Moshe BenBassat, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Following a long and successful academic career with positions at USC, Tel Aviv University and UCLA, Professor BenBassat established himself as one of the world's leaders in the area of optimization and decision support software for a wide variety of applications. His research work was supported by DARPA (The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Project Agency); NIH (National Institute of Health); Ballistic Missile Defense Agency (via TRW); ARI (U.S. Army Research Institute); NASA; and NSF (National Science Foundation).
Professor BenBassat has published extensively in leading professional journals, led many executive training workshops, and has lectured in numerous industry events worldwide. In 1996 Professor BenBassat coined the term "service chain optimization" - as an analogy to supply chain optimization - and is considered the "guru" in this field.
ClickSoftware, which emerged in 1997 from the consulting practice of Prof. BenBassat, is focused on delivering software solutions for optimizing the entire service management chain. These include software products for service scheduling, equipment troubleshooting and repair support, resource and capacity optimization, analytics, and demand forecasting. Today ClickSoftware is the worldwide recognized leader in service chain optimization, with the largest number of proven deployed customers.
Hannan Carmeli, President & Chief Operating Officer
Hannan Carmeli is the President and Chief Operating Officer at ClickSoftware. Before being appointed Chief Operating Officer in 2006, Carmeli held several executive positions at ClickSoftware, including VP for Professional Services and Executive VP for Field Operations. Prior to that, Hannan served as VP and General Manager of the ClickFix Division from September 1996. Before joining ClickSoftware, Hannan held various positions with software companies both on the technical side (project management, technical lead) as well as on the sales and marketing side (sales executive, product manager). Hannan holds a B.S. from the Technion Institute in Israel and an M.S. from Boston University.
Shmuel Arvatz, Chief Financial Officer
Shmuel Arvatz is the Chief Financial Officer of ClickSoftware Technologies. Prior to his position at ClickSoftware, Shmuel served as the Chief Financial Officer at Shrem, Fudim, Kelner Technologies Ltd., a leading investment house in Israel. He also served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Tecnomatix Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: TCNO), a leading provider of software e-manufacturing solutions. Between 1990 and 1999, Shmuel served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at ADC Israel Ltd. (previously Teledata Communications Ltd.). Teledata Communications, a telecomm equipment provider, was acquired by ADC Telecom Inc., a multibillion-dollar company, in 1998. Shmuel holds a B.A. in accounting and economics from Bar-Ilan University.
Zvi Piritz, Senior VP, Worldwide Sales
Zvi Piritz is the Vice President of Worldwide Sales. Prior to this appointment, he served as VP of Sales Asia Pacific & Africa from October 2001. Prior to that, Zvi served as Director of Asia Pacific Operations as well as Director of Product Marketing - ClickFix Division from January 1999. Before joining ClickSoftware, Zvi held various positions with software companies both on the operational side (project management, operations manager) as well as on the sales and marketing side. Zvi holds a B.A. in economics from Tel Aviv University Israel and an M.B.A. from Fordham University, New York.
Israel Beniaminy, Senior VP, Product Strategy
Israel Beniaminy has led ClickSoftware’s EBO team since 2005, after serving as VP of Product Strategy since 1998. From 1986 until he 1998, Israel served in various technological positions in ClickSoftware, including R&D Manager and Technology Director. Israel was also responsible for creating ClickSoftware's Quality Procedures and achieving ClickSoftware's ISO-9001 certification. Prior to 1986, Israel has participated in or led R&D efforts in academy and defense. Israel has a B.Sc. in physics and computer science from Bar-Ilan University and a M.Sc. in computer science from the Open University of Israel.
Nigel Clark, Senior VP, Business Development
Nigel is Senior Vice President of Business Development at ClickSoftware. Prior to this appointment, Nigel served as ClickSoftware's Vice President of Global Alliances. During his career, Nigel has held management positions within a number of FTSE 100 finance, insurance and information technology organizations in both Paris and London. Immediately prior to ClickSoftware, Nigel was a co-founder and Commercial Director of inMezzo Mobile Technology, providing security management software and consultancy to business and government institutions. Prior to this Nigel worked at Reuters where he led one of the eCommerce workstreams tasked with delivering secure financial and market data products over the internet. Nigel holds an MA in Management from St. Andrews University, Scotland.
Simon Morris, Vice President of Marketing
Simon Morris is the Vice President of Marketing at ClickSoftware. From 1997 until he assumed his current position, Simon served in various marketing positions within ClickSoftware including European Marketing Manager and Senior Director of Global Marketing. Over the last 10 years, Simon has played a key role in educating the market on the concept of 'service chain optimization' as well as building and developing ClickSoftware’s customer community. Beyond ClickSoftware, Simon takes an active role in industry associations and currently serves as the President of the Association for Service Management UK Chapter. Simon has a Bachelor of Science degree in International Relations from the London School of Economics.
Danny Korach, Vice President of Research & Development
Danny has served as Vice President of Research & Development since February 2007. Danny has been part of ClickSoftware since 1991, having held several software development management positions since then. Danny has managed the Engineering department since 2001 and became the Director of Engineering in 2005. Prior to that Danny served as a Chief Architect in that department. Danny holds a B.Sc. in mathematics and computer science from Tel-Aviv University, in Israel.
Hagit Efrati, Vice President, Human Resources
Hagit joined ClickSoftware in 2005 as Director of Global Human Resources and was promoted to VP HR in January 2008. Throughout her career, Hagit has held various HR positions in several start up companies. Prior to joining ClickSoftware, Hagit was Director of HR in Israel Seed Partners, a Venture Capital firm. Hagit also served as a career consultant and an organizational consultant with leading Israeli companies. Hagit is a graduate of the Hebrew University with a Bachelor of Psychology and of Haifa University with an MA in Occupational Psychology.
Ateret Levin, Vice President of Professional Services
Ateret Levin is the Vice President of Professional Services at ClickSoftware. From December 2004 she served as Director of PS Asia Pacific. Prior to that, Ateret served in the roles of Project Manager in the PS group and QA Manager in the R&D group. Ateret holds a B.A. in Law and Economics from Tel Aviv University, Israel and an M.B.A. from Tel Aviv University.