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Avi Hasson
General Partner - Gemini Israel Funds
As a General Partner at Gemini, Avi works with companies in the communications sector, including telecom and wireless, and in the consumer electronics space, with specific focus on the digital home. In over eight years at Gemini, he has been involved with many startups, and currently represents Gemini on the Board of portfolio companies Axxana, ConteXtream, Starhome, Olista, Outsmart and Prime Sense. As an active contributor to these companies, Avi often utilizes his close relationships with telecom vendors and operators including Telecom Italia, Telstra, Vodafone, Siemens, Cisco and Alcatel. Avi works very closely with BT Group especially with the team of Mr. Mike Hodgeson, and recently had hosted Mr. Matt Bross (CTO) in Israel.
Avi came to Gemini from ECI Telecom (NASDAQ:ECIL), where he was Director of Product Marketing dealing with next generation telephony systems in the early days of Voice over IP and Voice over ATM systems. This Division had annual revenues of more than $300M. Prior to ECI, he held senior marketing and business development positions at Ectel (NASDAQ:ECTX), and played a pivotal role in defining Ectel's strategy to penetrate the telecom market. While at Ectel, he was an active member of the ITU Quality of Service Development Group.
Avi's involvement in telecommunications began with his service in the Israel army. Recruited to the prestigious "Haman-Talpiyot" project, he rose to the rank of Major in an elite intelligence corps technology unit. He holds a BA summa cum laude in Economics and Middle East Studies and an MBA from Tel Aviv University.
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