Five Promotions at Mellanox

Mellanox Technologies, Ltd. announced the promotion of Dr. Mehdi Asghari to VP of silicon photonics, Eyal Babish to VP of hardware, Ronnen Lovinger to VP of operations and corporate quality, Henning Lysdal to VP of active interconnect engineering, and Alon Webman to VP of silicon engineering.

Asghari, Babish, Lovinger and Webman will report to Eyal Waldman, president and CEO. Lysdal will report to Webman, with a dotted line to Waldman.

“I am pleased to announce the promotions of Mehdi, Eyal, Ronnen, Henning and Alon. Their longstanding record of leadership and their ability to execute have been instrumental to Mellanox’s growth and success,” said Waldman. “I look forward to working with these executives, all of whom have been part of the company for many years. I am confident that they will lead Mellanox to our next stage of growth and product leadership. I am truly proud to see the growth and maturation of these individuals as they join our senior leadership team.“

Dr. Mehdi Asghari, VP of silicon photonics, is responsible for all aspects of Mellanox’s silicon photonics technology and product development. He has over 20 years of research and product development experience within the silicon photonics industry. Previously, he was the CTO at Kotura Inc., which was acquired by Mellanox in 2013. Before joining Kotura, he served as VP of R&D at Bookham Inc., where he was responsible for the R&D and manufacturing transfer activities behind all of Bookham’s silicon-based technologies and products. His credentials include a Ph.D. degree in Optoelectronics from the University of Bath, a M.Sc. degree in Optoelectronics and Laser Devices from the Heriot-Watt and St. Andrews Universities. He also holds Master’s and B.Sc. degrees in Engineering from Cambridge University, England.

Eyal Babish, VP of hardware, joined Mellanox in 2001 and is responsible for all hardware and system products. Previously, he was VP of system solutions, responsible for the management of Mellanox system solutions and product engineering organization including development, qualification, certification, production testing, program management, and customer support. Prior to Mellanox, he worked at Elbit Systems as a hardware engineer. He graduated with a B.Sc. in Computer Science from the Technion Institute of Technology, Israel.

Ronnen Lovinger, VP of operations and corporate quality, joined Mellanox in 1999 and is responsible for all Mellanox operations and corporate quality. Previously, he served as VP of manufacturing operations. Prior to Mellanox, he worked at Intel Corporation, where he held several engineering positions in the field of microprocessor circuit design. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the Technion Institute of Technology, Israel.

Henning Lysdal, VP of active interconnect engineering, is responsible for Mellanox’s analog interconnect integrated circuits. He was co-founder, COO, and later VP of engineering for IPtronics A/S, which was acquired by Mellanox in 2013. Prior to the founding of IPtronics in 2003, he served as high-speed phy development manager at Giga A/S and Intel. He has 18 years of experience with integrated circuits for optical communication and holds a Master’s Degree in Microelectronics Engineering from the Technical University of Denmark.

Alon Webman, VP of silicon engineering, was a co-founder of Mellanox in 1999 and is responsible for all integrated circuit design, including front-end and back-end. Previously, he was VP of engineering, switch products. He served the company in numerous roles over the past 16 years, including chip development, post-silicon management, program management, and customer support. Prior to Mellanox, he held various engineering positions at Intel and Nexus. He holds a BSEE in electrical engineering from the Technion Institute of Technology, Israel.