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Mr. Harkavi is responsible for faciliting the daily operations and interdependences between all BluePhoenix offices worldwide. Prior to this he served as the VP of R&D and delivery in BluePhoenix Solutions. Mr. Harkavi has 25 years of experience in the software market in a range of operational delivery sales and marketing roles.
Prior to the merger with BluePhoenix Mr. Harkavi served as VP of Operations at Crystal Systems Solutions Ltd. While there he played a key role in the successful growth and expanded operation of the company. Mr. Harkavi established the Crystal worldwide delivery and sales infrastructure and delivered a fast revenue increase. Previous roles included regional sales and delivery management.
Prior to Crystal Mr. Harkavi served for 10 years as a Director of Software Development at Aurec currently Amdocs Ltd. a worldwide leader in Customer Care and Billing Systems. His responsibilities included management of several major development and implementation projects in the USA and Europe. He led to completion a series of very large implementation activities managing hundreds of people and tens of millions of dollars for Pacific Bell Directories GTE SBC and RHDonelley. The development activities that he led had a crucial impact on the business growth of Amdocs and helped open new markets.
Previously Mr. Harkavi was Branch Manager at Cav Systems a software firm that develops and markets online multi-user data processing commercial packages based on Digital’s VAX/VMS platform. While there Mr. Harkavi established a new branch of the company and made it a dominant player in the travel services and customs systems markets. Prior to that he held the position of System Manager at Aman Management Consulting and Kappa Consulting.
Mr. Harkavi received a BS in Industrial Engineering and Management (cum laude) from the Technion Israel Institute of Technology. | 