Ben joined the company in 1995, after graduating from Oxford University with an MA in mathematics. Beginning his career as a software engineer, he has played a variety of roles across the company's divisions. Most recently he led the team that successfully established MetaSphere as the pre-eminent applications platform for tier one service providers, gaining deployments at four of the five largest North American carriers.Prior to this Ben was vice president of sales and marketing for Data Connection's Network Protocol Division, and was instrumental in positioning the company as the only source for protocol software for optical networking, as well as growing the VoIP protocol market. In this role Ben developed strategic relationships with the key networking equipment manufacturers in Israel, China and Japan, significantly expanding the company's global business reach.Ben has three young children who keep him very busy, and in any spare time he is involved in many activities in his local community. |