Zlango is managed by seasoned individuals from a variety of fields. Its 45 employees speak a total of 13 different languages, and hold a total of 62 degrees, spanning a very broad reach, from law and electronic engineering, to philosophy and animal husbandry.
Zlango team management:
Yoav Lorch - Founder & CEO
Yoav Lorch had a rich career in the areas of linguistics, writing and business. He spent many years as a writer and translator, published six children's books, illustrated two, wrote plays, and over 200 TV scripts. He moved to the world of high-tech to found "PressPoint", a company that revolutionized newspaper printing. He led the company from inception to sales, raising over $20 million and establishing activities on all continents. Yoav created Zlango in 2004; it brings together his love of languages, communication and business.
Yoav speaks five languages, and holds degrees in Economics and Philosophy from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. In the rare moments he is not working Yoav can be found puffing into his saxophone, or paddling his kayak somewhere in the world.
Roni Haim - COO
Roni is a veteran of telecommunications and played a key role in the inception of two start-up companies and their evolution in becoming worldwide leading public companies. Roni has accumulated more than 20 years of experience in telecommunications design and management, including positions as COO, VP R&D and VP Technology & Engineering of Alvarion (Nasdaq:ALVR), VP R&D of Foxcom, founder and director of the Radio Group at Gilat Satellite Networks (Nasdaq:GILTF), and project manager at both Tadiran Electronic Industries and Elisra Electronic Systems. Roni is a summa cum laude graduate of Tel Aviv University, holding a bachelors and masters degree in electrical engineering and Communications. He earned his MBA, with distinction, from Bradford University, England. Roni enjoys travel, especially to India, and sports.
Yoav Assa - VP R&D
Yoav has been involved in Zlango ever since its inception stages, as an advisor, and is currently leading the R&D and QA activities. Yoav has 24 years of experience in the high-tech arena, in various academic, defense and industry institutions. In the past 10 years Yoav has had leading roles in a number of telecommunication companies, including Comverse, Emblaze and Intel. Yoav has a B.Sc. degree in Electronics Engineering from the Technion Institute of Technology, and a M.Sc. degree in Computer Sciencethe University of Jyväskylä, Finland. Yoav likes nature hiking and nature photography.
Raz Tsafrir - Evangelist
Raz joined Zlango in early 2006, and he currently heads the Zlango sales team; Prior to Zlango, Raz held sales and management positions at Celltick, Pinpoint Technologies and CT Motion. Raz holds a BA degree in finance and an MBA degree from IESE, Spain. Raz loves sports and good food.
Erel Sherman - VP Communities Business
Erel Sherman heads Zlango's B2C communities' business arm. Erel joined Zlango in late 2006. Prior to joining Zlango, Erel held various leading roles at Shopping.com and prior to that in Dealtime. In his last role at Shopping.com, Erel lead the company's business product lines in San Francisco. Erel holds an MBA degree from the Technion Institute of Technology and a B.Sc. degree in Industrial Engineering form Ben-Gurion University. In is free time, Erel likes to do sports, go to the theater and spend time with his family.
Amir Yagil - VP Products
Amir joined Zlango in 2005 and leads Zlango's products team; spanning the mobile, web, language and creative realms. Prior to joining Zlango, Amir lead the content team at Celltick, establishing mobile content broadcast channels in many countries. His previous roles included managing Gizmoz' content team, marketing consultancy, copywriting and other advertising roles. Amir holds a BA degree in Economics and Geography from the Hebrew University Jerusalem. He enjoys singing to his baby boy, and indulges himself in photography, history, music and investigating languages' roles in our lives.
Alon Greenberg - CFO
Alon joined Zlango after serving as Director of Finance of Top Image Systems (NASDAQ:TISA) where he was in charge of a wide spectrum of financial tasks including acquisitions, fund raising, business and legal affairs, SEC reporting and international taxation. Before his tenure at Top Image Systems, Alon served as the Director of Finance of Tescom Israel (TSE:TSCM). Earlier, Alon was a Manager at E&Y Israel, where he escorted a variety of public and private companies. Alon is a Certified Public Accountant in Israel and holds B.A. in Business Administration from the College of Management. He loves hiking, sports and photography.
