Yafo, south of Tel Aviv Israel May 4, 1981.Mike Grossman took the three Americans who came to Herzlia for applications training out for dinner.The Brazilian or Argentinean restaurant in Yafo serves plenty of meat on large skewers.
The picture was sent to us by Mike Salemi.
In the pictures sitting from the left:
Michael Salemi (STA), Mike Grossman, Reuven Treep, Robert Dowling (STA), Dennis Kaliser, Jeff Hurley (STA).
The ExScite Giora Bitan is Executive VP andCFO at ECI Telecom.
Giora served in senior management positions at Scitex Corporation for over 14 years, 9 of which as Executive Vice President and CFO. At the time, Scitex employed over 3,500 people worldwide and its sales exceeded $700 million. At Scitex, he raised over $500 million in several private and public offerings and was responsible for completing a large number of mergers and acquisitions. During the past 5 years, Bitan was a General Partner at Giza Venture Capital, a leading Israeli VC firm, where he focused on investments in the communications and software sectors.
It may be interesting to note that Eyal Desheh, Giora?s successor as CFO at Scitex, is member of ECI?s board of directors. Eyal is currently the CFO of Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.
With about $650M in annual revenues, the Ramat Gan, Israel based company ECI Telecom offers telecommunications solutions for next generation telecommunication networks. The compay has three main divisions: Optical Networks Division, Broadband Access Division, and Data Networking Division.
In May 2006, the ExScite’s Efi and Dalya Arazi hosted a party in their new home in Herzlia Pituah (not far from what used to be called Scitex corporation).
The nostalgic evening was exciting and ExScite’ing. Several dozens of Israeli high-tech executives and politicians, as well as former friends from Efi’s days at the helm of Scitex and EFI, came to show their love to Efi.
The evening was well attended and included good food, dancing, a short movie highlighting Efi’s lifetime achievements, and even a personal recorded message from the new Israeli Prime Minister Mr. Ehud Olmert.
In the pictures [above] are Efi and Dalya and in the picture below is the invitation for the event..
We at ExScite.Net have additional pictures and videos, which we plan to post here later on.
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Scailex Sold 49.4% of Shares Announces Changes in its Principal Shareholders and Management
* Eran Schwartz appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors
* Yahel Shachar, Scailex’s CFO, appointed Chief Executive Officer
* 49.4% of ownership sold to Perochemicals company for $165M
Tel Aviv, Israel – July 18, 2006. Scailex Corporation Ltd. (formerly: Scitex Corporation) (NASDAQ & TASE: SCIX) today announced that its principal shareholders, Clal Industries and Investments Ltd. and Discount Investments Corporation Ltd., informed Scailex that they completed the sale of all of the 18,800,255 Scailex shares held by them, representing approximately 49.4% of Scailex’s outstanding share capital, to a fully owned subsidiary of Israel Petrochemicals Enterprise Ltd. (IPE), an Israeli holding company whose shares are traded on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange. The shares were acquired for an aggregate purchase price of $165 million, and additional $2.6 million to be paid within 10 business days
from closing due to an adjustment in the purchase price relating to the $12.6 million tax refund received by Scailex (as reported yesterday). The purchase price is subject to certain additional adjustments according to the sale agreement.
In connection with the completion of the transaction, eight of Scailex’s current directors resigned from the Board – Arie Mientkavich, Shimon Alon, Avraham Asheri, Raanan Cohen, Avi Fischer, Nachum Shamir, Shay Livnat and Ophira Rosolio-Aharonson. The following seven new directors joined the Board – Eran Schwartz, Irit Ben-Ami, Dr. Arie Ovadia, Modi Peled, Arie Zief, Arie Silverberg and Shalom Singer, effective immediately. Mr. Eran Schwartz, CEO of IPE, was appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors, replacing Mr. Arie Mientkavich, who served as the Chairman since June 2006. The appointment of the new chairman is currently until December 31, 2006. In addition, Scailex announced that Mr. Yahel Shachar, currently the CFO of Scailex, has been
The ExScite (Ex-Iris) John Ingraham has recently embarked on a new endeavor in Hanover. BlickTek was founded by John and a partner to provide Imaging Solutions, Financial Services, Communication Localization and Business consulting services in Europe.
John is a pioneer in the development of high quality digital color imaging systems. For over 25 years, John has assisted companies to develop and sell imaging software, hardware, and consumables and related technology products. His experience covers all areas of the imaging business from development, project management, product management, and business development.
John has worked in the field of imaging at: IRIS Graphics (a Scitex company), ColorGate Digital Output Solutions, GmbH, Lasersoft Imaging, AG, Oak Technology (Zoran), Lyson Limited.
Originally from the US, John currently works and resides in Germany.
Based in Hanover Germany, BlickTek provides Financial Services, Communication Localization, Business consulting and Imaging Solutions services, which includes: locating new markets and technologies, education and training, developing new applications and products.
March 15, 2006 (Amsterdam) John Ingraham of BlickTek gave a presentation entitled Impact of MicroSoft XPS on InkJet and Print Market (PDF) (click on the link to see the presentation), at the 29th Global Inkjet and Thermal Printing Conference in Amsterdam. Microsoft XPS, the new document and print format and print workflow in Microsoft Vista, will provide significant improvements with regards to image quality and color fidelity over the existing GDI printer pipeline. XPS also appears to be a strategic initiative by MicroSoft to compete against Adobe and PDF. Printer, RIP and Software manufacturers will need to make changes to their existing applications and drivers in order to take advantage of XPS print and color capabilities.
ily: Arial;”>And ? if you might want to know what the yellow tie was all about? Well this was the Unda Oy company tie!?
XMPie develops variable data publishing (VPD) products, offering a complete platform for printing, data control, interface, document design, data access and data retrieval, the transfer of data between different electronic media (printing, Internet, e-mail, and cellular messaging), and e-commerce.
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XMPie’s technology is mostly used for advertising sheets and customized advertising through the company’s PersonalEffect solution. The company’s products can collate information about customers from enterprise customer relation management (CRM) systems, and customize advertising material and newsletters sent to them.
XMPie distributes its products through partners, including Xerox, HP, Electronics for Imaging Inc. (Nasdaq: EFII), Sakata Inx Corp. (TSE:4633) of Japan, Creo (now part of the Kodak Graphic Communications Group), and Israeli start-up Press-sense Ltd., which also closely cooperates with Xerox.
Company History
XMPie was founded by the ExScite’s: chairman and CTO Jacob Aizikowitz, chief software architect Israel Roth, and EVP R&D Reuven J. Sherwin, all former Scitex managers. Scitex not only was the source of XMPie’s human capital, but also supplied its starting capital with a $500,000 investment. Jerusalem Venture Partners (JVP) later became the company’s largest shareholder after investing $13 million in several financing rounds.
In 2002, XMPie acquired some of the activities of Nuvisio as part of a deal with US microinvesting company BabyMint. In early 2005, Eyal S. Goldwerger was appointed CEO. The company currently has 40 employees at its New York headquarters and Netanya development center. The company raised $15 million from JVP, Scitex and, last year, from Carmel Ventures fund Plenus Venture Lending Fund.
As mentioned above, XMPie is Xerox’s first acquisition in Israel. Xerox Israel Ltd., under general manager Yoram Levanon, is a sales and services subsidiary. Xerox Israel has 95 employees, and the company has installed 70 XMPie systems in Israel under its partnership with Xerox.
The acquisition of XMPie is a successful exit for JVP, giving it a three-fold return on its investment. It is not a fantastic exit, however, of the kind seen in other deals.
XMPie was not available for comment. JVP declined to comment. Yoram Levanon said, I am very pleased at Xerox’s decision to invest in Israel.
Michael Salemi(Ex-STA) celebrated his 25th birthday (half a life ago….) at the Herzlia’s Daniel Tower hotel Bar.
The picture taken in the old city in Jerusalem.
In this picture Mike Salemi (left) and Robert Dowling (right) go to buy some sheepskin.
“…We negotiated by screaming at each other, finally when we settled on a price (before we were ready to kill each other) we became friends, and the coat-seller clapped his hands and moments later a young child appeared with some Turkish Coffee….”
Eastman Kodak Company has named the ExScite Robert 
VP Sales, Global and Strategic Accounts, for its Graphic Communications Group (GCG). Carmosino has more than 20 years of sales management experience in driving profitable revenue growth both domestically and internationally.
At Kodak, Carmosino will be responsible for managing relationships with GCG?s largest customers. Carmosino will work closely with customers to understand their short and long term strategic business needs, and identify and develop solutions that best address them. He will report to Andrew Copley, Managing Director, Global Sales and Operations and Vice President, Eastman Kodak Company.
Carmosino has held key sales roles with Creo, including regional sales director and director, strategic and global accounts, and with Scitex America Corporation as director, national accounts and publishing. Most recently, Carmosino served as North American vice president of sales for Pure Acoustics Inc., a consumer electronics manufacturer.
Takemichi 
is a partner at Stanton Chase clients.
His background in senior management started with such companies as the Toyo Ink Corporation and then the Hasso Corporation and Pety Corporation. Prior to entering executive search, his high-tech tenures included seven years with Unisys Corporation and four years with the Nihon Scitex Corporation.
Some of T. Watanabe’s joint ventures experience include agreements between Scitex and Toyo Ink and with Fujitsu and Toyo Ink. He has published books about digital imaging for prepress applications, video and computerized automatic recognition systems for all kinds of input systems .
Stanton Chase Tokyo is one of the leading executive search firms in Japan . The firm has developed particular strength in the high-tech sector: Info rmation Technology, Telecommunications, Graphic Multimedia Software, Semiconductor Devices and Equipment, Medical Equipment, and Scientific and Industrial Equipment.