Ran Oz
Ran Oz Hebrew: רן עוז) is a serial tech startups entrepreneur. He leads startups thru three IPOs (2 in NASDAQ and one in Europe) and 2 M&As to big US corporate (Microsoft and Arris).[1][2][3][4]
Career[edit]
Oz finished his B.Sc in Electrical Engineering in 1990 at the Technion and gets a M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering at Tel-Aviv University in 1992.[5]
While in the Technion he co-founded Optibase,[5] a hardware-software startup dedicated to image and video compression much before JPEG and MPEG were invented. While in Tel-Aviv University, he co-founded VCON (a spinout from Optibase)[5] and built the first desktop video conferencing. In March 1999 Optibase had an IPO, followed by a secondary offering in March 2000 and is traded since on Nasdaq (OBAS).[6] VCON had an IPO in Europe in late 2000 as well.
He joined the Israeli Intelligence Force in 1992, for 6 years he served as a Project Officer. During the first 4 years Oz served in San Diego, developing a real-time interpretation system for reconnaissance images. During 1996-1997 he lead the internal software team in the Israeli tech VISINT unit.[7]
In 1998, Ran Oz was one of the co-founders of Peach Networks,[5] which was sold to Microsoft for $80M in 2000.[8][9]
In 1999, he co-founded BigBand Networks.[10] In 2004 $25M were fundraised for BigBand[11] Main investors in BigBand were RedPoint and CRV. BigBand had an IPO in NASDAQ ($750M) in 2007.[10] The company won two Emmy awards for technology innovations for the US digital cable market;[12][13] it was sold to Arris in 2011.[14][15]
In 2012, he co-founded Wochit. Main investors were RedPoint, Marker and GreyCroft.[16][17] Wochit won the Gutenberg Prize[18] and Digiday’s Best Video Technology Innovation award.[19][20]
Oz was the Finalist for the 2007 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year Award.[21]
In 2017, Oz founded EquityX.[5]
Ran Oz has 50 registered/issued patents at the USPTO.[22]
Publications[edit]
- Network Design For A Multiplicity Of Services (2003).[23]
- The Triple-Play Network Platform (2004).[24]
- The Statistics of Switched Broadcast (2005).[25]
- Advanced Monitoring Of Switched Broadcast Systems (2007). [26]
References[edit]
- ↑ "יש לכם רעיון טוב?". www.mnews.co.il. Retrieved 2018-09-01.
- ↑ "Ran Oz - Co-Founder, Executive Chairman @ EquityX Ltd. | Crunchbase". Crunchbase. Retrieved 2018-09-01.
- ↑ Oz, Ran (2017-06-03). "The New Secret Weapon for Startup Founders". Ran Oz. Retrieved 2018-09-01.
- ↑ "Israeli Inventors Develop Compressed Media Bit Rate Conversion System". 2008-07-02.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 "Start-Up Nation Finder - Israeli innovation network". Start-Up Nation Finder. Retrieved 2018-08-27.
- ↑ "Optibase Ltd. (OBAS) Stock Report – NASDAQ.com". NASDAQ.com. Retrieved 2018-08-27.
- ↑ "Ran Oz". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2018-09-01.
- ↑ "Microsoft To Acquire Peach Networks - Stories". Stories. 2000-02-29. Retrieved 2018-08-27.
- ↑ CBS.MarketWatch.com. "Microsoft to buy Peach Networks". MarketWatch. Retrieved 2018-08-27.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 "BigBand Networks raises $139m on Nasdaq IPO - Globes". Globes (in עברית). Retrieved 2018-08-27.
- ↑ "ביג-בנד גייסה 25 מיליון דולר לצורך מיזוג חטיבת הכבלים של ADC". Globes (in עברית). Retrieved 2018-09-01.
- ↑ "The Emmy Awards - NATIONAL TELEVISION ACADEMY ANNOUNCES 59th ANNUAL WINNERS OF TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING EMMY® AWARDS". 2008-05-09. Retrieved 2018-08-27.
- ↑ "Disney, TW among Tech Emmy honorees". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2018-09-01.
- ↑ "ARRIS Group Got A Great Deal When It Acquired BigBand Networks". Business Insider. Retrieved 2018-08-27.
- ↑ Savitz, Eric. "Arris Group To Buy BigBand Networks For $2.24/Share". Forbes. Retrieved 2018-08-27.
- ↑ "Wochit Raises $11 Million For Text-To-Video Content Creation Platform". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2018-08-27.
- ↑ "Israeli social video creation co Wochit raises $13m - Globes". Globes (in עברית). Retrieved 2018-08-27.
- ↑ "Wochit - Gutenberg Prize". Disruptor Awards. Retrieved 2018-08-27.
- ↑ "BuzzFeed, OMD among the winners at Digiday Video Awards". Digiday. 2015-01-15. Retrieved 2018-08-27.
- ↑ "As Online Video Surges, Publishers Turn to Automation". Retrieved 2018-09-01.
- ↑ "Finalists for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year(R) Award in Northern California Announced". VerticalResponse. Retrieved 2018-08-27.
- ↑ "Patent Database Search Results: IN/"oz ran" in US Patent Collection". patft.uspto.gov. Retrieved 2018-08-27.
- ↑ "Paper - Network Design For A Multiplicity Of Services - NCTA Technical Papers". www.nctatechnicalpapers.com. Retrieved 2018-08-28.
- ↑ "Paper - The Triple-Play Network Platform - NCTA Technical Papers". www.nctatechnicalpapers.com. Retrieved 2018-08-28.
- ↑ "The Statistics of Switched Broadcast - 2005". docslide.us. Retrieved 2018-08-28.
- ↑ "Paper - Advanced Monitoring Of Switched Broadcast Systems - NCTA Technical Papers". www.nctatechnicalpapers.com. Retrieved 2018-08-28.
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