Benny Schnaider

Who is Benny Schnaider?

Benny Schnaider is Qumranet's CEO and a Co-Founder. Over the past

20 years, Benny has held senior management, engineering and strategic

consulting roles at many Silicon-Valley based companies including Cisco

Systems, Amdahl/Fujitsu, Hitachi, IDT, Sun Microsystems and 3Com. Benny

is an expert in embedded systems and high-capacity switching solutions

and speaks frequently at industry forums and events.

Benny was CEO of PentaCom Ltd. a leading provider of products

implementing Spatial Reuse Protocol (SRP) for IP based metropolitan

networks which was acquired by Cisco in 2000. Benny led large Cisco

engineering groups that developed high-end routing and digital video

products.

Benny also co-founded and served on the Board of Directors for

P-Cube, a developer of IP service control platforms, which was also

acquired by Cisco in 2004. Additionally, he also developed and sold

HW/SW co-simulation tools to leading system companies.

Benny holds a Masters degree in Engineering Management from Santa

Clara University, and a BS in Computer Engineering from Israel's

Technion University.