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Haim Shani has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of NICE since January 2001. Mr. Shani came to NICE from Applied Materials (Israel) where he served as General Manager in its Israeli office from 1998 to 2000 heading up the Process Diagnostic and Control (PDC) business group formed following the acquisition by Applied Materials of Opal Ltd. and Orbot Instruments Ltd. Prior to joining Applied Materials Mr. Shani held various management positions at Orbotech Ltd. From 1995 to 1998 he served as Corporate Vice President of Marketing and Business Development from 1993 to 1995 he served as President of Orbotech's subsidiary in Asia Pacific based in Hong Kong and from 1992 to 1993 he served as President of Orbotech Europe based in Brussels. From 1982 to 1992 Mr. Shani held various management positions at Scitex Corporation and IBM Israel. Mr.Shani holds a bachelor's degree in industrial and management engineering from the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology and a master's degree in business administration from INSEAD France. | 