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zhar joined Charles River Ventures in 1997. His investment focus is on the enterprise software and services areas. In addition to Optaros, he is currently a director of iPhrase, July Systems, Proficiency, ThinkFire, ThinQ and Virtusa. He is also a member of the Advisory Board of the Invention Science Fund. Previously, he served as a director of Guardent (acquired by VeriSign, Nasdaq: VRSN), iBasis (IPO in 1999, OTC:IBAS), Yantra (acquired by Sterling Commerce), Global Food Exchange (acquired by Instill Corporation), and Celarix (acquired by GXS). He also invested in Oberon, which was acquired by OnDisplay (then Nasdaq:ONDS).
Prior to joining Charles River Ventures, Izhar was with Onyx Interactive, an interactive training company based in Tel Aviv where he served as vice president of marketing and business development. Izhar also served as an officer in the Israeli Army for four years prior to Onyx. Izhar earned an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and an MA in Cognitive Psychology from the University of Tel Aviv in Israel. | 