization software, called uImageTM, helps marketers extend the capabilities of personalization by including personal messages in documents such as magazine covers, direct mailers, children’s books, calendars and travel brochures. Personal information can be embedded within photos and into designs on windows, street signs, clothing, buildings, automobiles and other objects.
XMPie will maintain its brand name and function as a standalone software unit, continuing to serve the entire graphic arts market and supporting current customers and business partners as well as Xerox. Jacob Aizikowitz will head up the unit, reporting directly to Burns. Aizikowitz is a founder of XMPie and has served as its chairman and chief technology officer since April 2005.
Founded in 2000 and funded by Jerusalem Venture Partners, XMPie is a global operation with about 60 employees. XMPie will keep the company’s headquarters in New York and its research and development facility in Netanya, Israel. The vast majority of XMPie employees are expected to join Xerox.
Xerox’s all-cash purchase of XMPie is expected to close in the next 30 days, subject to receipt of regulatory approvals and customary closing conditions.
Through its acquisition strategy, Xerox is identifying successful companies in niche markets that align with Xerox’s commitment to innovation, personalized service, and document management offerings. XMPie is Xerox’s second acquisition this year. In July, Xerox acquired Amici LLC, a leading provider of electronic-discovery services, primarily supporting litigation and regulatory compliance.
This picture was also sent to us by the ExScite Maarten Strack. Go back to the Sep 19 posting at Nostalgia to see additional pictures from the same event.
Maarten had taken the picture using a Leaf camera-back at the 1996 graphic arts show Fugrama in Belgium. The show included the first body-painting demo and digital photography. To see many more of Maarten’s artistic pictures log into his image website here: www.pbase.com/maartensvs/digityal_1996
Mooki Talby
is the Director, OEM Marketing – Americas offices of Creo POD.
Mooki, who had left Scitex and now came back, brings with him extensive experience in the traditional and digital printing markets. Before rejoining Creo in August 2003, Mooki served as the VP of Marketing for Textology, a start-up company that develops text analysis solutions for the news media and defense markets. Prior to that, he held various marketing, product management and business development positions at Creo and Scitex.
The Creo Print On-Demand Solutions group (Creo POD Solutions) develops and supports high-performance digital color servers for a range of digital printers and presses. It also develops advanced on-demand applications to enable the creation of personalized direct mail, targeted catalogs and other powerful one-to-one marketing communications tools. In September 2005, Creo POD Solutions emerged as an independent entity from the acquisition of (the Scitex Graphic Arts group, then called) Creo Inc., by Kodak’s Graphic Communications Group (GCG).
The Creo Print On-Demand Solutions group currently supplies digital workflow products to such industry leaders as Hewlett-Packard, IKON, Konica Minolta, and Xerox Corporation.
The group invests considerable resources in providing its partners and customers with the very best products, services and technologies to help them meet their specific goals.
As the independent portal for Kodak?s digital workflow solutions, Creo POD Solutions will continue to help its customers leverage their investment in digital print, and to spearhead the ?digital revolution?.