Retirement of Co-Founders Roni Ashuri and Shai Cohen, Mellanox

Mellanox Technologies, Ltd. announced that Roni Ashuri, SVP of engineering, and Shai Cohen, COO, have indicated their intentions to retire to spend more time with their families.

Both of them helped co-found Mellanox and have served as officers of the company since its formation in May 1999. Their day-to-day employment with the company will continue into the fourth quarter of 2015 as part of an orderly transition process.

Roni Ashuri is a co-founder of Mellanox and has served as SVP of engineering since December 2012. Previously, he was VP of engineering from June 1999 to December 2012. From March 1998 to May 1999, he served as product line director of system controllers at Galileo Technology, Ltd. From May 1987 to February 1998, he worked at Intel Corporation, where he was a senior staff member in the Pentium processors department and a cache controller group staff member. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology.

Shai Cohen is a co-founder of Mellanox and has served as COO since May 2011. Previously, he was VP of operations and engineering from June 1999 to May 2011. From September 1989 to May 1999, he worked at Intel Corporation, where he was a senior staff member in the Pentium processors department and a circuit design manager at the cache controllers group. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology

“I am sad to see my close friends, partners and co-founders of Mellanox retire. It has been a pleasure and honor to work with Roni and Shai for the past 16 years since the inception of Mellanox, and together, build an amazing team and company that has quickly become a leader in the industry. Roni and Shai will stay with the company and work on the transition plan for the next two quarters,” said Eyal Waldman, president and CEO. “On behalf of Mellanox, I would like to thank Roni and Shai for their leadership and significant contributions to help build Mellanox into a ighly successful, worldwide company. We wish them well in their upcoming retirement.”

“I am very proud of what this company has accomplished over the past 16 years, and to have been part of a team that has produced such groundbreaking products at the highest levels of quality time after time. I can’t thank Eyal, Shai and all of the employees enough for their vision and all of their hard work and passion. Because of everyone’s efforts, Mellanox is in a great position in the market. Although I look forward to retirement, I will certainly miss being a part of such a great team,” said Ashuri.

“To watch what we started become a worldwide company with cutting-edge products that so many industries have come to rely on has been an unbelievable experience. It has been an honor to work side by side with Eyal, Roni, and the whole Mellanox team to build a company that we all can be very proud of. I will miss the thrill of working for such a passionate company, and while I’m home or away traveling I look forward to following its many more accomplishments to come,” said Cohen.