Wix com Ltd
Officers & Directors
Avishai Abrahami is our Co-Founder, and has served as our Chief Executive Officer since September 2010, prior to which he served as our Co-Chief Executive Officer and as a director since October 2006, and served as the Chairperson of our board of directors from November 2013 until February 2016, at which time he was appointed Honorary Chair. Mr. Abrahami has served on the board of directors of Monday.com Ltd. (NASDAQ: MNDY) since May 2012. From May 2016 until November 2017, Mr. Abrahami served as a member of the board of directors of SodaStream International Ltd. (acquired by PepsiCo Inc.). From 2004 to 2006, Mr. Abrahami was the Vice President of Strategic Alliances at Arel Communications & Software Ltd., a private Israeli company specializing in communication technology. In 1998 he co-founded Sphera Corporation, a private company which develops software for managing data centers, and he served as its Chief Technology Officer from 1998 until 2000 and its Vice President of Product Marketing from 2000 until 2003. In 1993, he co-founded AIT Ltd., a private Israeli software company, and served as its Chief Technology Officer until the company's sale in 1997. Mr. Abrahami served in the Israeli Defense Forces' elite computer intelligence unit from 1990 until 1992.
Lior Shemesh has served as our Chief Financial Officer since March 2013. From December 2010 to January 2013, he served as Chief Financial Officer at Alvarion Ltd., a provider of optimized wireless broadband solutions. From October 2008 to December 2010 he served as Alvarion's Vice President of Finance. From May 2003 to October 2008, Mr. Shemesh served as Vice President of Finance at Veraz Networks Inc., a provider of softswitch, media gateway and digital compression solutions. Prior to this, Mr. Shemesh served as Controller, and later as Associate Vice President of Finance of the Broadband division, for ECI Telecom Ltd., a network infrastructure provider. Mr. Shemesh holds a B.A. in Accounting and Economics, and an M.B.A. from Bar-Ilan University.
Nir Zohar has served as our President since September 2013 and Chief Operating Officer since June 2008 and joined our company in May 2007. Since August 2014, Mr. Zohar has served as a member of the board of directors of Fiverr International Ltd. (NYSE: FVRR). Prior to joining us, from August 2005 to April 2007, Mr. Zohar was the Budget and Production Manager of M.B. Contact Ltd., a private Israeli event production company. From 2001 until 2005, Mr. Zohar worked for The Jewish Agency and the Israeli Scouts. From 1995 until 2001, Mr. Zohar served as a Lieutenant Commander and Chief Engineer in the Israeli Navy.
Omer Shai has served as our Chief Marketing Officer since September 2013 and previously as our Vice President of Marketing since May 2010. Mr. Shai is the co-founder of Hyperactive, a digital design company, which he led from June 2005 to February 2008. Prior to that, he worked as an online marketing consultant for several brands. From October 2000 to May 2003, Mr. Shai was the Marketing Director at Hackersoftware, a software company. Mr. Shai holds a B.Sc. in Economics from The Academic College of Tel Aviv, Yaffo.
Yaniv Even-Haim has served as our Chief Technology Officer since 2020, and prior to that as Vice President of Research and Development since September 2010. From August 2009 to September 2010, Mr. Even-Haim was the Vice President of Product at Pudding Media Inc., a mobile advertising solutions company. From September 2001 to August 2009, he was the Head of Research and Development at Comverse, Inc., a provider of communications software. From August 1998 to September 2001, Mr. Even-Haim was the Director of Research and Development at EverAd, Inc., a music and advertising company. Mr. Even-Haim holds a B.Sc. in Computers and an M.B.A. from Technion'Israel's Institute of Technology.
Eitan Israeli has served as our Chief Legal Officer since 2020, and prior to that, from 2014 as our VP & General Counsel. Since Wixs founding in 2006, Mr. Israeli served as its external legal counsel, where he was involved in the growth of Wix and managed the legal activities surrounding Wixs IPO, after which he joined as VP & General Counsel. Mr. Israeli has created the infrastructure for the legal department which handles all of Wixs legal activities including corporate affairs, privacy regulations, data security, IP, and compliance matters. Mr. Israeli is a seasoned attorney with over 25 years of experience representing a range of private and publicly traded technology companies active in international markets. Prior to joining Wix, Mr. Israeli was the founding partner of an Israeli law firm that specialized in corporate law, M&A, technology, and compliance, and was involved in international transactions of leading hi-tech Israeli companies including private placements and public offerings. Mr. Israeli holds a LLB in Law from the University of Sheffield, England. Effective as of mid-2022, Mr. Israeli will transition to an operational role within our company.
Shelly Meyer is our Chief People Officer and has been in the role since 2020. Mrs. Meyer has been with our company since 2010 and previously served as our VP Human Resources. Mrs. Meyer brings over 20 years of HR experience and has been instrumental in shaping the work force of several prominent U.S. and Israeli tech companies. Since joining in 2010, Mrs. Meyer has been the driving force behind Wix's growing number of employees from 80 to over 4,700, while successfully maintaining a highly professional and close-knit team. Prior to joining Wix, Mrs. Meyer served as the Head of Human Resources and Managing Director for Applied Materials Israel. Prior to that, Mrs. Meyer served as Director of Human Resources at Marvell Semiconductor in California, where Mrs. Meyer built and managed the European and Israeli Human Resources organization. Prior to that, Mrs. Meyer served as VP Human Resources for BackWeb Technologies in San Jose, CA, a company that offered data, content and applications solutions, as well as the VP Human Resources for Rad-Bynet Group, a data communications solutions.
Yaniv Vakrat has served as our Chief Business Officer since February 2021. From 2016 until 2019, Mr. Vakrat co-founded Figure8, a community-based app designed to help users coordinate carpools with other parents, which was acquired in 2019 by Care.com, where Mr. Vakrat subsequently served as a Vice President. From 2012 until 2015, Mr. Vakrat served as EVP of Strategy, Business Development, Marketing and Sales at PrimeSense, an Israeli 3D sensing company which was acquired by Apple Inc. in November 2013. Prior to that, he served as GM of Emerging Markets at Adobe from 2008 until 2011, and Director of Corporate Development and Senior Director of Business Operations from 2004 until 2008. Mr. Vakrat holds a BA in Computer Science from the Technion ' Israel's Technology Institute, and a Ph.D. in Business and Economics from the University of Rochester, New York.
Wix com Ltd currently has 5340 employees.
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