Mr. Gidron is a recognized technology leader and authority in the mobile industry. Prior to founding NewACT, Yoad served as the CTO of the Integrated Messaging and Data Infrastructure division at Comverse (Nasdaq:CMVT.PK). In this capacity, Yoad led the long-term strategic planning and evaluation of new technologies and market trends. Previously, Yoad was co-founder and CTO of Mobilitec, provider of mobile content management and delivery solutions, acquired in 2006 by Lucent (NYSE:ALU). In this capacity Yoad led the design and technology direction of Mobilitec’s offering. Prior to Mobilitec, Yoad held various positions in the IBM Research Laboratory in Israel where he designed, and subsequently implemented large-scale distributed software systems.
Yoad holds a B.Sc. (Cum Laude) and M.Sc. in Computer Science from the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology.
