Management Team
Mr. Gideon Barak, Executive Chairman
With over 25 years of experience in the communications industry, Gideon Barak has held such leading positions as Chief Financial Officer of DSP Group (NASDAQ: DSPG), Co-Founder and CEO of DSP Communications (acquired by Intel Corporation for $1.6 billion), and Founder and Chairman of Envara and Butterfly VLSI (acquired by Intel and Texas Instruments, respectively). Mr. Barak was also previously Board member of Modem Art and WIDCOMM, which have been acquired by Agere Systems and Broadcom.
Dr. Danny Lange, Founder & CEO, Director
IDesia founder Danny Lange is the inventor behind the company’s underlying technology. A veteran entrepreneur, Mr. Lange is experienced in running both fledgling and well-established technology businesses. Prior to IDesia, he co-founded and held executive positions of two medical device companies in the field of patient monitoring (Algodyne Ltd. and Earlysense Ltd.), invented their core technologies and authored more than a dozen patents covering these inventions. Earlier still, Mr. Lange served as senior R&D engineer at Hewlett-Packard Research Laboratories, and as Research Associate and Lecturer at the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology.
Mr. Vincent Worms, Director (Partech Intl.)
Vincent Worms is Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Partech International. His more than 20 years of investment experience in information technologies spans multiple sectors, including computer systems, CAD/CAE, business intelligence and enterprise software. Mr. Worms’ past investments include Business Objects (BOBJ) and Informatica (INFA). Prior to co-founding Partech International in 1982, he served the investment arm of Banque Paribas, the French merchant bank. Mr. Worms began his career in the French public sector, serving in the Ministry of Industry’s Agency for Technology Innovation and Entrepreneurship. He holds an MS in Civil Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an MS in Engineering from Ecole Polytechnique.
Mr. Joseph Lin (Taiwan), Director
Joseph Lin is currently a Managing Director at Dorcas Investments and was recently appointed to the IDesia Board. He previously held engineering, operational and sales/marketing positions at Solectron, Sun Microsystems and Lite-On Automotive. Mr. Lin holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from UCLA and an MBA from the Marshall School of Business (USC).
Mr. Eric Liao (Taiwan), Director
Mr. Liao possesses years of experience in the semiconductor field, with nearly a decade of proven expertise in sales and marketing in the communication and networking industries. He has led market development in both Korean and Chinese markets, and has directly driven IC sales revenues exceeding $100M. Prior to managing Prolific Technology’s sales and marketing, he served as engineer, account manager and project manager, then as region manager at Realtek Semiconductor Inc. Mr. Liao holds a BA in Business Administration from Ming Chuang University and an MBA in International Business Administration from the TAITRA International Trade Institute in Taiwan.
Mr. David Holder (UK), Observer
David Holder has been a serial entrepreneur and inventor since 1988, when he started his first company dealing in electronic displays. Over the past 20 years, Mr. Holder has founded a number of companies and invented a number of products, and has become an expert in taking ideas to reality through China-based manufacturing and worldwide distribution. Many large brands have entrusted David Holder with their contract manufacturing and innovations. Products originated by Mr. Holder and the companies he has founded include consumer telephony and VoIP offerings and, most recently, the world’s first consumer 3D Webcam.
