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Natan Barak
President, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder
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Natan Barak
President, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder

The founder and former commander of the Israeli Navy’s C4I branch, Natan is both a technological visionary and seasoned entrepreneur. He brings to mPrest 35 years of experience in the development and management of complex defense projects involving computing, software, communications and integration expertise. Natan retired as a colonel from the IDF in 2003, and co-founded mPrest. Natan received several prestigious awards, including the Israel Defense Force (IDF) Admiral’s Award for Innovation, the IDF’s Computer Excellence Award, and the 2012 Israel Defense Prize. Natan has an MA in Business Administration from Bar-Ilan University and a BSc in Electrical Engineering from the Technion – the Israel Institute of Technology. Natan has published multiple articles on software development and C2 systems, including one on models for C2 system development, for which he was granted the IDF Chief of Staff Award.

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Ron Halpern
Chief Commercial Officer
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Ron Halpern
Chief Commercial Officer

Ron is an accomplished senior executive, experienced in the energy, Industrial IoT, enterprise software, telecommunications and venture capital industries. His career spans executive management roles in software products, services, consulting, system integration and SaaS companies.

Ron currently serves as mPrest’s Chief Commercial Officer. Previously, he held executive and senior management roles in established companies and startups including Executive Vice President of Sales at cVidya (NASDAQ: DOX); Executive Vice President of International Sales at Genband (NASDAQ: RBBN); and Client Business Executive and Division Vice President at Amdocs (NASDAQ: DOX). In addition, Ron was Co-Founder at JOLT Ltd. (NASDAQ:MRVC) and served as an advisor to two venture capital funds.

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Liran Cohen
SVP, Head of Defense
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Liran Cohen
SVP, Head of Defense

Liran heads the Defense Division in a role of Senior Vice President.
Prior to joining our mPrest, Liran was a career combat officer in the Israeli Air Force, where he served in different capacities for 30 years, before retiring in the rank of Colonel.

Throughout his career Liran has had multiple command and staff positions and led large scale military organizations and projects accumulating a significant experience in the fields of air defense, command and control and national security.

Liran holds a M.A in National Security from the University of Haifa and a B.Sc in Industrial Engineering from Ruppin Academic Center along with advanced command courses in the Israeli Defense Forces Staff College.

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Amit Braytenbaum
Chief Operating Officer
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Amit Braytenbaum
Chief Operating Officer

Amit brings over 15 years of expertise in developing innovative products for rapidly evolving energy, healthcare, cyber and telecom markets.
He held management positions at Verint, Comverse and Amdocs in the domains of technology, innovation, research & development and product management.
With a strong academic expertise in business development (M.S.I.T graduate) and technical background (BSc Computer Science), Amit is a serial inventor, with 9 granted patents in the areas of ​​social media, BI, BSS, OSS, M2M, messaging, UX and Gaming.

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Udi Schwartz
Chief Financial Officer
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Udi Schwartz
Chief Financial Officer

mPrest’s Chief Financial Officer, Udi brings over 20 years of experience in finance and accounting in the high-tech and commercial industries. This experience stems from financial management roles at private and public companies in the infrastructure and service provider international markets through KPMG, one of the Big Four global accounting firms.

Udi holds a BA in Economy & Accounting from Bar-Ilan University, an MBA from Tel Aviv University, majoring in finance and is a Certified Public Accountant since 2000.

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Tal Simon
Vice President of Human Resources
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Tal Simon
Vice President of Human Resources

Tal Simon is a Vice President of Human Resources at Mprest. In her role, Tal has responsibility for all aspects of HR including talent acquisition, engagement, training, wellbeing and HR processes.

Tal has over 20 years of experience in Human Resources roles in local and global High-Tech organizations.

Tal holds a BA in Social Science ,Psychological & communication from Bar-Ilan University, an MBA ,majoring in Human Resources. Both graduated with honor (cum laude). And certificated as Co-Active Coach from the global CTI school.

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