Shmuel Koren

Current

Founder at miKory Aqua
CFO at Aminolab Pharma
Founder & CEO at Mikory Consulting

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Past

President & CEO at TAP Security
Consultant at ASE Alpha
Director at Surf Communication Solutions

Founder at miKory Aqua
President & CEO at BOS
CFO at Visonic

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Education

Bar-Ilan University
Harriot Watt University
Hamaslool Ha'akademi shel Hamichlala Leminhal

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Connections

110 connections

Industry

Information Technology and Services

Shmuel Koren’s Summary

Executive leader with experience as the President and CEO of a dually listed hi-tech company and 12 years of experience in high level management of financial, operational and IT divisions.

Excellent background in managerial and financial business practice, with proven international experience in global capital markets, including IPO on the London Stock Exchange and on the Tel Aviv Stock exchange, managing a NASDAQ traded company, M&A transactions, team leader and excellent managerial experience.

Shmuel Koren’s Specialties:

 Strategic Planning and implementation;
 Development of International Businesses;
 Fund Raising;
 Initial Public Offerings;
 Team and Organization Building;
 Operations and IT Management;
 Sales and Marketing oriented;
 Diversified technical knowledge;
 Major involvement with RFID hardware & software

Shmuel Koren’s Experience

Founder

miKory Aqua

(Information Technology and Services industry)

April 2009 — Present (4 months)

miKory Aqua Fisheries plans to produce high quality Tilapia Fish at a significantly lower cost than present Israeli Tilapia suppliers. Currently, 70% of Tilapia consumed in Israel is imported. The opportunity to tap into this rapidly growing market with locally grown, raised and processed fish is extraordinary. miKory Aqua Fisheries will utilize a vertically integrated production system taking advantage of local resources to produce high quality domestic Tilapia at a significantly lower cost. We plan to produce 2500 tons per year within 18 months of start, realizing an annual expected profit in excess of 1.8 million dollars.
CFO

Aminolab Pharma

(Pharmaceuticals industry)

March 2009 — Present (5 months)

As CFO I lead the Finance department and support the company's growth towards being Israel leading Pharma Turn Key service providor.
Founder & CEO

Mikory Consulting

(Financial Services industry)

December 2008 — Present (8 months)

Mikory is a consulting company which focuses on companies with a need for a strong part time Commercial and Financial specialist.
President & CEO

TAP Security

(Security and Investigations industry)

January 2009 — April 2009 (4 months)

TAP Security is one of the leading Israeli Access Control company.Our solutions were developed in the cutting edge technologies and are reach in features.
Consultant

ASE Alpha

(Information Technology and Services industry)

2009 — 2009 (less than a year)
Director

Surf Communication Solutions

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

2007 — 2009 (2 years)
Founder

miKory Aqua

(Information Technology and Services industry)

2009 — 2009 (less than a year)
President & CEO

BOS

(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

October 2006 — November 2008 (2 years 2 months)
CFO

Visonic

(Public Company; 201-500 employees; Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing industry)

June 1999 — October 2006 (7 years 5 months)

Shmuel Koren’s Education

Bar-Ilan University

LLM , Law , 2004 — 2005
Harriot Watt University

MBA , Finance , 1998 — 2000
Hamaslool Ha'akademi shel Hamichlala Leminhal

BA , Accounting , 1992 — 1996

Additional Information

Shmuel Koren’s Groups:

Family Offices Group
CXO (CEO, COO, CKO, CFO, CMO, CAO, CVO, CDO, CRO, CLO, CSO & CTO) Community
Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Network
Biotech & Pharma Professionals Network
Agriculture
Job Networking in Israel
Israel High Tech (7k+ members)
CEO/ CIO/COE/COO/CFO/Head/VP/ Director/President Level - Senior Leadership Group
Global Executive Exchange
Clinical Trial Performance Spot
Aquaculture
The Aquaculture Network
Agriculture Ukraine
Sales and Marketing Professionals Promoting Israeli High-Tech in the USA