Executive Management

PeerApp Management Team

  Robert Mayer, Chairman & CEO

Robert has over 20 years experience in the high tech sector where he held various positions in business management, engineering management and research and development. Prior to being named CEO of PeerApp, Robert was with EMC Corp for 10 years. He began as a key developer of EMC’s revolutionary storage platform that yielded as much as $6 Billion in annual revenues for the company and during his career there managed various business groups. His latest EMC position was as Vice President of Information Management.

Earlier, Robert served as an officer in the Israeli Air force where he served for seven years. He received a Master of Science Degree in Computer Science from the Northeastern University, Boston.

  Joseph (Yossi) Hazan, CFO

Prior to joining Peer App, Yossi was a Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Enigma for ten years. While at Enigma, he oversaw operation and budgeting for all operating units worldwide and negotiated with leading venture capital firms in Israel and the US. He also led the initiative to acquire a US subsidiary of a Public company, Enigma’s main competitor.

Yossi holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Economics and Accounting from Tel Aviv University.

  Shmulik Bachar, Vice President of Engineering

Prior to joining PeerApp, Shmulik was Vice President of Research & Development with Vocaltec -- a Voice over IP (VoIP) leader -- where he was instrumental in the development of several key product lines. Shmulik has more than 15 years of experience in communications and engineering, including positions at Kagoor Networks, Comverse, Elron and Israel Defense Forces. He holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Computer Science and Economics as well as a Master of Business Administration Degree from Tel-Aviv University.

  Frank Childs, Vice President of Marketing and Strategic Alliances

Mr. Childs brings over 20 years of in-depth operations experience with emerging companies, which include Ziff-Davis Interactive, Shiva Corporation, Index Technology, MCK, and ACT! With these companies, he held a range of management positions in engineering, quality assurance and marketing. Mr. Childs previously served as vice president of product management at MCK Communications. During his tenure at MCK, he was a member of the leadership team that executed a successful initial public offering in 1999 and he contributed to the company’s annual revenue growth to $45 million. Previously, Mr. Childs helped launch Interchange Online Network, an early electronic publishing platform and online service created by Ziff-Davis Interactive. Prior to joining PeerApp, he was a partner with Pilot House Ventures and a member of PeerApp’s Board of Directors.

  Alan Arolovitch, CTO

Alan is PeerApp’s CTO and is responsible for the technical vision and product strategy. Alan is a serial entrepreneur and has over 12 years engineering and design experience. He is an expert in IP networking, server clusters, and high performance storage systems. Prior to joining PeerApp, Alan owned his own system design and consulting firm where he worked with customers such as Intel, Comverse, IBM Global Services, Allot Communications, and Terayon.

  Charles V. Giambalvo, Vice President of Worldwide Sales & Services

Charles is a 27 year veteran bringing leading edge products to market, including those required to enable voice, data and video, commercial and subscriber services. Prior to joining PeerApp, Charles held multiple positions as V.P. of Worldwide Sales for Brix Networks and iBasis, where he drove and managed explosive revenue growth in each of these companies and others, including Nortel, Toshiba, United Technologies and NEC. Starting his career as a System Engineer, Charles held various positions in product management, sales and sales management. Charles earned a B.A. in Communications, a B.S. in electrical Engineering, from the N.Y. Institute of Technology and an M.S. in Telecommunications from Golden Gate University, San Francisco.