Prior to establishing Nipendo, Alon was the co-founder and CTO of IBOT, Inc., a software vendor that developed a platform for B2B integration and automation of distributed business processes. Prior to establishing IBOT, Alon held several positions with Computer Associates, in both their NY offices and more recently at their offices in Israel, where he served on the development team of the Jasmine intelligent infrastructure. Alon joined Computer Associates after a two-year stint as a QA team leader at Cheyenne Software, a New York-based company acquired by CA in 1996. Prior to joining Cheyenne, Alon worked for 2 years as a procurement manager of military equipment for Israel Military Industries in New York, where he was responsible for all the facility's IT needs, including computer servers, operating systems, network installation and database administration. Alon enjoys an industry-wide reputation for formulating unique solutions to complicated problems in large-scale software applications and complex development environments, as well as taking a proactive stance in selecting development algorithms that provide superior solutions. Intimately familiar with multiple development tools and software languages, Alon applies this knowledge in the management of programming and quality assurance teams. Alon holds a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science from Queens College, the City University of New York.