George Lasry

VP Sales at Channelot

Location: Israel
Industry: Telecommunications

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George Lasry's Overview

Current

VP Sales at Channelot

Past

Consultant at Self-Employed
VP Sales and General Manager, EMEA and APAC at Actelis Networks
VP R&D/AVP Software and Systems at Actelis Networks

Director of Business Development and Marketing at NICE Systems
Development Manager at NICE Systems
Team Leader at National Semiconductor
Head of Project at IDF Intelligence Unit - Technical Division

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Education

Technion-Machon Technologi Le' Israel
Herriot-Watt University

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Over twenty years of experience in fast-growing global high-tech companies - in international sales, product marketing, business development and R&D management, in Telecom, Mobile/Digital TV and Enterprise markets, in Europe, the US and APAC.

Specialties: International Sales Management, EMEA Sales, APAC Sales, Business Development, Product Marketing/Management, Product Strategy, Partnerships.

Broadcast Media (Digital TV, DVB-T/T2, Mobile TV), Telecom Solutions (Broadband Access, Cellular Backhaul, DSL, Carrier Ethernet), Enterprise Systems and Software, Government/Security Systems.

VP Sales

Channelot

Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Telecommunications industry

January 2010 – Present (3 years 6 months)

Responsibility for worldwide sales.

Channelot develops innovative Broadcast transmission solutions for Mobile TV (DVB-H, CMMB) and Digital TV (DVB-T/T2). Based on compact and integrated designs, those solutions enable Mobile TV and Terrestrial TV operators to enhance their network coverage and ensure reception quality (outdoor, indoor, in motion), in a cost-effective manner, including installations in challenging environments such as cellular towers, etc...

Successful market penetration in several regions, generating sales from scratch, with live pilots and large scale deployments by major Digital TV and Mobile Operators in APAC and EMEA.

Channelot is part of the RAD Group.

Consultant

Self-Employed

2008 – 2009 (1 year)

Working with start-up companies on Product Strategy, Product Management, as well as Site Manager for one of the start-ups, in the fields of Communications, Online Advertising, Internet and Cloud.

VP Sales and General Manager, EMEA and APAC

Actelis Networks

Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Telecommunications industry

2005 – 2007 (2 years)

Responsibility for EMEA and APAC Sales as well as regional Product Marketing, Pre-Sales, and Customer Services.

Selling Carrier Ethernet over DSL networking and transport solutions to Telecom operators as well as Utilities in EMEA and APAC.

Generated revenue of $20M (from almost scratch) from Tier 1 operators (e.g. Orange/FT, T-Com), Tier 2 (e.g. COLT and Tele2) as well as from Enterprise customers.

VP R&D/AVP Software and Systems

Actelis Networks

Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Telecommunications industry

1999 – 2004 (5 years)

Led product and engineering efforts, first as SW & Systems manager, later as VP R&D (up to 40 R&D people) including the migration from ATM/TDM platforms to Carrier Ethernet over Copper solutions, Backhaul solutions (Cellular/Wireless backhaul, DSLAM backhaul) as well as Carrier Ethernet high-speed access.

Director of Business Development and Marketing

NICE Systems

Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; NICE; Computer Software industry

1996 – 1999 (3 years)

Business Development: Strategic partnerships (e..g. Lucent Avaya, Etrali/France Telecom, Siemens), technology partnerships, and M&As. Those partnerships generated ~$40M in 1999.

Strategic Product Marketing initiatives - new products/new markets segments, such as
o Digital Video recording for the Security market.
o Advanced Voice and Application Logging for Contact Centers.
o Voice Logging for Public Safety and Transportation markets.

Corporate Marketing including Product Marketing, Market Research, Competitive Intelligence and Marcom.

Development Manager

NICE Systems

Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; NICE; Computer Software industry

1989 – 1996 (7 years)

Developed/managed the development of core parts of NICE digital voice recording and CTI platforms.

Also developed RF/COMINT platforms for military and security markets.