Management Team

Tal Menipaz

Chairman

Mr. Menipaz has been serving as the active Chairman of Modelity since its inception on behalf of the Fishman Group, the controlling shareholder of Modelity.
Mr. Menipaz is the Founder and CEO of Foriland Investments (www.foriland.com) and serves as a member of the board of directors of several companies, mainly technological and venture capital oriented.
Prior to his current positions, Mr. Menipaz worked in several international professional service firms (including in New York, NY). Mr. Menipaz is a CPA and holds an MBA, as well as a BA in Economics and Accountancy.

 

Ayal Leibowitz 

Chief Executive Officer

Mr. Leibowitz brings over 20 years of IT and software development management experience to his position. Mr. Leibowitz is one of the founders of Modelity. Before being appointed as the CEO, he held the position of Vice President of Research & Development (between 2000 and 2007) and Vice President of Sales (between 2007 and 2008). Prior to founding Modelity, Mr. Leibowitz worked at Virginia-based MainControl, Inc. between 1996 and 1999, where he managed the development of software products for Systems Management. Mr. Leibowitz also counsels to Symantec Corporation (NASDAQ: SYMC) in the Application Performance Management area. 

 

Asaf Seri 

Chief Operating Officer

Mr. Seri brings over 10 years of experience in both software development and projects management. Before joining Modelity, Mr. Seri worked as a project manager in Software AG Israel (formerly SABRATEC LTD.), a leading software company that specializes in legacy integration. Mr. Seri served in the Israel Defense Forces’ intelligence R&D unit. Mr. Seri holds an MBA in Marketing Management, and Strategy (Summa Cum Laude) and a B.A in Computer Science & Business Administration (Cum Laude), both from Tel Aviv University.

 

Ravit Levanon 

VP Sales, Trading and Advisory

Ms. Levanon has a background of over 13 years in financial markets. During the past few years in Modelity Ms. Levanon gained extensive experience in product management and sales roles, while contributing to the successful marketing of Modelity’s trading systems to a range of leading financial institutions. Prior to joining Modelity Ms. Levanon worked as the senior analyst for the provident funds of the First International bank of Israel and as an analyst for Discount Bank and Dan & Bradstreet. Ms. Levanon holds an MBA and a B.A. in Economics and Business Administration from Bar Ilan University.


Avi Ben-Moshe

President

Mr. Ben-Moshe has over 25 years of management and technical experience in the software systems industry, focusing on systems engineering, business development and commercialization. Prior to founding Modelity, Mr. Ben-Moshe was Vice President at Identify Software (acquired by BMC Software in 2006), responsible for business development, marketing and product sales. Previously, Mr. Ben-Moshe founded and managed DCL Systems Engineering, a software house specializing in logistics, network management and command and control systems. Mr. Ben-Moshe holds a B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from the Technion Institute of Technology in Haifa. His previous experience in software product development and marketing includes APEX (Bioactive Compound Design System) and TradeWise (Financial Trading Expert System).

 

Hagay Levy

Chief Financial Officer

Mr. Levy brings over 15 years of experience in both financial management and capital markets. Most recently, Mr. Levy was the chief financial officer of Tippcom Cellular Services, a provider of added value services to the cellular industry. In this role, Mr. Levy managed the company’s financial, operational and legal activities. From 1995 to 2000, Mr. Levy was a senior financial analyst at Singer & Even. Mr. Levy holds an M.Sc. in Finance and Accounting and a BA in Economics and Management Science.

 

Eran Elad

VP Sales, Structured Products

Mr. Elad has more than 10 years of experience in the field of financial modeling and information technologies. He has a broad depth of technological and financial knowledge, especially in the field of structured products. He is responsible for marketing and implementing Modelity’s structured products technology in various territories around the world. Before being appointed to his current position, Mr. Elad spent several years with Modelity working in the fields of sales, pre-sales, marketing and in leading IT positions. Mr. Elad holds a B.Sc. in Computer Science (Cum Laude) from Tel Aviv University.