Company Founders

Mr. Avner Matmor, Founder, President and CEO.

Mr. Avner Matmor is a co-founder of Yitran Communications and serves as President and CEO. In 1981, Mr. Matmor received his B.Sc.E.E. from the Ben Gurion University. Mr. Matmor's technical expertise and managerial skills are the direct result of practical experience in research and development, marketing and sales for leading developers of hi-tech instrumentation and equipment.

Since 1990, Mr. Matmor has been assigned to several top-level managerial positions for leading corporations in operations, marketing, business development and finance. Mr. Matmor has extensive marketing and business experience, combined with in-depth knowledge of hi-tech technologies, enabling a discerning viewpoint of market dynamics. Between 1993 and 1995 Mr. Matmor directed operations for QualiTau's Israeli division as VP of Operations.

At the end of 1996, after a year of an extensive marketing research, Mr. Matmor together with Dr. Raphaeli founded Yitran Communications. In this capacity he continues to serve as the driving force behind Yitran's already successful and leading penetration of the power line market place.

Dr. Dan Raphaeli, Founder.

Dr. Raphaeli, received his B.Sc.E.E (Cum Laude), at age of 18, from the Ben Gurion University (1986) and Ph.d. (1994) from the California Institute of Technology (CALTECH). Dr. Raphaeli served 5 years working for the Electronic Research Department of the Israel Ministry of Defense, in various areas of communications.

From 1992-1994 Dr. Raphaeli was at the Communication Research Section of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), NASA. Since 1994, Dr. Raphaeli is with the Department of Electrical Engineering-Systems at the University of Tel Aviv where he is an Associate Professor. Dr. Raphaeli is a senior member of the IEEE and won several academic and professional awards and honors. He has also contributed to the areas of power line, wireless and satellite communications through his published works and consulting services for leading communication companies active in modulation, coding, RF, DSP and MODEM architectures.

Dr. Raphaeli's areas of expertise include power line communications, coding, turbo codes, CDMA systems, wireless LAN modems, equalization, non-coherent detection, synchronization, trellis coded modulation, high efficiency decoders with reduced complexity, signal processing, RF Design, RF links analysis and pattern recognition. From 1996, Dr. Raphaeli holds the chief scientist position at Yitran Communications.