ISRAEL

Alon Lifshitz 3A Jabotinski Rd., Diamond Tower, 27th floor Ramat Gan Israel 52520 Mobile: +972-58-540134 E-mail:alifshitz@theyorkgroup.com

Alon Lifshitz is an innovative and motivated individual with successful background in the international arenas, including complex negotiation processes, turnaround and start-up situations. Mr. Lifshitz is recognized as a hands-on, proactive troubleshooter who can rapidly identify business problems, formulate strategic plans, initiate changes and implement new processes in challenging and diverse environments. Mr. Lifshitz has a strong track record in generating revenues from existing and new partnerships, new customers and non-traditional sources. He is a proven leader with strong communication, interpersonal, marketing, planning, organizational and development skills.

Regional Spending on Information and Communications Technology
(Data provided by WITSA - www.witsa.org/digitalplanet )

Technology Sectors	Spending ($millions)
Hardware	1,316
Software	651
Services	1,591
Communications	5,612
TOTAL ICT Spend	9,169
Vertical Markets
Agriculture	8
Manufacturing	986
Utilities	93
Construction	8
Wholesale & Retail	490
Transportation & Communication	645
Finance & Bus. Services	1,389
Other Services	674
Government	2,109
Consumer	2,442
Software Piracy	34%

Opportunities in Israel

Israel in not a large IT market, but it is very attractive for companies seeking technological companies for commercial cooperation, joint R&D, etc. A few of the leading companies include:

Amdocs – no 1 in billing
Teva – the largest generic drug company in the world
Checkpoint – 1 of the top 3 largest in information security
Comverse – the leading messaging company
ECI – among the 15 largest equipment vendors in the world

Israel is known for its innovations and entrepreneurial spirit – Israel is second only to the US in terms of number of companies publicly traded in the US.

The world’s leading companies have R&D facilities in Israel (Intel, Microsoft, IBM, Cisco, SAP…)