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Alvarion (News - Alert), a leading provider of WiMAX and wireless network solutions, has named Efrat Makov as its new chief financial officer, replacing Dafna Gruber effective April 1.

Makov, a U.S. certified public accountant, was previously CFO for Aladdin Knowledge Systems (News - Alert). Prior to that, she was employed by two NASDAQ-listed, Israeli-based companies, where she held management positions.

Makov served Arthur Andersen in its London, New York and Tel Aviv offices. She was also the vice president of finance at Check Point Software (News - Alert) Technologies Ltd., this after serving NUR Macroprinters Ltd. as director of finance. She holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting and economics from Tel Aviv University.

“We are delighted to welcome Efrat Makov, a seasoned executive with 16 years of financial and operational experience, to our senior management team,” said Tzvika Friedman, CEO of Alvarion, in a press release. “We will benefit from her extensive background, which includes senior management positions at several publicly-traded technology companies. In addition, we are fortunate to have an executive with her leadership and management skills to head our excellent finance team.”

Alvarion is a global provider of WiMAX and broadband wireless solutions that was formed after BreezeCom and Floware, both Israeli telecom companies, merged. It is headquartered in Tel Aviv and maintains offices across 23 countries. Alvarion recently acquired Interwave, a move that allowed the company to expand in the mobile GSM equipment market, on top of its existing fixed wireless solution.

Alvarion’s product portfolio enables residential and broadband access, toll quality telephony, corporate VPNs, hotspot coverage extension, mobile voice and data, and community interconnection.

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Beverly Maniago is a contributing editor for TMCnet. To see more of her articles, please visit her columnist page.

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