We're CoreTigo
And We are Unbinding the Industrial Space
About CoreTigo
CoreTigo enables faster and more flexible manufacturing by providing high-performance machine digitalization, wireless connectivity, and edge-solutions for machine builders, industrial equipment manufacturers, system integrators, and manufacturing facilities. CoreTigo’s products enable the design and retrofit of machines and production lines that were not possible before. These solutions increase flexibility, adaptivity, and modularity, resulting in cost-effectiveness, increased productivity, and downtime reduction. Embraced by industrial leaders, CoreTigo’s solutions are based on the IO-Link Wireless global standard, which is fit for harsh factory environments and motion control applications, providing the most reliable wireless connectivity for millions of sensors, actuators and industrial devices worldwide.
Our mission is to enable your machines and production lines to do more by breaking the limits of machine connectivity. We are making industrial automation wireless.
The People
Eran Zigman
CEO
Ofer Blonskey
CTO
Hagar Sheps
CFO
Gabi Daniely
Chief Strategy & Marketing Officer
Daniel Brauch
VP Customer Success & Professional Services
Moran Segal
VP HR
Jason Minto
VP Global Sales
Reid Schook
President CoreTigo Inc.
Ralf-Michael Franke
Board Member
Boaz Peer
Board Member
Ben Yu
Board Member
Yahal Zilka
Board Member
Gonzalo Martínez de Azagra
Board Member
Elie Bebel
Advisory Board Member
Bob Honor
Advisory Board Member
Shay Berger
Advisory Board Member
Nils Beckmann
Advisory Board Member
Eran founded CoreTigo with the vision of untethering Industrial machines from the burden of wires. Eran is a veteran in communication and silicon technology with over 10 years of management and engineering experience at Texas Instruments. In his last role out of Sunnyvale CA, Eran was responsible for over $100 million in revenue of the WiLink product line. In this role, Eran led all corporate aspects of the business including operations, customer services, technology infrastructure, marketing and business, which grew 400% over a period of 4 years. Eran holds a Bachelor’s (B.Sc) and Master’s (M.Sc) degree in Electrical Engineering from Tel Aviv University, a Bachelor degree (BA) in Economics from the Open University and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Bar-Ilan University.
Eran recently wrote
Ofer is an experienced development manager with over 10 years in communication system development with expertise in Radio Frequency (RF), PHY algorithms and embedded software. Prior to founding CoreTigo, Ofer led development teams of RF, PHY algorithm, embedded software and System at Apple Inc., developing amongst other products the renowned Apple Watch. Prior to that, Ofer was part of the R&D division at Texas Instruments involved in a variety of wireless technologies, such as Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and NFC.
Ofer holds a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc) degree in Electrical Engineering from Ben-Gurion University.
Ofer recently wrote
Flexible Packaging Machinery with IO-Link Wireless
December 13, 2021Hagar is a business executive with more than two decades of experience leading financial and operational teams in various tech companies. Her areas of expertise include financial management, accounting and auditing, financial planning and analysis, taxation, and finance supply chain management. She has held key leadership positions such as the Global Supply Chain Finance Director at Esko and CFO of AVT, both are Danaher Companies. In addition, Hagar had served as Head of Revenues at Amdocs and Financial Controller at SanDisk.
Hagar is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) in Israel and holds an MBA and a BA in Accounting and Economics (with honors) from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem
Gabi is an experienced executive with over 20 years in the hi-tech industry and wireless technologies. He brings global experience in enterprise solutions from a variety of companies ranging from large corporates such as Intel and Stanley Black & Decker, in addition to start-up companies at various stages. Most recently, Gabi led the Marketing and Product strategy of AeroScout which pioneered the WI-FI RFID space and were acquired by Stanley Black & Decker. At Stanley, Gabi led the Solutions, Products, Business Development, and Marketing of the STANLEY Healthcare division serving over 10,000 global enterprise customers.
Gabi holds an Information Systems & Industrial Engineering degree (B.Sc with honors) and an MBA from the Ben-Gurion University.
Gabi recently wrote:
Packaging Machinery OEMs Look to Wireless Connectivity for Movers
July 19, 2021
IIOT—Where IT and OT Meet in Industry 4.0
October 7, 2021Daniel is a wireless connectivity system professional with over 15 years of repeated success leading sizable, cross-functional teams in the development of product roadmaps, execution to production, and support of customers through production phases. Most recently, he led wireless programs at Apple, driving the definition of new technologies across different product lines. Daniel brings global experience leading multiple system groups, conceptualizing and managing product training & support. In prior positions, he managed system applications, chip design, and system architecture teams at companies such as Texas Instruments, Atmel, and Microchip.
Daniel holds a Bachelor’s Degree (B.Sc) in Electrical Engineering and a Master’s Degree of Business Administration (MBA) from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem.
Moran is a human resources executive with over 10 years of experience at a variety of high-tech companies. Moran gained her experience at large global technological companies such as Microsoft and Arm, in addition to her recent role at Upstream Security, a cybersecurity startup company. Moran has a proven record with robust business growth planning and execution, talent acquisition and recruitment, and creation of collaborative and creative work environments. She is focused on helping companies obtain and maintain the best talents and creating the right atmosphere of motivation, dedication and commitment among employees.
Moran holds a Master’s degree in Labor Studies from the Tel-Aviv University.
Jason is a highly experienced executive with 19 years of experience with a strong focus around Machine Builders (OEMs). He has a strong background in many disciplines such as Management, Marketing, R&D, Strategy & Business Development, and most importantly Sales. Prior to joining CoreTigo, Jason worked for 15 years at Schneider Electric and more recently 4 years at Rockwell Automation. Within his previous position, he has been responsible as the OEM Sales Director & managing director of Rockwell Automation GmbH for Germany and responsible for developing the EMEA OEM business strategy. Jason is an expert in building new organizations and partnering with customers to drive success “our customers are what makes us, and thus the most important aspect of our work”. Jason holds a bachelor’s degree (BENG) 2003 in Electrical Engineering from Kings College, University of London.
Reid is an experienced executive with 35+ years of global OEM and enterprise account sales, business unit, and business strategy leadership experience at Rockwell Automation, prior to joining CoreTigo. Reid has diverse industry experience in meeting customer’s needs in auto, tire, food, beverage, consumer goods, and heavy industries. His role as Global OEM Business Director, where he led strategy development and sales execution for the $600M manufacturing & assembly OEM segment, prepared him to lead CoreTigo’s efforts to help North America machine builders differentiate their offerings. In his last role at Rockwell Automation, Reid was Director of Connected Enterprise Consulting Partnerships and was focused on client needs to leverage IIoT to drive value within their operations.
Reid holds a Bachelor’s Degree (B.Sc) in Electrical Engineering and a Master’s Degree of Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Michigan.
Ralf-Michael Franke
Board Member
Mr. Ralf-Michael Franke joined Siemens in 1985 and brings decades of leadership and expertise in the industrial space. In 1998, he took over as Head of Quality Assurance, and in 2000 took charge of coordinating the inter-divisional development of the new SINAMICS drives platform. From 2003 onwards, he managed the top+ company program Innovation in Munich. In 2004, he became CEO of the Siemens Industrial Automation Systems Business Unit. In 2011, he took over leadership of the Drive Technologies division. As of October 2014, Mr. Ralf-Michael Franke served as the CEO of the Factory Automation Business Unit.
Ralf recently wrote:
Taking Factories Wireless: What Are the Leaders Doing
July 26, 2021Boaz Peer
Board Member
Boaz Peer is a Director at Qualcomm Ventures and focuses on investments in Israel and Europe, across various domains and serves as a board member/investor in companies such as Prospera, Wiliot, CyberX (acquired by Microsoft), Flolive, Siklu and i3 Equity Partners. Before joining Qualcomm Ventures, Boaz led Qualcomm business development in Israel in various domains such as mobile, automotive and IOT. Boaz also led Qualcomm Israel program management group, and prior to that worked at Rafael as a project manager.
Ben Yu
Board Member
Ben is Managing Partner at Sierra Ventures and has been with the firm since 2000. Ben is an engineer and inventor by background. He is passionate about emerging sectors and breakthrough ideas. His investment philosophy is finding early-stage companies with great technologies that can truly make a difference and helping entrepreneurs turn ideas into market leaders. His current portfolio and selected past companies are focused on AI & ML, IoT, IT & Cloud Computing, Mobile Communications, Semiconductors & Component Technologies, Smart Machines and VR/AR.
Yahal Zilka
Board Member
Yahal Zilka is the co-founder and Managing Partner of Ofek Ventures and Magma Venture Partners. He serves as Director on the boards of Gloat, Valens Semiconductor, Applitools and ScyllaDB. Yahal was an active investor and Board member at Waze (acquired by Google), Optimal Plus (acquired by NI), Onavo (acquired by Facebook), Magisto (acquired by Vimeo), Replay Technologies (acquired by Intel), DesignArt Networks (acquired by Qualcomm), Hola (acquired by EMK), Indegy (acquired by Tenable) and Phonetic Systems (acquired by Nuance). Yahal served as CFO of VocalTec Communications which pioneered VOIP, and took the company public on the Nasdaq. He is also a Board member of the Israeli Advanced Technology Industries (IATI) association.
Gonzalo Martínez de Azagra
Board Member
Gonzalo is Founder and General Partner of Cardumen Capital. Gonzalo sits on the board of Neureality, SecondNature, LendAI, Spotnix and Multivu. Prior to Cardumen, Gonzalo founded and headed Samsung Ventures Israel, leading investments in companies such as CorePhotonics, PrimeSense, Replay, and Elastifile (acquired by Samsung, Apple, Intel and Google respectively). He holds a degree in Electrical Engineering from Imperial College London, a degree in Economics from LSE and an MBA from UC Berkeley. He is passionate about surfing, skiing and nature.
Elie Bebel
Advisory Board Member
Dr. Elie Bebel brings extensive industry experience of over 40 years in engineering, sales, services and marketing. Dr. Belbel held both R&D and marketing management roles at Telemecanique, in addition to being responsible for 30 different patents. At Schneider Electric Dr. Belbel held senior positions; he was VP of the Motor Starter Business, VP of the Drive & Contactor Business, and SVP of the Machine Solutions business unit. Dr. Belbel also served as a board member at Servotronix Motion Control, and he is the Chairman of the Board of Synapticon Germany.
Bob Honor
Advisory Board Member
Bob Honor brings extensive experience in engineering, marketing and sales for a wide range of products and services in both the process and discrete manufacturing industries. Mr. Honor was the co-founder and CEO of Bedrock Automation, a silicon valley based startup focused on cyber security and automation for manufacturing. Prior to starting Bedrock, Mr. Honor held various executive positions with Rockwell Automation including Vice President of Information Solutions and Vice President for Life Sciences. In addition, Mr. Honor has worked at GE Fanuc and Total Control Products where he held senior management roles for various business units.
Shay Berger
Advisory Board Member
Shay Berger has over 30 years of experience in Process Automation and Factory Automation. Mr. Berger is the co-founder of C-Vision Group (Process and Factory Automation), Omika-Vision (AI-based vision systems), and Routecs (Material Handling). He served as the technical director of Siemens Controller’s Representation in Israel and currently manages the B&R (a member of ABB group) automation sales activities in Israel. He advises and manages complex automation projects in various industries, and is an expert in system architecture and management for large control systems, process control and motion systems.
Nils Beckmann
Advisory Board Member
Nils Beckmann has extensive experience in the fields of Digital Transformation, IIoT, and Software, which apply to a wide range of applications within the discrete manufacturing industry. Mr. Beckmann has held various positions in the areas of IT, software, data analysis and development. He is currently leading the global product marketing activities related to IIoT and sensors for the Fluid Control & Pneumatics group at Emerson. He advises and manages complex projects to drive Innovations within the market.
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