Board of Directors

As an acclaimed inventor and chairman of Silent Communications, Zigmund parlayed his distinctive skills and entrepreneurial initiative into the establishment of Advanced Logistics Developments, formerly part of the BARAN group, which went public to the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange in 2000, where Zigmund currently serves as president & CEO.  As a leader and pioneer in his field, Zigmund’s proficiency is highly sought after.  Dr. Zigmund Bluvband has more than twenty-five years experience consulting and teaching Quality, Reliability, Safety, and Logistics Engineering.  Zigmund developed unique expertise as Quality Assurance Director at Tadiran and Reliability Manager at Israel Aircrafts Industries. He has been an active member in the Israel Society for Quality where he served as President and Chairman for from 1989-1994.  Dr. Zigmund Bluvband is a senior lecturer at the EMBA program of the “The Hebrew University of Jerusalem” and he now serves as Chairman on the Israel Society for Quality International Committee. With a master’s degree in Electrical Engineering and Mathematics and a Ph.D. in Operational Research, Zigmund has authored more than fifty papers and two books.

Having worked on the cutting-edge for leading software companies for nearly a decade, Max Bluvband brings to Silent Communications exceptional expertise and acumen.  Max’s work ranged from VOIP Telephony to advanced mobile and multimedia technologies, having worked for Tundo, which specializes in next generation packet telephony and e-commerce solutions, and Softwatch, which creates internet solutions for pharmaceutical and health care companies.  Max has a bachelor’s degree in computer science and served as an officer (captain) in an infantry unit of the Israeli Defense Forces.

Haim is a Partner with Sequoia Capital Israel where he focuses on mobile, semiconductor, systems and software investments. Before joining Sequoia Capital in 1999, Haim held senior engineering and management positions at Intel corporation. Haim has a BS in Electrical Engineering from the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology.

Yuval was General Manager of Corporate Development & Strategy in Amdocs. Among his responsibilities were M&A, Strategic Alliances and Corporate Strategy. Prior to that he led the Network Business Unit in Amdocs, built around the acquisition of Xacct, and managed the post-merger integration into Amdocs. Before joining Amdocs Yuval held positions with the Shlomo Ben-Haim Group, Koor Technlogies, and was Founder & CEO Camelot Inc., a start-up company which developed information security solutions. Yuval holds a BA in Chemistry from the Israeli Technion.

Formerly the CTO of ICQ, Yair is credited with the creation of Instant Messaging, the technology that has revolutionized the way we communicate on the Web. His successful invention was bought by AOL.
Following his success at ICQ, Yair then turned his attention to the online advertising space with the creation of Dotomi Direct Messaging™. Similar to the one-to-one channel of Instant Messaging, which is permission-based, timely and direct, Yair saw a need in the advertising market to deliver the same communication to marketers and consumers. Yair co-founded Dotomi with Eyal Schiff and currently leads the technology team.
Yair holds a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science from the University of Tel Aviv, and is an active investor in several Israeli start-up companies.