Guy Horowitz

Current

• Director, Strategy at modu

Past

• Director of Product Marketing, Telecom Products at Microsoft
• Associate at Gemini Israel Funds
• Director of Product Marketing at Followap (acquired by NeuStar Inc.)

• Head of Product Management at Followap
• Product Manager at Commtouch
• Product Manager at CleverUp
• Operational Planning and Control Manager at Elbit Systems Inc.

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Education

• Graduate School of Business, Haifa University
• Haifa University Honors Program
• Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey-New Brunswick

• Tenafly High School

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Industry

Telecommunications

Guy Horowitz’s Experience

• Director, Strategy

  modu

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Consumer Electronics industry)

  February 2008 — Present (4 months)

• Director of Product Marketing, Telecom Products

  Microsoft

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MSFT; Telecommunications industry)

  March 2007 — January 2008 (11 months)

  Leading the Product Marketing activities in Microsoft's Telecom Products unit in the Mobile Services division.

• Associate

  Gemini Israel Funds

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)

  May 2004 — March 2007 (2 years 11 months)

  Leading investment activities in technology companies in the communications, semiconductor and consumer technologies space.
  Evaluation of investment opportunities.
  Deal sourcing, deal making and deal-flow management.
  Generation and maintenance of corporate and VC network.
  Support for portfolio companies.
  Ongoing research in various verticals, extensive work with analysts and industry experts.

• Director of Product Marketing

  Followap (acquired by NeuStar Inc.)

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Telecommunications industry)

  December 2002 — May 2004 (1 year 6 months)

  Responsible for the marketing activities of the company.
  Definition of product roadmap and strategic directions.
  Extensive market research in the mobile VAS space.
  Coordinated activities with standards committees, customers and strategic partners.
  Part of the executive team defining Followap’s next generation platform.

• Head of Product Management

  Followap

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Telecommunications industry)

  June 2001 — December 2003 (2 years 7 months)

  Heading a team of Product Managers defining the Followap product portfolio and working with operators from in Europe, such as D2 (Germany), Vodafone UK, Omnitel (Italy), Airtel (Spain), Panafon (Greece), Europolitan (Sweden) and more.
  Main contact for Vodafone GITTM and GPM.
  In charge of the definition and design of a messaging and presence platform. Handling requirements, specifications and product documentation from early conception stages until commercial launch of the platform. Focus on integration with mobile operators’ infrastructure: Billing, Subscriber repositories, NMS, CRM, user portals and network elements.

• Product Manager

  Commtouch

  (Public Company; 201-500 employees; CTCH; Computer Software industry)

  May 2000 — June 2001 (1 year 2 months)

  Product definition and specification for Commtouch’s mobile e-mail platform; Writing of MRD and FRS; Handling all PDM aspects during development, installation and testing phases until the commercial launch (at Orange Australia). Writing diverse instruction material, and tutoring of Orange and Comverse technical support teams abroad.

• Product Manager

  CleverUp

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)

  January 2000 — June 2000 (6 months)

• Operational Planning and Control Manager

  Elbit Systems Inc.

  (Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; ESLT; Aviation & Aerospace industry)

  August 1998 — January 2000 (1 year 6 months)

  Planning and Control in the AS Division. Resource allocation, recruitment and budget allocation in a complex multi-project software development environment. Developed and introduced innovative planning tools to support decision-making for software development team-leaders, project managers and division executives. Acquired and applied knowledge in TOC planning aids.

Guy Horowitz’s Education

• Graduate School of Business, Haifa University

  MBA, Business Administration, 2002 — 2004

• Haifa University Honors Program

  BA, Economics, 1996 — 1999

• Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey-New Brunswick

  BA, Business Administration, 1992 — 1993

  Activities and Societies:

  Phi Eta Sigma

• Tenafly High School