Amit Bohensky

Amit Bohensky
עמית בוהנסקי
NationalityIsraeli
EducationBar-Ilan University
Alma materKellogg Recanati
Occupation(s)Business executive, investor, entrepreneur
Years active2000-present
EmployerVerint Systems
Known forFounding Unicoders, Focal-Info; Investing in Zoomd
Board member ofInvestor and board member Clinch, Support Machines, IM Online
WebsiteAmit Bohensky at LinkedIn

Amit Bohensky is an Israeli business executive and angel investor who works primarily within the software industry. Previously a CEO for companies such as Matrix Global[1] and Consist Systems and Technologies,[2] he has founded technology startups such as Unicoders and Focal-Info,[3] the latter of which was sold to Verint Systems[4] in 2012.[5] He is currently Verint's vice president of open source web intelligence,[2] as well as a board member and/or investor for companies such as Clinch[2] and Zoomd.com.[6]

Early life, education

Amit Bohensky was born and raised in Israel. From 1996 to 2000[6] he attended Bar-Ilan University in Ramat Gan, Israel where he earned a BSC in computer science and chemistry.[4] A decade later, he spent 2011 and 2012 in Tel Aviv[6] earning an Executive MBA from Kellogg Recanati.[2]

Career

Early years

In the early 2000s Bohensky became involved with a number of technology and startup companies in Israel.[4] He was the founder and chief technology officer for Fontik Data[2] and co-founded G-Factor Technology Incubator.[1][4] From 2000 to 2001 he was the vice president of R&D for Evelon Technologies.[6]

In July 2003[6] he co-founded the company Unicoders, serving as their CEO[2] until March 2007.[6] Unicoders was sold to the large Israeli IT company Matrix Global in early 2007,[1] and in January of that year Bohensky became Matrix Global's CEO and chief technology officer for Bulgaria and Macedonia. He held those positions until January 2009.[6] A month after leaving Matrix Global he became CEO of the large Israeli IT company[4] Consist Systems and Technologies,[2] where he stayed until January 2012.[6]

Verint Systems

Main article: Verint Systems

In July 2008[6] Bohensky founded Focal-Info,[1] a software company focused on web data extraction and analytics. He stepped away from the company in December 2011,[6] and the following month it was announced that Focal-Info had been bought by the public company Verint for an undisclosed amount, with Bohensky hired back on to lead Focal-Info's "extended activity" within Verint.[5] As of January 2012[6] Bohensky is Verint's vice president of open source web intelligence.[2]

He has spoken at a number of industry seminars and conventions on behalf of Verint, including the ISS World Europe gathering in 2013, the largest international convention of law enforcement agencies on the topic of data analytics. His talk was titled "The Power of Open Source Web Intelligence."[7] He also spoke at the Money, Privacy, and Power seminar in September 2013 at Kent College of Law-IIT Chicago, giving a talk titled "Beyond Money Laundering."[8]

Clinch

He joined the software company Clinch[2] in March 2011[6] as an investor and board member.[2] The Israeli founders of the New York-based startup had recruited both Bohensky and American entrepreneur Jeff Pulver as advisors and investors.[9]

In September 2012 Clinch's social video editor became available in the App Store. According to Next Web, "The main purpose of Clinch is to create enhanced video experiences...its app combines videos, pictures and content from multiple sources, based on location and time...this could become an interesting tool to create collaborative video clips during all sorts of public gatherings."[9]

Recent developments

He has been on the advisory board for Support Machines[1] since January 2011[6] and has also served as a director.[4] As of 2013 the automated customer services company[1] has sold product to Israeli carriers Pelephone Communications, Partner Communications, and Cellcom Israel, has a distribution agreement with Amdocs, and has a cooperation agreement with LivePerson.[10] In 2013, he contributed significantly to a $1 million investment raised by the company.[10][11]

Recently he funded Zoomd.com,[6] a startup that develops ways to organize and group search results.[12]

Personal life

Bohensky lives in Israel[13] with his wife and children.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Leadership: Amit Bohensky – Member of the Board and investor". Support Machines: Understanding People. Retrieved 2014-03-16.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "About Us: Amit Bohensky - Investor, Board Member". Clinch. Archived from the original on 2014-03-31. Retrieved 2014-03-16.
  3. ^ "About". IM Online. Archived from the original on 2014-03-31. Retrieved 2014-03-16.
  4. ^ a b c d e f "Amit Bohensky". Bloomberg Businessweek. Retrieved 2014-03-16.
  5. ^ a b Udi, Mishel (January 16, 2012). "Verint buys Israeli Focal Info". QlikQ. Retrieved 2014-03-16.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "Amit Bohensky". LinkedIn. Archived from the original on 2014-06-28. Retrieved 2014-03-16.
  7. ^ "2013 Agenda: ISS World Europe". TeleStrategies. June 4–6, 2013.
  8. ^ "Money, Privacy, and Power". IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law. September 10, 2013. Retrieved 2014-03-16.
  9. ^ a b Heim, Anna (September 10, 2012). "Clinch's iOS app transforms your videos into rich experience summaries". The Next Web. Retrieved 2014-03-16.
  10. ^ a b "Automated customer services co Support Machines raises $1m". HTML5 Report. TCMnet - the Globes. April 10, 2013. Retrieved 2014-03-16.
  11. ^ "Automated customer services co Support Machines raises $1m". Globes. Globes Publisher Itonut. October 4, 2013. Archived from the original on March 31, 2014. Retrieved 2014-03-16.
  12. ^ "About and Overview". Zoomd.com. Archived from the original on 2014-03-31. Retrieved 2014-03-16.
  13. ^ "Luhansk Associate Consulting Holdings Ltd". Limited.org. Retrieved 2014-03-16. (Hebrew)