Uzi Breier Uzi Breier Chairman at CelloPhotonics CelloPhotonics...

Uzi Breier

Uzi Breier

Chairman at CelloPhotonics
CelloPhotonics

San Jose State University
Israel

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Promoting some of the exciting characteristics of Israel - entrepreneurship, innovation and leadership, Uzi Breier is a senior executive, involved with multiple innovative projects and building links between Israel – the Start-up Nation, and entrepreneurs worldwide, connecting them to the Israeli innovation and tech-ecosystem.
Currently Uzi is leading two innovative startups in Queue-smart-handling and Silicon Photonics .

Before this, he managed Business Development and Strategy at Cisco Mobility, was Chief Business Officer at Primesense (Kinect), President of Alvarion Mobility and CEO of Optibase (Nasdaq:OBAS)
• Held senior positions at fortune-500 companies
• CEO of a NASDAQ traded company
• CEO of technology start-ups
• Sold (as a CEO) Emblaze Semiconductor to Zoran Inc.
• Led and won multiple complex sales-cycles yielding tens of millions of dollars

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Chairman
Company NameCelloPhotonics
Dates EmployedNov 2017 – Present

Employment Duration5 mos
LocationTel Aviv Area, Israel

Increasing demand for media-rich cloud-services is driving massive investments and significant growth in Data-Center and Networks traffic.
CelloPohotonics is leading in research & development of novel silicon-photonic technologies to address the next generation optical interconnect challenge, with state-of-the-art "All Optics" processor engine to enable greater than 1T optical transceivers design.
Our innovative patented technology is a key enabler for our next generation ultra-high-rate optical communication with small foot-print, very cost effective and low power-consumption design!
Co-Founder and Chairman
Company NameApp2Q (Product: WiseQ)
Dates EmployedSep 2017 – Present

Employment Duration7 mos
LocationJerusalem Area, Israel

New and exciting startup that handles Queues in a fresh and innovative manner.
This is the first App that predicts accurately the actual time-to-service in queues.
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Senior Advisor Technology Investments
Company NameRosario Capital
Dates EmployedJun 2011 – Present

Employment Duration6 yrs 10 mos
LocationTel Aviv

Rosario Capital is a leading investment banking house with unique expertise in underwriting, brokerage services, debt and bond raising and public and private issues.
Headquartered in Tel Aviv, the company is one of Israel's leading specialists in M&A and private equity offerings. While being a recognized leader in its domestic market, it also maintains an active presence in the international financial marketplace, serving as the exclusive representative of "Oaklins" a leading global network of M&A advisory and investment banking firms with 60 offices in 40 countries , conducting 1500 deals over the past 5 years.
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שת"פ סינגפור
שת"פ סינגפור
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Singapore gov. VC fund to invest in Israel
Singapore gov. VC fund to invest in Israel
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Vice President
Company NameStart-Up Nation Central
Dates EmployedJan 2017 – Sep 2017

Employment Duration9 mos
LocationTel Aviv Area, Israel

Start-up Nation Central is an Israel-based non-profit, connecting business and government leaders worldwide with Israeli innovation.

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"The Israeli Tech Ecosystem" talk
"The Israeli Tech Ecosystem" talk
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Head of Strategy and Biz Dev
Company NameCisco
Dates EmployedOct 2013 – Jan 2017

Employment Duration3 yrs 4 mos
LocationIsrael

Responsible for strategy of end-to-end solution for Cisco Mobility to include RAN, SON and Management systems, as well as high-level cooperation with major market makers in the world of MNO’s and cellular networks. Negotiated and Signed key agreements with Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson, Nokia etc.
Managed to put together several products/solutions generated by different product-lines into one solution with a clear strategy and Go-To-Market
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Mobile World Congress Barcelona
Mobile World Congress Barcelona
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Ericsson signs agreements with Cisco
Ericsson signs agreements with Cisco
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Chairman
Company NameChild Track Ltd.
Dates EmployedSep 2011 – Dec 2013

Employment Duration2 yrs 4 mos

Child-Track designs and markets unique s/w to protect our children surfing the net, against all kind of predators. It allows us as parents to form the first-line-of-defence for our children. Cooperation with Ben-Gurion University on "Fake ID Idendification".
CEO
Company NameWDC
Dates EmployedOct 2011 – Sep 2013

Employment Duration2 yrs
LocationWashington D.C. Metro Area

WDC is an exciting company producing beautiful white CVD (Chemical Vapor Deposition) diamonds for both the Gem and Hi-Tech markets.
Company licensed exclusively the IP of Carnegie Institution of Washington (CIW) who has one of the most prestigious Geophysical Labs in the world, and producing successfully in the USA

www.washingtondiamondscorp.com
EVP Global Sales & CMO
Company NamePrimeSense Ltd
Dates EmployedApr 2010 – Sep 2011

Employment Duration1 yr 6 mos

PrimeSense was a growth company that created a new experience of interfacing with machines (e.g. TV, PC, Mobile, Car, etc.) via NUI (Natural User Interface).
November 2010, MicroSoft launched its 'next generation' XBOX 360 (Kinect) with body-gesture activated games based on PrimeSense technology !

I built strong Sales, Marketing, Product, Project-Management, Customer-Support and Applications teams for Primesense. Developed an impressive deal-flow and signed several major commercial agreements.
Company was acquired by Apple in 2013
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Another Primesense sales
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Chairman
Company NameSaguna Networks Ltd
Dates EmployedApr 2009 – Nov 2010

Employment Duration1 yr 8 mos

Saguna networks is a young Israeli startup company, developing a MobileCDN platform. The solution is sold to Network Operators to be integrated into their own network.

Company's system creates a cache grid over the existing network and is totally transparent to the application layer, the network layer and the terminals.
Saguna's system utilizes a Cross Layer Optimization algorithm to best match the application layer to the available RF link.
The system supports both Mobile WiMAX and 3GPP networks and improves ~30% utilization of the RF link as well as reduces ~ 50% traffic over the backhaul.
President of Mobile Division
Company NameAlvarion Ltd.
Dates EmployedJun 2006 – Aug 2009

Employment Duration3 yrs 3 mos

President of the Mobile Division at Alvarion Ltd.

Alvarion Ltd. (Nasdaq: ALVR) was the world’s leading provider of innovative WiMAX and wireless broadband network solutions.
1,000 employees with ~ $300M annual revenues (at the time...)

I built the division from a small R&D team to a 275 people P&L, with exceptional (best in the industry) managers and employees, responsible for $140M revenues.

Developed state-of-the-art WiMAX Telecom platform (802.16e) which became the growth-engine of the company and signed global agreements for partnership with Nortel , NSN (Nokia Siemens Networks) and Cisco.
CEO
Company NameOptibase Ltd.
Dates Employed2004 – 2006

Employment Duration2 yrs

Optibase Ltd. (NASDAQ: OBAS) provided professional encoding, decoding and video streaming solutions for telecom operators. Growth-engine -IPTV solution for "Triple-Play".160 employees.
I took a 15 years old company who lost millions of dollars during previous 4 years, instilled new spirit and drive, changed focus to IPTV, got rid of old products and brought company to “break-even”
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Hi-Tech Magazine: IPTV and Optibase
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CEO
Company NameEmblaze Semiconductor
Dates Employed2004 – 2004

Employment Durationless than a year

Emblaze Semiconductor (previously "Zapex") developed a superior application processor for the cellular industry. The product had advanced Video & Audio capabilities and was considered a leader in the cellular multimedia arena.

Managed to triple the number of design-wins and sold the company to Zoran Inc. for $54.2M in cash.
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Zoran to buy Emblaze Semiconductor for $54 million | EE Times
Zoran to buy Emblaze Semiconductor for $54 million | EE Times
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Acquisition by Zoran
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CEO & President
Company NameAyeca Ltd.
Dates Employed2002 – 2004

Employment Duration2 yrs

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Chief Business Officer
Company NameEmblaze Systems
Dates Employed2000 – 2002

Employment Duration2 yrs

Managed all business aspects including Sales,Marketing, Pre-Sales, Sales Operation, Project Management
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AIM: BLZ
AIM: BLZ
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Vice President Worldwide Sales & Marketing
Company NameOrbit Semiconductor/DII/Flextronics
Dates Employed1997 – 2000

Employment Duration3 yrs
LocationSilicon Valley

Sr. Product Marketing Manager
Company NameNational Semiconductor
Dates Employed1988 – 1996

Employment Duration8 yrs
LocationSilicon Valley

Relocated to Silicon Valley 1992
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