Bio

Harel is a seasoned executive with over 20 years of management leadership in the IT industry and an extensive investment and exit record. He is a co-founder of the Viola Group; one of the original co-founders of Carmel Ventures and the Founder and General Partner of Viola Private Equity. As the former CEO, President & Chairman of Tecnomatix (NASDAQ: TCNO), a leading provider of complete enterprise software solutions for process management and collaboration, Harel led the company for over eight-year, during which the company grew to $100M in revenues and more than 650 employees. In 2005, he led the successful sale of Tecnomatix to UGS for $228M. He is a former Chairman of ECtel (NASDAQ: ECTX) and former Chairman of Lumenis (NASDAQ: LUME), Israel's largest medical device company, where he has led a successful investment round of $150 million and continues to oversee the company’s turnaround. In 2015 Lumenis was acquired by XIO for $510M. Harel serves as an active board member on the boards of a number of leading emerging technology companies, where he leverages an extensive global network of partners, investors, entrepreneurs and executives in helping these companies achieve their objectives and build value.