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Uzia Galil has been a director of Zoran since 1983 and has served as Chairman of the Board of Directors since October 1993. Mr. Galil currently serves as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Uzia Initiative and Management Ltd. a company specializing in the promotion and nurturing of new businesses associated with mobile communication electronic commerce and medical informatics which he founded in November 1999. From 1962 until November 1999 Mr. Galil served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Elron Electronic Industries Ltd. an Israeli high technology holding company where he also served as chairman of the board. From January 1981 until leaving Elron Mr. Galil also served as chairman of the board of directors of Elbit Ltd. an electronic communication affiliate of Elron and as a member of the board of directors of Elbit Systems Ltd. a defense electronics affiliate of Elron and all other private companies held in the Elron portfolio. Mr. Galil currently serves as a director of Orbotech Ltd. NetManage Inc. and Partner Communications Ltd. From 1980 to 1990 Mr. Galil served as Chairman of the International Board of Governors of the Technion. Mr. Galil holds an M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Purdue University and a B.S. from the Technion. Mr. Galil has also been awarded an honorary doctorate in technical sciences by the Technion in recognition of his contribution to the development of science-based industries in Israel an honorary doctorate in philosophy by the Weizmann Institute of Science an honorary doctorate in engineering by Polytechnic University New York an honorary doctorate from the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Israel and the Solomon Bublick Prize Laureate from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Mr. Galil is also a recipient of the Israel Prize. | 