Mordehai Kikayon ( he, מרדכי קיקיון, also transliterated as Mordechai Kikion) (1915-1993) was one of the founders of the computer industry of

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 ...

, the organizer and first head of

Mamram Mamram ( he, ממר"ם), abbreviation for Center of Computing and Information Systems ( he, מרכז מחשבים ומערכות מידע ''Merkaz Mahshevim UMa'arahot Meida''), originally Center of Computing and Mechanized Registration ( he, מר ...

. Before and after Mamram he was with the

Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd. ( he, רפאל - מערכות לחימה מתקדמות בע"מ, formerly Rafael Armament Development Authority), ("Rafael" from Hebrew acronym of "Authority for the Development of Armaments" - ) is an Israel ...

.Mamram over the Years
a mamram archive Mordechai Kikayon was born in

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and immigrated to the land of Israel in 1924. He was appointed to be the first commander of Mamram by head of

Operations Directorate The Israeli Operations Directorate (, ''Agaf HaMivtza'im'') is a branch in the General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces, established in 1999, alongside the regional commands, the air force and navy. Since June 2021, it is headed by Aluf . Tasks ...

aluf ''Aluf'' ( he, אלוף, lit=champion or "First\leader of a group" in Biblical Hebrew; ) is a senior military rank in the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) for officers who in other countries would have the rank of general, air marshal, or admiral. ...

Yitzhak Rabin Yitzhak Rabin (; he, יִצְחָק רַבִּין, ; 1 March 1922 – 4 November 1995) was an Israeli politician, statesman and general. He was the fifth Prime Minister of Israel, serving two terms in office, 1974–77, and from 1992 until h ...

on June 26, 1959. He was the first Israeli civilian to head a military unit.ממר"ם
(Retrieved May 3, 2022) He received the (a prize for increasing labor productivity) for the establishment of the computer center at Rafael after he left Mamram.

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