Shai Cohen Board’s Director, Mellanox
Was company's co-founder and COO.
This is a Press Release edited by StorageNewsletter.com on December 10, 2015 at 2:33 pmMellanox Technologies, Ltd. announced Shai Cohen has been appointed to the company’s board of directors effective December 7, 2015.
Before announcing his retirement in April 2015, Shai Cohen, a co-founder of Mellanox, has served as Mellanox’s COO where he oversaw all internal operations, the production of Mellanox’s suite of IB and Ethernet hardware and software solutions, and co-lead the company’s research an development. 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.
“Since the establishment of Mellanox, Shai built an amazing team and company that quickly became a leader in the industry,” said Eyal Waldman, president and CEO. “With intimate knowledge of the internal workings at Mellanox, Shai’s expertise is an invaluable and unique asset for the board. I’m very pleased to have Shai continue his contribution to Mellanox as one of the members of our board.”
“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 and technology leadership,” said Cohen. “I am honored to join the board of directors and look forward to further contributing to Mellanox’s strategic initiatives, growth and success.”