Leadership Team & Advisory Board

Our vision is driven by the perspectives of accomplished leaders from the telco and tech industries. Together they’re helping MCE navigate new possibilities in device lifecycle management.

Yuval Blumental

CEO & MCE Systems Co-founder

A true visionary who has led MCE for the past 16 years, Yuval brings more then 20 years of executive management experience to MCE.

Yuval has spent a great deal of this time shaping the company’s offering – a comprehensive, end-to-end technology platform that helps telcos address declines in average revenue per unit and increases in customer churn – trends he foresaw years ago. His vision, along with the cutting-edge suite of solutions it’s spawned, has drawn the attention of the industry’s biggest companies, and inspired many of its top talent to join MCE’s ranks.

Almog Ben-Harosh

CTO and MCE Systems Co-Founder

Almog is a recognized luminary of the mobile device and telecommunications industry, who has sought to define new technology and product frontiers for the company. A believer in the power of technology to expand the realm of what’s possible, Almog relishes difficult technological challenges, and was an early proponent of omnichannel and other key features of the MCE platform. His vision and can-do attitude is contagious and has helped make MCE into a destination for inspired engineering talent.

Liran (Lee) Weiss

CCO and MCE Systems Co-Founder

A husband, father, entrepreneur, technology and design enthusiast who also has a deep love for yoga, Liran is known affectionately as “the glue” at MCE – as a result of his broad knowledge and expertise, and his ability to synthesize the company’s diverse products, activities and goals.

He is an experienced executive in charge of company strategy, product vision, strategic partnerships, marketing, and commercial engagements. With over 15 years of experience in mobile communications, entrepreneurship, management, and product marketing, along with a B.Sc. in Computer Science and Physics from the Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Liran is a strong product management professional with a deep appreciation of the role of technology.

Kobi Friedman

MCE Systems CFO and COO

An inspirational leader, Kobi is a skilled executive with multiple degrees in Law and Accounting. He brings more than a decade of executive management experience to MCE, including implementation of business strategies, plans and procedures, overseeing daily operations of the company and the work of executives, and managing shareholder relations.

At MCE, Kobi oversees effective management all of the company’s finances, including financial planning, management of financial risks, record-keeping, and financial reporting.

He is a Board member of Libra Insurance, a publicly traded company, that he mentored from start up to IPO.

Stuart Steinberg

MCE Systems Chief Business Development Officer

Stuart is an experienced executive with a proven management track record, including more than 22 years of experience in international business development and sales. A dynamic and intuitive leader, he excels in the marketing and sales of products and solutions within diverse business landscapes.

Stuart is a master in building top-producing sales organizations through strategic partnerships, tactical sales and key account management. His excellent communication skills, coupled with an ability to actively manage change, have allowed him to foster strong working relationships with companies in over 20 countries, always in strategic roles.

Eitan Linker

MCE Systems Chief Commercial Officer

Eitan is a veteran of the tech and telecom industries, who has occupied multiple leadership positions including CEO and CCO executive positions at Amdocs and Emblaze. He has facilitated digital transformation projects at tier one mobile operators around the world.

A strong sales professional with an MBA in Finance, Eitan has over 20 years of international sales leadership. He is skilled in marketing management, mobile content, sales, international business, and go-to-market strategy.

Dr. Robert Hackl

CMO and President, MCE Systems

Robert Hackl is a global business builder with a successful track record of driving large-scale impact in highly competitive technology companies across all stages – growth, mature and turnaround markets. He held critical transformational roles at T-Mobile, Sprint, Vodafone, Deutsche Telekom, and McKinsey, delivering over $50B of shareholder value.

With an experience that spans Europe and the Americas, his reputation as an industry thought leader is summed by this recent comment: “Robert led our organization to achieve things that we never thought were possible and he has redefined our industry rules.”

Robert earned a PhD in Marketing from University of Vienna, an MBA from The Kellogg Graduate School of Management (#1 in Class), and a dual Masters from Vienna University of Economics & Business Administration.

Meir Shafran

GM North America

Leading growth, and possessing extensive knowledge of the telecommunications industry from hardware to software integration, Meir’s unique vantage point enables him to come up with unmatched solutions that are tailored to customer needs. With a degree in Computer Science and Business Management, Meir’s leadership of MCE’s most critical departments over the past 12 years has helped transform the device lifecycle management industry.

As GM of mce North America, Meir is leading the company’s growth. With his extensive experience, he brings a distinctive perspective on customers and infrastructure to this critically important market. When he’s not in the office you can likely find Meir, his wife, son, and 2 dogs at any outdoor oasis

Scott Rice

MCE Systems Advisory Board Member

Former SVP of Integration and Transformation at T-Mobile and executive at Sprint for 21 years including serving as the CIO prior to the merger

Prior to the T-Mobile and Sprint merger, Scott led the Sprint technology organization as the Chief Information Officer (CIO) where he delivered significant systems evolution enabling the transformation of the business to advanced mobile services while assuring operational and organizational optimization. As Sprint’s CIO he developed and implemented a strategic technology transformation plan remaining true to the core values of the company and delivering the best possible overall value.

Teresa Ostapower

MCE Systems Advisory Board Member

Former SVP Technology Transformation at AT&T

Ms. Ostapower has won numerous awards for her lifework including the award for “Top 100 Most Innovative Chief Digital Officers Globally”, “CIO 100” awards, and “Women Worth Watching in STEM” award. Prior to her role in MCE, Ms. Ostapower held a series of senior executive roles in AT&T including SVP Technology Transformation, Chief Digital Officer, Consumer CIO, and VP of Billing & Customer Care Systems. Prior to AT&T, she served as the AVP of IT Strategy & Planning, and  Business CIO in Cingular Wireless as well as numerous technology and international consulting roles at BellSouth.

Mike Sutcliff

MCE Systems Advisory Board Member

Former Accenture Digital Group CEO

Mike has spent his career at Accenture creating practices and building businesses. His most recent experience was launching Accenture Digital and growing it to $20+ billion in revenues.  The Accenture Digital business included Accenture Interactive, Applied Intelligence, and Industry X.0 business units alongside all digital delivery technology teams. Mike is also an Operating Partner with Advent International Private Equity and an active angel investor across technology, payments, healthcare, and life sciences markets

John Elliot

MCE Systems Advisory Board Member

Former McKinsey partner for Digital & Analytics

John is a former McKinsey partner and global business builder. While at McKinsey John led a team of partners within Digital & Analytics to help large organizations transform customer experiences and operational performance. John joined McKinsey from Accenture where he served on the Digital Leadership Team after helping to create and lead Accenture’s Mobility and Digital Platforms businesses. John was also a member of Accenture’s Technology Leadership Council and Labs Advisory Board. He has more than 25 years of experience at leading wireless innovators including Qualcomm, Openwave, and Verizon. John is an active investor and advisor in Digital and AI core platform services

Jim Hudak

MCE Systems Advisory Board Member

Former GM Mobility, IoT and AI at Microsoft

Jim is a proven senior executive with a successful history of structuring, managing, and leading sales, business development and partnership programs. He has a demonstrated ability to identify, develop, and drive new revenue through strategic growth initiatives by applying new and emerging technologies coupled with innovative GTM and partnership programs. His breadth of experience includes industries such as: energy, federal government (U.S.), healthcare, industrial (discrete and process manufacturing), and retail/CPG, service provider/telco, smart city/building/home, transportation and logistics. Jim most recently came from Microsoft and Accenture. He has spent his career in mobility, IoT and AI. Jim is also an active investor and advisor.

Oren Baron

MCE Systems Advisory Board Member

Former Senior Partner at EY

Oren Baron was a Partner at EY since 1998 and headed, until 2022, the firm’s High-Tech Practice, which serves more than 70% of the Israeli start-ups funded by VCs or other investors. Oren has extensive experience in providing strategic advisory services to tech companies at all stages from start-up through their journey into the U.S. public market or to sell transactions. Oren established the Israeli desk at EY New York and staffed the desk for 2 years, where he accrued extensive experience working with American companies.

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