Technology >> CEO Interviews >> September 3, 2002
OFER GNEEZY is President and Chief Executive Officer of iBasis, Inc. As
co-Founder of iBasis, Mr. Gneezy is one of the true visionaries of the
Internet telephony industry and a recipient of Pulver.com's Industry
Pioneer Award. Prior to founding iBasis in 1996 Mr. Gneezy was President
of Acuity Imaging, Inc., a multinational leader in industrial automation
technology. Mr. Gneezy led Acuity to achieve significant increases in
earnings, revenues and stockholder equity before successfully
orchestrating the company's acquisition by RVSI, the second-largest
company in the industry. The acquisition provided Acuity with strong
financial backing while delivering liquidity to Acuity investors.
Previously, as President and CEO of Automatix, Inc., Mr. Gneezy led the
turnaround of the company to growth and sustained quarterly
profitability and managed its merger with Itran, Inc. to form Acuity.
Mr. Gneezy is a graduate of Tel Aviv University and the Advanced
Management Program at Harvard University's Graduate School of Business
Administration and has an MS in Engineering from MIT. Profile
past year that investors should focus on?
Mr. Gneezy: We all see the turmoil here in telecom, and it's very
interesting
