Eli Fruchter
President and Chief Executive Officer, EZchip

Mr. Fruchter has served as President and CEO of EZchip Technologies since founding the Company in May 1999. Previously he co-founded LanOptics Ltd. where from 1990 to 1999 he served as General Manager and Chairman of the Board. Mr. Fruchter led LanOptics to a NASDAQ IPO less than three years after the company's inception. Prior to this, he was also among the founders of Adacom Technologies Ltd., a manufacturer of data communications products. Mr. Fruchter holds a B.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering from the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology