Board of Directors

Backed by Premier Venture Capital
Firms and Successful Board Members

Leading and guiding P-Cube's direction and strategy, the Board of Directors has been assembled from experienced leaders in the telecommunications and VC community and represent a long standing track record of successful ventures and investments. The Board believes that the need for IP Service Control Platforms is essential for access and transport networks regardless of geographic location or underlying network architecture, and that P-cube has a first mover advantage into a very significant growing market. P-Cube's ability to penetrate and service those markets is facilitated and supported by the ironclad support of a global portfolio of investors.

Giora Yaron, Ph.D. - Co-founder,
Chairman of the Board of Directors
Mr. Yaron has extensive experience leading and driving technology companies to exceptional success. He served as President of Indigo NV, leading its transformation from a research and development company to a global leader in digital printing. Mr. Yaron was also a corporate Vice President at National Semiconductor where he directed the company's worldwide Embedded Processor business unit and its Israeli operations.

Yuval Shahar - Co-founder,
President and Chief Executive Officer
Yuval Shahar is P-Cube's president and chief executive officer providing both leadership and vision. Yuval brings over 20 years of domain experience in the network infrastructure segment to P-Cube. Prior to P-Cube, Yuval co-founded Pentacom, a pioneer in Dynamic Packet Transport (DPT) products and, previously, led the creation of Infogear, which developed some of the industry's first web appliances. Both companies were acquired by Cisco. Additionally, Yuval served as Vice President of Research and Development at VocalTec, where he directed programs resulting in the creation of the first set of VoIP architectures and products, which later enabled the company's IPO. Additionally, Yuval has held senior positions at both National Semiconductor Corporation and Motorola where he worked on data and voice communications products and protocols.

Jim Flach
Mr. Flach is a Partner with Accel Partners, a well-respected and proven venture capital firm in Silicon Valley. During his tenure at Accel he served in Chairman roles for Agile Networks, Netlink (Cabletron), Sentient Networks, Teleos Communications (Madge Networks) and Vivo Software. Currently, he is the acting CEO of Bandwidth9, Inc. He also serves on the board of CenterBeam, Freegate, GoDigital Telecommunications, Hybrid Networks, RedBack Networks (where he also served as CEO) and Vertical Networks. Prior to Accel Partners, Mr. Flach was a Vice President at Intel and General Manager of their Personal Computer Enhancement Division. He came to Intel in 1989 following the acquisition of Jupiter Technology where he had been CEO. Prior to Intel, Mr. Flach held numerous business and technical positions at Xerox Corporation, including Vice President of Systems Engineering and Vice President and General Manager of the Network Systems Business Unit where he was responsible for the worldwide P&L of the Xerox Network business.

Ray Rothrock
Ray Rothrock is a Managing General Partner for Venrock Associates. Ray Rothrock joined Venrock in 1988. His focus is primarily Internet companies and information technology in general. Ray serves on the boards of CheckPoint (NASDAQ: CHKP) of Tel Aviv, Israel and a number of private board affiliations Qpass, Inc., Space.com, NeoPhotonics, P-Cube, Inc. and SteelEye Technology, Inc. He previously served on the board of Spyglass (NASDAQ: SPYG), DIGEX, Inc. (acquired by Intermedia Communications) and Haystack Labs (acquired by Trusted Information Systems/Network Associates). He also led Venrock's investment in DoubleClick (NASDAQ: DCLK).

Scott Bonham
Scott Bonham is a Managing Director at Granite Global Ventures. Scott Bonham joined Granite Global Ventures from the Capital Group Companies, Inc. where he served most recently as a Vice President and managed technology investments across 10 mutual funds. Scott's responsibilities covered a wide range of companies including computer systems, storage, networking, wireless, software, and contract manufacturing. Prior to joining the Capital Group, Scott spent four years at Silicon Graphics Inc. where he served as a product line manager. He was responsible for product marketing and revenue of SGI's second largest division and managed a multi-million dollar marketing budget.
Scott also has prior work experience as a consultant at Booz, Allen & Hamilton Inc. and as a systems engineer and maintenance foreman at General Motors. Scott received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Queen's University (Canada) and an M.B.A. from the Harvard Graduate School of Business. Scott is on the board of directors of P-Cube and Zettacom.

Ohad Finkelstein
Between January 1999 and July 2002 Mr. Finkelstein served as Chairman, President, and CEO of the Interoute Telecom Group, a rapidly growing pan-European telecommunications company building one of the largest fiber optic networks in Europe. Prior to joining Interoute, Mr. Finkelstein served as Senior Vice President International Sales and Vice President Global Operations for VocalTec Communications Ltd He has also served as a senior advisor for I.D.E.A., a world leader in financial and economic analysis. Mr. Finkelstein was Director of Computers and Peripherals at Eurocom Communications Ltd. and Head of International Activities at Packard Bell Electronics. Mr. Finkelstein holds bachelors degrees in Political Science and International Marketing from the University of California in Los Angels (UCLA).

Michael Rolnick
Michael Rolnick, a partner with ComVentures, focuses his investments on network infrastructure, including communications, computing, storage, security and wireless. Michael's recent investments and board seats, in addition to P-Cube Inc., include Active Reasoning; Azul Systems; Intruvert Networks, acquired by Network Associates (NET); Persist Technologies, acquired by HP (HPQ); RLX Technologies and MonoSphere. Prior to joining ComVentures, Michael served as Vice President for New Ventures at E*TRADE Group, Inc. In that role, he was responsible for merger, acquisition and joint venture activities, new business development, and strategic investments, and was an early investor in Critical Path (CPTH), and Digital Island, acquired by Cable & Wireless (CWP). Prior to E*TRADE, Michael was with Braxton Associates and Montgomery Securities. He holds an MBA from the University of Michigan, an MSc from the London School of Economics, and a BA from the University of Michigan.

Benny Schnaider - Co-founder
Mr. Schnaider is presently in a key management position at Cisco Systems. Previously, he was the Chief Executive Officer of PentaCom Ltd., which was eventually acquired by Cisco. He has over 15 years of embedded system experience with expertise in high-capacity switching solutions. Mr. Schnaider's design accomplishments include ASICs and network systems for industry leaders such as Cisco and 3Com.

Board of Directors Observers

David Helfrich
Mr. Helfrich is the founding partner at a new technology-based buyout firm called Garnett & Helfrich Capital. Previously, he was a partner with ComVentures, a leading venture capital firm in Silicon Valley where he led early-stage investments in P-Cube Inc., Cosine(2B+ public offering), Entera ($400M acquisition by Cacheflow) and Intruvert (recent $100M acquisition by Network Associates). Prior to joining ComVentures, he was Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Copper Mountain Networks and Vice President of Marketing for 3Com. Mr. Helfrich joined 3Com as a member of their acquisition of Centrum Communications, a strategic purchase by 3Com to strengthen their presence in the wide area networking markets. Mr. Helfrich served as Centrum's Vice President of Marketing. He was also a key member of the original team at Ascend Communications where he served as Vice President of Sales and Marketing.

Joe Golden
Joe Golden is a General Partner for Accel Europe and has over 20 years of experience in the telecommunications and networking industry. With his extensive European operating experience, he brings to Accel Europe a unique technical and commercial understanding of the global telecommunications and networking space, and trans-Atlantic technology transfer and growth. Prior to joining Accel, Joe was the Managing Director of Cisco Systems Business Development and Strategic Alliances for Europe, Middle East and Africa, based in London and reporting directly to Mike Volpi, the Chief Strategy Officer at Cisco.

Boaz Dinte 
Boaz Dinte joined Evergreen in 1996 and is a Partner. Mr. Dinte focuses on Evergreen's investments in communications companies, with emphasis on the wireless sector, storage and cable technologies. Prior to joining Evergreen, Mr. Dinte was Corporate Business Development Manager for M-Systems Ltd., a NASDAQ-listed global leader in flash-disk memory and a successfully exited Evergreen portfolio company. Mr. Dinte initiated and was responsible for Evergreen's investments in Exalink (since sold to Comverse), and is actively involved in Xcitel, P-Cube, Exanet, BigBand Networks, Appstream, Simplement and Gate42.

Darren Ho
Darren Ho is presently a General Partner of Venture TDF. From 1998 to 2001, Mr. Ho was a director of investment of Venture TDF, with responsibility for sourcing and evaluating investment opportunities and for investment and divestment decisions. Mr. Ho has built in-depth knowledge of the telecommunication and e-infrastructure sectors and has established strong industry connections in the U.S. and Israel. He is a board member of Integrated Micromachines (IMMI) and a board observer to P-Cube and Kagoor.

Moshe Bar-Niv
Moshe Bar-Niv is General Partner for Ascend Technology Ventures and has over 20 years of experience in the high-tech community. He has held executive positions in global corporations such as Intel and Motorola in both Israel and the US. During the past decade, he has been a knowledgeable and experienced investor in all aspects of the high tech industry. Prior to founding Ascend, Moshe founded Trinet Venture Capital in 1994. He holds B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Industrial Engineering and Management from Ben Gurion University.

Alfred T. Chu
Alfred Chu is currently a Principal at the Panasonic Digital Concepts Center, Matsushita's venture capital and incubator practice in Silicon Valley, where he focuses on communications (wireline and wireless), semiconductor, and software investments. Besides working with P-Cube, Alfred also manages business development responsibilities with Bay Microsystems, Broadband Physics, Ikanos, Montavista Software, Panta Systems, Raindance (RDNC), Senvid and Tensilica. Prior to Matsushita, Alfred worked in the investment banking division of Salomon Smith Barney and in the channel logistics and fulfillment department at Hewlett Packard.