February 12,
2008
Global Entrepreneur with
Local Responsibility
Speaker: Benny
Levin, Co-Founder of NICE Systems
Speaker Bio:
Benny Levin is acting Chairman of the dbMotion
Board of Directors. Before joining dbMotion Mr. Levin co-founded NICE
Systems, a worldwide leader of multimedia digital recording solutions for
business interaction management. Mr. Levin served as NICE's President and
Director from its inception and as Chairman and CEO from February 1998 to
2001. Under Mr. Levin's leadership the company achieved impressive growth
and raised significant funds, both on NASDAQ and the Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange
(TASE). Prior to founding NICE, Mr. Levin served in the Israel Defense
Forces (the “IDF”), where he held various positions in Military Intelligence
and retired with the rank of lieutenant colonel. In 1978, he was awarded the
Chief of Intelligence Award for Creative Thinking. Mr. Levin is also
Vice-Chairman of the Israel Venture Network (IVN) and Chairman of the IVN's
Education Initiative Steering Committee. The IVN is a venture philanthropy
network of high-tech entrepreneurs and executives from Israel and the U.S.
with the goal of increasing Israel's national competitiveness by advancing
its educational systems and by promoting a culture that values volunteerism
and philanthropy. He holds a bachelor's degree and a master's degree in
Electrical Engineering from the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology.
