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Mr. Aaron Mankovski's tenure in venture capital started in 1996. He co-founded Eucalyptus Ventures, and has served as Managing Director since that time. In 1999, Eucalyptus merged with Polaris Venture Capital to create Pitango Venture Capital where Mr. Mankovski is a Managing General Partner. Mr. Mankovski has 16 years of experience in Executive Management (CEO, Sales and Marketing) in the high-technology sector in Israel and abroad. Prior to founding Eucalyptus, he served as Corporate Vice President of Orbotech Ltd.(NASDAQ: ORBK), responsible for worldwide operations, sales and customer support with offices on four different continents. Prior to assuming that position, Mr. Mankovski served as President and CEO of Orbotech Inc., where he also guided the merger of Orbot and Optrotech that led to the establishment of Orbotech. He previously was a sales executive at IBM. He also served as a pilot in the Israeli Air Force. Mr. Mankovski holds a B.Sc. in Computer Science and Statistics from Tel Aviv University. Mr. Mankovski served on the Board of Director of Chromatis Networks (sold to Lucent for $4.75 billion). He currently serves on the Board of Directors of CTI2, Proficiency, Civcom, PacketLight Networks, Negevtech Semiconductors, Optimal Test , Kilopass Technology and Precede Technologies. | 