Benny Koren and Gideon Rosenberg VPs, Mellanox

Mellanox Technologies, Ltd. announced the promotion of Benny Koren to VP of architecture and Gideon Rosenberg to VP, Israeli legal affairs.

Koren will report to Michael Kagan, CTO, and Rosenberg to Matthew Gloss, general counsel.

"I am very pleased to appoint Benny and Gideon to VP. They have been tremendous assets to Mellanox over the past years. Their dedication and contribution to the company has enabled us to bring advanced high-performance solutions to the market and further Mellanox’s traditions for integrity and strong corporate governance," said Eyal Waldman, president, CEO and COB of Mellanox. "We look forward to their continued contributions and leadership under their new executive roles. I wish Benny and Gideon success in their new roles."

 Koren re-joined Mellanox in 2010 and is responsible for switch silicon, firmware, software and system architecture. Previously, he was VP of architecture at Kaminario from 2008 to 2010. From 2000 to 2008, he was a lead architect at Mellanox. From 1998 to 2000, he was a chip design engineer at Oren Semiconductors, now part of Zoran Microelectronics. He graduated Cum Laude with a B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology.

 Rosenberg joined Mellanox in 2010 and is responsible for Israeli, EMEA, and Asia legal affairs and corporate governance. Previously, he was chief counsel, sales west, central, community and practice partner at McKesson Technologies. From 2004 until joining Mellanox, he was general counsel and company secretary of McKesson Israel Ltd. (formerly Medcon Ltd.). From 2003 to 2004, he was a lawyer at Bank Leumi le-Israel B.M. From 2000 to 2002, he was an associate at Haim Samet, Steinmetz, Haring & Co. He graduated with an LL.B from the University College London.