Professor Daniel Kofman Named CTO at RAD Data Communications

20th September 2006: RAD Data Communications has announced the appointment of Prof. Daniel Kofman, a world-renowned expert in new networking technologies and telecommunications systems, as the company's Chief Technology Officer (CTO).

"Given his experience and reputation, Dr. Kofman will undoubtedly make a significant contribution to RAD's strategy regarding future technologies and applications," stated Efraim Wachtel, President and CEO of RAD Data Communications, upon making the announcement.

Daniel Kofman holds a doctorate with highest honors from ENST, France's' prestigious Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications, where he has taught and conducted research for the past thirteen years. Apart from serving as a full professor, he also heads ENST's Networks, Mobility and Security Research Group.

In addition, Prof. Kofman is the scientific coordinator of the European Network of Excellence Euro-NGI, composed of 59 partners from academy and industry in eighteen countries, and chairman of its steering board. Euro-NGI is an integrated research effort focusing on the design of Next Generation Internet. Prof. Kofman is also contributing to the preparation of the upcoming European Commission Framework Program 7 (FP7) in the area of networking and the future of the Internet. He has advised various governmental and research agencies as well as numerous companies in the telecommunications industry, and is a frequent guest lecturer at universities in Europe, Asia and North and South America.

"In addition to the traditional responsibilities of a CTO, Dr. Kofman will also strengthen RAD's working relationship with the European Commission and its IST-related projects," said Hugo Silberman, RAD's Vice President of Research and Development. "Prof. Kofman will work to increase our activity in standardisation forums and intensify our cooperation with universities in Europe and throughout the world," he added.

Dr. Kofman’s primary area of professional expertise is present and future network architecture design and engineering, traffic engineering and modeling for performance evaluation and optimisation.

"For many years I have keenly followed RAD's leadership role in pioneering solutions supporting multiple services across various types of network architectures, protocols and technologies," Kofman noted. "RAD's multidisciplinary expertise enables it to quickly develop solutions for a wide range of applications, and I look forward to contributing to the company's record of success."