Founders & Management

• Mr. Avner Matmor Founder, President and CEO

  Avner is a co-founder of Yitran and serves as President and CEO. In 1981, Mr. Matmor received his B.Sc.E.E. from the Ben Gurion University in Israel. Avner'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, he 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 Avner directed operations for QualiTau's Israeli division as VP of Operations.

  At the end of 1996, after a year of an extensive market research Avner, together with Dr. Raphaeli, founded Yitran Communications. Avner continues to serve as the driving force behind Yitran's successful and leading penetration into 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.

• Mr. Amit Grauer VP Product Management

  Amit holds a B.Sc.E.E. and M.SC.EE from Ben Gurion University in Israel. He joined Yitran in 1999 as VP R&D. Since 2003 Amit has served as VP Product Management, responsible for defining and assisting with the design of new products according to customer and market needs. His technical expertise and managerial skills contribute also to the Sales and Marketing activities at Yitran. Amit’s areas of expertise include powerline communications, equalization, synchronization, FDMA systems and wireless modems. Prior to joining Yitran, Amit worked for Teledata communications from 1994 to 1999, leading the Modem design group, a main part of the WLL System.

• Mr. Ronen Gazit VP Research & Development

  Ronen holds a B.Sc.E.E. and M.SC.EE from Ben Gurion University in Israel. He joined Yitran in 2000 and since 2004 heads the Research and Development Department responsible for the development of Yitran’s core technology – Physical layer, MAC Layer and Y-Net stack. His technical expertise allows Yitran to maintain its position as one of the world leading PLC solution providers. Ronen is also leading the technology standardization task force within Yitran and works in cooperation with various alliances such as HomePlug and Zigbee. Prior to joining Yitran, Ronen worked for 7 years for the Israeli Air force as a manager for various engineering project, for which he received the highest Israeli Award for Homeland Security.

• Mr. Israel Gershi CFO

  Israel holds BA and MA in economics from Tel Aviv University in Israel.  He joined Yitran in 2013 as CFO. Israel has a broad background in finance and economics in various fields, and held management positions in investment banking and investment fund, accompanying mergers and acquisitions, initial public offerings, fund raising, and managing investment portfolio.

  Prior to joining Yitran, Israel worked in eCreate Networks in business accompanying of various ventures in the technology field, among others in promoting Yitran technology in China. Israel headed the economic department and later was the managing director of Solid investment banking in Tel Aviv.