COMPANY

Tuvia Barlev
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Prior to co-founding Actelis Networks, Inc., in 1998, Mr. Barlev was head of the R&D organization at Teledata, a high-speed communications company, where he led the DLC R&D department. Previously, Mr. Barlev held top management positions in government research organizations as head of several elite communications projects. Mr. Barlev holds a bachelor's and a master's degree in electrical engineering-both with honors-from Tel Aviv University.

Ioannis Kanellakopoulos, Ph.D.
Chief Technology Officer
Ioannis Kanellakopoulos is responsible for next-generation networks technology strategy and development, including standards activities and intellectual property. Prior to joining Actelis, he provided consulting services in intellectual property and new technology development, primarily to technology companies in the communications, consumer electronics, and semiconductor sectors. He was previously with Tymphany Corporation from 2003 to 2005, where he served as vice president of engineering, and with Voyan Technology from 2000 to 2003, where he served as Chief Scientist for Control and later as president. Prior to joining Voyan, he was professor and vice chair in the electrical engineering department at UCLA.

Dr. Kanellakopoulos co-authored the book, "Nonlinear and Adaptive Control Design," and over 80 technical papers in highly selective scientific journals and conferences. He is also a co-inventor on eight issued and six filed patents, and his research contributions have been recognized through several awards. Dr. Kanellakopoulos received his diploma from the National Technical University of Athens in 1987, and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1989 and 1992, all in electrical engineering.

Eric Vallone
Vice President, Marketing
Eric Vallone is responsible for setting the direction of Actelis’ product portfolio, as well introducing its products to the market. Mr. Vallone started his career as an engineer at AT&T Bell Laboratories implementing network management solutions. Prior to joining Actelis, he was director of product management and marketing at ADTRAN, responsible for all carrier network products, including their multiservice access platforms, optical multiplexers, DSLAMs and HDSL solutions. Vallone also served as director of product management at Paradyne Networks, where he managed several product lines, including business class and residential CPE, Voice-over-IP and VoATM products and network management solutions. Mr. Vallone has a bachelor’s degree in computer science from SUNY Stony Brook, a master’s in computer science from Columbia University, and an MBA from Purdue University. He holds several patents on service level management and network troubleshooting.

Joe Manuele
Senior Vice President, Worldwide Sales & Customer Support
Bringing more than 22 years of experience in the networking and telecommunications industries to Actelis, Joe Manuele is responsible for all customer-facing functions, including sales and customer support. Prior to joining the company, Mr. Manuele held executive positions at Adtran, Sycamore Networks, and Cisco Systems. His vast international experience includes managing sales and support organizations in Canada, Europe, and Latin America. He holds a degree in computer sciences from CDI in Montreal, and is fluent in English, French, Italian and Spanish.

Ze’ev Rom
Vice President, Finance & Administration
Site Manager, Israel
Bringing more than 15 years of experience to Actelis, Ze’ev Rom is the Site Manager of Actelis' corporate office located in Petach-Tikva, Israel, where he is responsible for Finance and Administration Management functions, including financial planning and execution of budgets, processes and efficiencies, as well as Human Resources. Prior to joining Actelis, Mr. Rom was head of the Finance department at Teledata Networks Ltd, a high-speed communications company, where he was responsible for all finance activities of the company and its subsidiaries worldwide. He also served as a controller at D&B Israel, responsible for the accounting department.  Mr. Rom holds a bachelor's degree in accounting and economics from Bar-IIan University in Israel.