Doron Arazi vs Takayuki Morita

Doron Arazi

CEO of Ceragon Networks

BIO: Mr. Ira Palti has been the President and Chief Executive Officer of Ceragon Networks Ltd. since August 31, 2005. Mr. Palti served as the Chief Operating Officer since May 2001, President of the VocalTec business unit since November 1999 and as vice president of research and development since February 1999. From 1997 to 1999, Mr. Palti served as the Chief Executive Officer of Automedia Ltd. From 1995 to 1997, Mr. Palti served as the vice president of research and development at Netmanage Corp. From 1984 to 1994, Mr. Palti held various management and software development positions at Rosh/ServiceSoft Corp. Mr. Palti received a B.Sc. in Mathematics and Computer Science (Magna Cum Laude) from Tel Aviv University.

Takayuki Morita

CEO of NEC

BIO: Takayuki Morita became President and CEO of NEC Corporation, a leader in the integration of IT and network technologies that deliver benefits to businesses and people around the world, on April 1, 2021. In the same year, Morita announced the "Mid-term Management Plan 2025" and released the "NEC 2030VISION," a roadmap toward the realization of the NEC Group's Purpose, which each reflect his commitment to Purpose-driven Management. Previously, he was CFO, where he managed the financial strategy and operations of NEC's 100,000 employees and total revenue of $25 billion at the time. He was also responsible for Corporate Business Development functions, including the oversight of M&A and other investments that have reinforced NEC's solutions for society, such as major advancements in the digital finance, digital government and drug development fields. Having joined NEC in 1983, Morita's experience in the global ICT industry now spans four decades, six years of which he spent working in the U.S. market. In the past twenty years, he has played a central role in the development of partnerships and alliances with corporations across the globe - having completed more than forty deals of corporate mergers & acquisitions and investments. Among his most notable accomplishments in this regard have been the spin-offs of the semiconductor, flat panel and passive component businesses; the creation of joint ventures in the wireless, enterprise communications and PC businesses; as well as numerous acquisitions in the consulting, ICT and managed services domains. Morita holds a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) from the University of Tokyo.