Advisors
Arthur Hershaft, Chairman Emeritus Paxar Corporation, grew Paxar from $2 million in 1959 to over $800 million in 2007. He served as Paxar's Chairman of the Board since 1986 and as Chief Executive Officer from 1980 through August 2001, resuming that position from May 2003 through late April 2005. In March, 2007, Paxar was acquired by Avery Dennison for $1.34 billion. Mr. Hershaft is one of the pioneers of the labeling industry. Shortly after graduating from Carnegie Mellon Institute in Pittsburgh with a degree in engineering, Mr. Hershaft went into his father's business. Together they developed the first non-woven label to be compatible with permanent-press fabric. Under Arthur Hershaft's stewardship, Paxar Corporation became a global leader in providing innovative merchandising systems for the retail and apparel industry. Paxar designs and manufacture tickets, tags and labels, and provides the technology-including the printers, software control systems and necessary supplies-for retail product identification. Customers include the world's major retailers, branded apparel companies and contract manufacturers.
Dr. Shlomo Kalish, a CYBRA founder, is an Israeli based technology investor. In January, 2007 Dr. Kalish made the 39th slot in Forbes' Midas List of top dealmakers in the world, and number one among Israeli dealmakers. In 1994, Dr. Kalish founded The Jerusalem Global Group, a technology focused investment house, and in 1999 he founded Jerusalem Global Ventures, a venture capital firm managing $120M. Jerusalem Global Ventures invests in seed and early-stage communications, information technology and life sciences companies. From 1997 to 1999, Dr. Kalish served as a General Partner of Concord (K.T.) Ventures I, LP, a leading Israeli venture capital fund, where he was responsible for the investments in Oridion Medical and Oren Semiconductors. Dr. Kalish frequently appears in the media and has been featured on the cover of Upside Magazine. He has also been cited in The Wall Street Journal, Dow Jones, Business Week and other business publications. Dr. Kalish holds a Ph.D. in Operations Research from MIT, a M.Sc. from the Sloan School of Management at MIT and a B.Sc. from Tel Aviv University. From 1970 to 1975 Dr. Kalish served in the Israeli Air Force as a fighter pilot. Dr. Kalish is active on the boards of many non-profit organizations and academic institutions, including Shalom Beineinu, a charitable organization of which he is Chairman; the Board of Governors of Bar Ilan University; the Board of Governors of the Technion and The Jerusalem College of Technology. Dr. Kalish serves on the board of Saifun Semiconductors -- selected by Globes, an Israeli business journal, as one of Israel's most successful startups, Valor Computerized systems, as well as a number of JGV's portfolio companies.
Larry Goldman, is a certified public accountant with over 20 years of auditing, consulting and technical experience as a partner in a mid-size New York City based accounting firm, working with a wide variety of companies, assisting them in streamlining their operations and increasing profitability. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Goldman worked as the Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Vice President of Finance of WinWin Gaming, Inc. (OTCBB: WNWN), a multi-media developer and publisher of sports, lottery and other games and was acting CFO and Treasurer of Thorium Power, Ltd., a nuclear fuel technology company. Prior to joining WinWin, in October 2004, Mr. Goldman was a partner at Livingston Wachtell & Co., LLP and had been with that firm for the past 19 years. Mr. Goldman is also an independent director and audit committee chairman of Winner Medical Group Inc. (OTCBB: WMDG.OB), a China based manufacturer of medical disposable products and surgical dressings. Mr. Goldman has extensive experience in both auditing and consulting with public companies, and has experience providing accounting and consulting services to the Asian marketplace, having audited several Chinese public companies.
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