OUR ISRAEL TEAM

Arad, a U.S. and Israeli citizen, has extensive operating and venture capital experience in both Silicon Valley and Israel. Arad's Investment interests include Enterprise S/W, Digital Media, Networking and Internet Infrastructure. Prior to joining Benchmark, Arad was a director of business development at Cisco, where he was responsible for investment and M&A activity in Israel.

Before Cisco, Arad was the founder and CEO of Class Data, which was acquired by Cisco in May 1998.

In the ten years prior to joining Class Data, Arad held executive positions in U.S. corporations. He also served as a staff engineer in the Electronics Research Lab of the Israeli Ministry of Defense. Arad holds a BSc Cum Laude in Electronics and Computer Engineering from the Ben Gurion University in Israel.

Investments: Broadlight, Compass Networks, Finjan Software, Metacafe, Mirage, Oplus Technologies (acquired by Intel), OpTun (acquired by NeoPhotonics), Panaya, RaySat, Resolute Networks, Sentrigo, Skybox Security, Vollee, Wilocity, and Xeround.

Education:  B.Sc. Cum Laude in electronics and computer engineering from the Ben Gurion University in Israel.