People: DSP Group Inc (DSPG.O)
DSPG.O on Nasdaq
8.15USD
24 May 2013
8.15USD
24 May 2013
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Summary
| Name | Age | Since | Current Position |
|---|---|---|---|
Eliyahu Ayalon |
69 | 2011 | Non-Executive Chairman of the Board |
Ofer Elyakim |
42 | 2011 | Chief Executive Officer, Director |
Dror Levy |
38 | 2006 | Chief Financial Officer, Secretary |
David Dahan |
42 | 2012 | Chief Operating Officer |
Zvi Limon |
54 | 1999 | Independent Director |
Reuven Regev |
62 | 2011 | Independent Director |
Gabi Seligsohn |
46 | 2013 | Independent Director |
Yair Seroussi |
57 | 2002 | Independent Director |
Patrick Tanguy |
1999 | Independent Director | |
Orly Garini-Dil |
IR Contact |
Biographies
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
Eliyahu Ayalon |
Mr. Eliyahu Ayalon is Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of DSP Group Inc. He joined the company in April 1996 as President, Chief Executive Officer and a director. In January 2000, Mr. Ayalon was appointed as Chairman of board. Between April 2005 and January 2006, Mr. Ayalon stepped down as Chief Executive Officer and became Executive Chairman. Mr. Ayalon resumed the Chief Executive Officer position from January 2006 to July 2009. From August 2009 to May 2011, Mr. Ayalon was Executive Chairman. Mr. Ayalon is also a member of the board of directors of CEVA, Inc., a NASDAQ listed company that develops and licenses of DSP cores and related platform-level IP to the semiconductor industry, as of November 2002, and was the Chairman until February 2005. Mr. Ayalon is a member of the Board of Governors of the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology and a member of the executive committee of the University Center of Ariel, Israel. |
Ofer Elyakim |
Mr. Ofer Elyakim is Chief Executive Officer, Director of DSP Group Inc. Mr. Elyakim joined the company in January 2006 as Director of Business Development and Investor Relations, and was promoted to Vice President of Business Development in May 2007. He was promoted to Senior Vice President, President of South East Asia Operations in May 2008. In July 2009, Mr. Elyakim was appointed Chief Executive Officer. In May 2011, Mr. Elaykim was appointed to board. Previously, Mr. Elyakim worked as a research analyst covering media and broadcasting companies at CIBC World Markets in New York. Prior to that, he held several management positions at Radvision, Tundo Communications and Kost Forer Gabbay & Kasierer, a member of Ernst & Young Global. A certified public accountant, Mr. Elyakim holds an MBA with honors from Columbia Business School and a BA in Computer Science and Accounting from Tel Aviv University. |
Dror Levy |
Mr. Dror Levy is Chief Financial Officer and Secretary of DSP Group Inc. Mr. Levy joined the company in August 2002 as Corporate Controller and was promoted to the position of Vice President of Finance in January 2006 and as Chief Financial Officer and Secretary in July 2006. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Levy worked at Kost Forer Gabbay & Kasierer, a member of Ernst & Young Global, where he served as manager in the high-tech practice. Mr. Levy is a certified public accountant and holds an M.B.A. from Tel Aviv University and a B.A. in Business and Accounting from the Israeli College of Management. |
David Dahan |
Mr. David Dahan serves as Chief Operating Officer of DSP Group, Inc., since February 1, 2012. Mr. Dahan joined the company in that capacity in February 2012 as Chief Operating Officer. Before joining the company, Mr. Dahan was the Chief Operating Officer at PrimeSense, Ltd., a provider of 3D sensing technology for Kinect, from 2007 to 2012. He previously held managerial positions at CEVA, Inc. (NASDAQ: CEVA), a provider of DSP processor technology for the semiconductor industry, including the operations at CEVA as Vice President, from 2003 to 2007. Prior to CEVA, Mr. Dahan held the position of Director of VLSI at the company from 2001 to 2003. Mr. Dahan holds a B.Sc. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Ben Gurion University in Israel and a MBA from Inter Disciplinary Center in Israel. |
Zvi Limon |
Mr. Zvi Limon is Independent Director of DSP Group Inc. Mr. Limon is a partner at Magma Venture Capital, a consulting and investment advisory firm. Since 2006, Mr. Limon also has been a general partner of Rimon Investment Fund, a consulting and investment advisory firm. He served as chairman of Limon Holdings Ltd., a consulting and investment advisory firm, from October 1993 to July 2000. Mr. Limon is a director of CEVA, Inc., Tefron Ltd., a NASDAQ listed apparels company, and various private companies. |
Reuven Regev |
Dr. Reuven Regev is Independent Director of DSP Group Inc. Dr. Regev is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Topscan Ltd, a computer peripheral electronic devices company, a company he founded, since 2008. Dr. Regev is also serving as the Chairman of Flexicath Ltd, a medical devices company, since 2009. From 2006 to 2008, Dr. Regev served as Chief Executive Officer and a board member of Karmelsonix Ltd., a medical devices company focused on Asthma treatment and listed on the Australian Stock Exchange. Dr. Regev received a B.Sc. and an M.Sc in Electrical Eng. Communications and Control Systems from the Technion, Israel. He received a M.Sc. and a Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering and Management from Stanford University, California. The Company believes Dr. Regev’s qualifications to sit on the Company’s Board of Directors include his years of executive and operational experience and his deep understanding of technology companies operating from the U.S. and Israel. |
Gabi Seligsohn |
Mr. Gabi Seligsohn has been appointed as Independent Director of DSP Group, Inc., effective May 2, 2013. He has served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Nova since August 2006. Having joined Nova in 1998, Mr. Seligsohn has served in several key positions in the company, including as the Executive Vice President, Global Business Management Group from August 2005 to August 2006. From August 2002 until August 2005, Mr. Seligsohn was President of Nova’s U.S. subsidiary, Nova Inc. Prior to that, he was Vice President Strategic Business Development at Nova Inc. where he established Nova’s OEM group managing the Applied Materials and Lam Research accounts between the years 2000 to 2002. From 1998 to 2000 he served as Global Strategic Account Manager for the company’s five customers. Mr. Seligsohn joined Nova after serving as a Sales Manager for key financial accounts at Digital Equipment Corporation. Mr. Seligsohn holds an LL.B. from the University of Reading in England. He was voted CEO of the year for the Israeli Hi-Tech industry by the Israeli management institute in 2010. |
Yair Seroussi |
Mr. Yair Seroussi is Independent Director of DSP Group Inc. Mr. Seroussi is currently the chairman of the board of directors of Bank Hapoalim, Israel’s bank. Previously, he was serving as advisory director, head of Morgan Stanley Israel, since 1993. During this period, he served as a board member of various Israeli companies. Mr. Seroussi is also on the Board of Governors of the Hebrew University. |
Patrick Tanguy |
Mr. Patrick Tanguy is Independent Director of DSP Group Inc., since November 1999. Since September 2007, Mr. Tanguy has been a Managing Director at Wendel, a French-listed investment company. From February 2006 to September 2007, Mr. Tanguy was the Chief Executive Officer of Prezioso S.A., an industrial coating and insulation specialist. From April 2004 to February 2006, Mr. Tanguy was the Chief Executive Officer of Monne-Decroix, a real estate development company. He served as Chief Executive Officer of Technal Group, an aluminum building systems company, from 1999 to March 2004. From May 1998 to September 1999, Mr. Tanguy served as a director of Hays DX France, an express transport services company. From August 1993 to April 1998, he served as the Chairman of Groupe DAFSA, a supplier of economic data and financial information. Since February 2010, he has served on the board of directors of Legrand, a French publicly traded company. |
Orly Garini-Dil |
Basic Compensation
| Name | Fiscal Year Total |
|---|---|
Eliyahu Ayalon |
1,507,900 |
Ofer Elyakim |
689,324 |
Dror Levy |
435,072 |
David Dahan |
-- |
Zvi Limon |
-- |
Reuven Regev |
-- |
Gabi Seligsohn |
-- |
Yair Seroussi |
-- |
Patrick Tanguy |
-- |
Orly Garini-Dil |
-- |
As Of 30 Dec 2011
Options Compensation
| Name | Options | Value |
|---|---|---|
Eliyahu Ayalon |
1,285,000 | 7,477,600 |
Ofer Elyakim |
0 | 0 |
Dror Levy |
15,206 | 134,692 |
David Dahan |
0 | 0 |
Zvi Limon |
0 | 0 |
Reuven Regev |
0 | 0 |
Gabi Seligsohn |
0 | 0 |
Yair Seroussi |
0 | 0 |
Patrick Tanguy |
0 | 0 |
Orly Garini-Dil |
0 | 0 |
| Name | Shares Traded | Price |
|---|---|---|
RICE NORMAN J |
1,480 | $8.58 |
ELYAKIM OFER |
1,000 | $8.05 |
LACEY THOMAS A |
1,000 | $6.92 |
LEVY DROR |
25,000 | $6.26 |
ELYAKIM OFER |
66,000 | $6.26 |
DAHAN DAVID |
20,000 | $6.26 |
TRAUB KENNETH H |
7,477 | $5.93 |
TRAUB KENNETH H |
6,515 | $5.97 |
TRAUB KENNETH H |
161 | $5.85 |
ELYAKIM OFER |
1,000 | $5.51 |
ELYAKIM OFER |
1,000 | $5.82 |
LEVY DROR |
2,228 | $4.94 |
LEVY DROR |
2,176 | $8.41 |
BLANKA LIOR |
1,052 | $8.41 |

