Amit Bohensky is an Israeli business executive and

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who works primarily within the software industry. Previously a CEO for companies such as Matrix Global and Consist Systems and Technologies, he has founded technology startups such as Unicoders and Focal-Info, the latter of which was sold to

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in 2012. He is currently Verint's vice president of open source web intelligence, as well as a board member and/or investor for companies such as Clinch and Zoomd.com.

Early life, education

Amit Bohensky was born and raised in

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

. From 1996 to 2000 he attended

Bar-Ilan University Bar-Ilan University (BIU, he, אוניברסיטת בר-אילן, ''Universitat Bar-Ilan'') is a public research university in the Tel Aviv District city of Ramat Gan, Israel. Established in 1955, Bar Ilan is Israel's second-largest academic i ...

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where he earned a

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in computer science and chemistry. A decade later, he spent 2011 and 2012 in

Tel Aviv Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the G ...

earning an

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from Kellogg Recanati.

Career

Early years

In the early 2000s Bohensky became involved with a number of technology and startup companies in Israel. He was the founder and chief technology officer for Fontik Data and co-founded G-Factor Technology Incubator. From 2000 to 2001 he was the vice president of R&D for Evelon Technologies. In July 2003 he co-founded the company Unicoders, serving as their CEO until March 2007. Unicoders was sold to the large Israeli IT company Matrix Global in early 2007, and in January of that year Bohensky became Matrix Global's CEO and chief technology officer for

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and Macedonia. He held those positions until January 2009. A month after leaving Matrix Global he became CEO of the large Israeli IT company Consist Systems and Technologies, where he stayed until January 2012.

Verint Systems

In July 2008 Bohensky founded Focal-Info, a software company focused on

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and analytics. He stepped away from the company in December 2011, and the following month it was announced that Focal-Info had been bought by the public company

Verint Verint Systems is a Melville, New York-based analytics company which was founded in 2002. The company sells software and hardware products for customer engagement management and business intelligence. Their products are designed to assist clie ...

for an undisclosed amount, with Bohensky hired back on to lead Focal-Info's "extendend activity" within Verint. As of January 2012 Bohensky is Verint's vice president of open source web intelligence. He has spoken at a number of industry seminars and conventions on behalf of Verint, including the ISS World Europe gathering in 2013, the largest international convention of

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on the topic of data analytics. His talk was titled "The Power of Open Source Web Intelligence." He also spoke at the Money, Privacy, and Power seminar in September 2013 at Kent College of Law-IIT Chicago, giving a talk titled "Beyond Money Laundering."

Clinch

He joined the software company Clinch in March 2011 as an investor and board member. The Israeli founders of the

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-based startup had recruited both Bohensky and American entrepreneur

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as advisors and investors. In September 2012 Clinch's social video editor became available in the

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. According to '' Next Web'', "The main purpose of Clinch is to create enhanced video experiences...its app combines videos, pictures and content from multiple sources, based on location and time...this could become an interesting tool to create collaborative video clips during all sorts of public gatherings."

Recent developments

He has been on the advisory board for Support Machines since January 2011 and has also served as a director. As of 2013 the automated customer services company has sold product to Israeli carriers Pelephone Communications, Partner Communications, and Cellcom Israel, has a distribution agreement with

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, and has a cooperation agreement with

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. In 2013, he contributed significantly to a $1 million investment raised by the company. Recently he funded Zoomd.com, a startup that develops ways to organize and group search results.

Personal life

Bohensky lives in Israel with his wife and children.

References

External links

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