Leadership Team

Mr. Arazi is the Chief Executive Officer of Ceragon Networks. He has rejoined Ceragon as CEO after taking a year and a half break where he served as CFO of privately held software companies in the Cyber and Telecom spaces. Mr. Arazi originally joined the company in 2014 as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, and in 2016 was appointed Deputy CEO, while continuing to carry the role of Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Ceragon, Mr. Arazi had a long, successful career with Amdocs where he managed the business relationship with a U.S. Tier 1 mobile operator and was responsible for hundreds of employees. Prior to Amdocs, Mr. Arazi looked after the financial and growth activities of other high-tech companies in the telecommunications sector, including serving as CFO of Allot Communications and VP of Finance at Verint. Mr. Arazi is a CPA and holds a B.A. degree in Economics and Accounting as well as an MBA degree focusing on Finance and Insurance, both from the Tel Aviv University.

Mr. Ronen Stein joined Ceragon in 2022 and serves as Chief Financial Officer. In this role, Mr. Stein provides financial and strategic leadership and planning to help accelerate Ceragon’s business momentum and deliver profitable growth. Mr. Stein is an accomplished financial executive and business leader with more than twenty years of CFO experience in both private and U.S. listed public companies. Mr. Stein brings extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions in diverse industries, leading transactions from both sides of the table. Most recently, Mr. Stein was CFO of Siklu, an Israel-based company in the telecommunications sector. Prior to that, he served as the CFO of 10bis, Enercon technologies, Knock N'Lock, and Pointer Telocation (Nasdaq: PNTR). Mr. Stein is a Certified Public Accountant in Israel and has a Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), as well as a bachelor’s degree in economics and accounting, both from Tel Aviv University.

Mr. Oz Zimerman joined Ceragon in 2013 and serves as EVP Marketing & Corporate Development. In this role, Mr. Zimerman leads all marketing, business development, M&A, global channels programs and OEM activities. He brings over 20 years of business and marketing experience to the company. From 2008 to 2012, Mr. Zimerman was Corporate VP of Marketing and Business Development at DSP Group (DSPG) where he was responsible for leading the company’s overall marketing activities, M&A as well as supporting its worldwide expansion. Prior to joining DSP Group, Mr. Zimerman was VP Marketing at Comverse (CMVT) where he led global positioning and developed partnerships. Before joining Comverse, he was VP Marketing and Global Channels at ECI Telecom. Preceding ECI, he was Engagement Manager at Shaldor, a leading management consulting firm. Mr. Zimerman holds a B.Sc. in Industrial Engineering & Management from NYU (summa cum laude) and a Master’s degree in Business Administration & Industrial Engineering from Columbia University.

Mr. Muki Bourla joined Ceragon in 2015 and currently serves as EVP Global Delivery. In this role, Mr. Bourla is responsible for lifecycle delivery execution, from production through turn-key deployment, customer support and additional value-added services. Mr. Bourla brings more than 20 years of operational and business leadership, including vast international and cross-cultural experience, working with diverse customer base. Between 2009 and 2014, as part of his 15-year career at Ericsson, Mr. Bourla was based in Europe where he successfully led large scale multidisciplinary turnkey projects, system integration programs, services business development and complicated transformations, with an innovative, result oriented and proactive approach to targets, opportunities and challenges. Mr. Bourla holds a B.Sc. in Industrial and Management Engineering and an MBA in Business Management from Ben-Gurion University.

Michal Goldstein has served as our Executive Vice-President, of Human Resources since 2020. Previous to this appointment, Ms. Goldstein served as the Chief Human Resources Officer of Contentsquare, a privately held global software company. Prior to Contentsquare, Ms. Goldstein was Vice President of Human Resources Centers of Excellence at NICE Systems (Nasdaq), as well as served in various Human Resources Business Partner positions at Amdocs, where she spent twelve years, including three years in the company’s Silicon Valley office. Ms. Goldstein has a background in Organizational Development and Consulting, and holds a B.A in Psychology from the University of Haifa, Israel, and an M.Sc. in Organizational Psychology from the University of Nottingham, UK.

Mr. Zvi Maayan joined Ceragon as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary in 2019 after a long and successful career at the Israel Aerospace Industries (“IAI”), where his most recent position was that of Executive Vice President Business Development & Subsidiaries. In this position Mr. Maayan was in charge of IAI’s M&A, strategic cooperation, joint venture activities, open innovation, spinoff and carveout transactions, as well as asset management of IAI’s subsidiaries portfolio. From 2008 – 2015 Mr. Maayan worked at Elbit Imaging Ltd. (TASE, NASDAQ: EMITF) (“EI”), where his latest position was Executive Vice-President, General Counsel and executive committee member. In this position he led highly complex cross-border large scale international transactions. From 2011 to 2015 Mr. Maayan served as an executive committee member at the Real Estate Division of Israel-America Chamber of Commerce. In his earlier career, Mr. Maayan was a senior associate in numerous leading law firms specializing in commercial and civil law, international commerce, banking, financing, bankruptcy, biopharmaceutical industry, real estate and litigation. Mr. Maayan is a graduate of the Bar-Ilan University (LL.B., LL.M., cum laude).

Mr. Guy Toibin joined Ceragon in March 2017 as CIO after four years with Swiss-based “Eden Springs Group”, where he held the role of Group CIO and Corporate Project Management Officer (PMO). Mr. Toibin led the successful integration of Eden Springs and Nestle Waters Direct Inc. which made the Eden Group the leading Water and Coffee company in Europe. Prior to his tenure at Eden Springs, Mr. Toibin established Information Technology Organizations that became enablers for Business Units to meet and exceed their goals in high-tech companies such as Retalix (NCR), Verint Systems Inc., and Comverse Technology. Mr. Toibin is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), holds a B.A. in Economics and Accounting and a Masters of Law (LLM) from Bar-Ilan University.

Mr. Ulik Broida joined Ceragon in 2018 and currently serves as EVP Portfolio Management. Mr. Broida is responsible for product strategy, roadmap, innovation and product management, and leads the company’s Product Management and Global Sales Engineering teams to ultimately support global sales in delivering value to service providers and mission critical private networks worldwide. Mr. Broida brings over 21 years of experience in strategic marketing and product strategy in the Telecom and IIOT industry. Prior to joining Ceragon, Mr. Broida served as the VP Marketing at mPrest, where he was responsible for product management, marketing, and business development. He served as Vice President of Marketing and Business Development at RAD from 2013 to 2016 and held numerous additional prestigious VP product management roles in Wavion (2010-2013), NICE (2006-2010), Alvarion (2000-2006). Mr. Broida holds a B.SC in electrical engineering from the Technion, Israel’s Institute of Technology, and a master’s degree in Business Administration from the Tel Aviv University.

Mr. Adrian Hipkiss joined Ceragon Networks in December 2019 and serves as President of the European region as well as Ceragon Kinetics. With over thirty years of experience, Mr. Hipkiss most recently served as Vice President of Enterprise business at Tata Communications and previously as Managing Director of ShoreTel Europe helping businesses drive digital transformation agendas. Prior to this, Mr. Hipkiss led multinational and international businesses within the service provider, communications and technology sectors. Mr. Hipkiss holds a Business Administration and Management degree from the Wednesbury Business School.

Mr. Mario Querner joined Ceragon in 2016 and serves as President of Ceragon in Africa and Asia Pacific, excluding India. Mr. Querner has over 25 years of international business experience in telecommunications and media, working in Europe and Asia. Prior to joining Ceragon, Mr. Querner held the position of Vice President of Asia-Pacific at Newtec, a leading provider for satellite telecommunication solutions. From 2011 to 2013, Mr. Querner served as Head of Region, South East Asia at ECI (optical transmission networks). From 2009 to 2011 he was the Head of Sales at Technicolor, formerly Thomson, in charge of APAC-EMEA for Digital Home Solutions. From 1999 to 2009, Mr. Querner held several management positions at Alcatel-Lucent, the last of which was Managing Director and Country Senior Officer in Indonesia. Mr. Querner has a degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Applied Science in Braunschweig/Wolfenbuettel (Germany) and a degree in Business Administration from the Brunel University (United Kingdom).

Mr. Ram Prakash Tripathi joined Ceragon in September 2002 and currently serves as President, India. He has over 25 years of experience in the telecommunications industry with successful track record in working with India’s largest service providers to develop their 4G networks nationwide. Prior to joining Ceragon, Mr. Prakash Tripathi held senior managerial positions at several companies including Stratex and Reliance. Mr. Prakash Tripathi holds a B. Eng in Electronics from the Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University.

Mr. Carlos Alvarez joined Ceragon Networks in December 2021 and serves as President of the Latin America region. Mr. Alvarez has over 24 years of business experience in telecommunications working across Latin America Region. Mr. Alvarez most recently served as General Manager at TimweTech helping businesses drive digital marketing and fintech strategies. Prior to this, Mr. Alvarez served as Vice President of Caribbean and Latin America region at Amdocs leading the OSS/BSS business. His career also included various positions at Alcatel-Lucent/Nokia, the latest of which was Global Account Manager for the CALA Division. Mr. Alvarez holds an M.B.A. from IESA and has a degree in Electronical Engineering from the UNET in Venezuela.

Mr. Ronen Rotstein joined Ceragon Networks in 2015 and serves as President of Ceragon in North America since 2022. Prior to that Mr. Rotstein held various Finance and Operations positions In Asia, Europe and North America. Most recently he was responsible for Ceragon Business Finance teams across the Americas, while leading the Group’s operations in North America. Mr. Rotstein brings over 20 years of international business and finance experience. Prior to joining Ceragon, he held senior finance positions with Amdocs, and before that was a consultant with PwC in Israel and the UK. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting from the Tel-Aviv University.