Integrated Circuits for Automotive
 Dror Jerushalmi, CEO, Valens |
Dror Jerushalmi draws upon 20 years of high-level international business development, marketing and management experience in the semiconductor industry to steer Valens on a path of growth and success. Dror defines the company’s market penetration and business strategies, as it establishes its HDBaseT technology as the global standard for digital connectivity. Under his leadership, the company has completed rounds of financing, continues to introduce several families of products, and has reached significant milestones, including the award of a Technology & Engineering Emmy in 2016. Dror is currently overseeing HDBaseT’s successful introduction to the automotive market, to optimize in-vehicle connectivity.
Previously, Dror was Director of Business Development at Saifun Semiconductor (acquired by Spansion), a provider of intellectual property (IP) solutions for the non-volatile memory (NVM) market. Before that, he was Vice President of Marketing at Emblaze Semiconductor (acquired by Zoran Corporation), where he established the company’s reputation as an industry leader recognized by customers, press and analysts. He also held Business Development and Marketing management positions at Tioga and DSPG. Dror holds a Bachelor’s and a Master’s (Cum Laude) degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Ben-Gurion University, Israel, and an MBA from Heriot-Watt University, Israel branch. |
 Hagai ZyssCEO, Auto-Talks |
Hagai has spent over 20 years driving cutting edge technologies from definition to profitable business. Before joining Autotalks, Hagai served as VP R&D at EZchip. Previously, Hagai served in various executive positions at Ceragon Networks. In his last role as the Executive VP of Products Business Line, he was responsible for the bottom line success of a complete mobile backhaul business product line, with annual revenues of $350M. During this period Ceragon became the largest independent supplier of wireless backhaul solutions.Prior to Ceragon, Hagai served 7 years at the Electronic Research Department, a top research and development unit of the Israeli Defense Forces. Hagai holds a B.Sc. and M.Sc. (cum laude) in Electrical Engineering from the Tel Aviv University. |
 Dr. Wim Van Thilo |
Wim Van Thillo is responsible for imec’s R&D in cellular and WiFi transceivers, 60 GHz communications, 79 GHz radars and 140 GHz sensors. These programs are executed by multi-disciplinary teams comprised of mmWave, analog, RF, mixed-signal and digital designers as well as system, algorithm, antenna and board-level experts. Wim received his electrical engineering and business economics degrees in 2005 from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium. He obtained a PhD degree in 2010 from the same university based on his research in imec’s wireless communications group. In 2008, he was a visiting researcher at UC Berkeley’s Connectivity Lab. |