Nehemya Itay has served as Vice President-Hardware Engineering since July 1995. From 1990 to July 1995, he was employed by OTI as a research and development engineer. He served as a director from 1991 to July 1999. Mr. Itay is a member of the Joint Task Committee of the International Standards Organisation on standards for contactless smart cards. Prior to joining OTI, Mr. Itay was a hardware development engineer at Electo-Galil, an Israeli manufacturer of radio frequency-based identification cards, from 1986 to 1990. From 1982 to 1985 he was a hardware electronic engineer at Elscint, an Israeli technology company. Mr. Itay holds a B.S. in electrical engineering from The Technion (Israeli Institute of Technology) and an M.A. in electronics from Drexel University, Philadelphia. |