CSSN Executive Management Team

Yossi Zekri
President & CEO CSSN world wide

Yossi Zekri joined the CSSN team in May 2008 and has been holding the reins as CEO of CSSN since. Yossi has extensive management experience including many years at the helm of IPD and Maxsys Technologies as well as VP & General Manager of Federal Mogul FP Diesel division. Yossi holds a BS degree in biological science and an MBA from the University of California Irvine.

Danny Hatzav
CEO CSSN Israel

Danny Hatzav founded Card Scanning Solutions in 1999 and lead the company to become a leading provider of medical card, passports and driver’s licensing scanning solutions. Danny prior to starting CSSN was the Senior Executive Sales Manager of Agilent Technologies Israel. Danny has a BSCEE degree from the University of Bridgeport and Masters in Science Management from New York Polytechnic.

Iuval Hatzav
Executive Vice President

Iuval Hatzav manages CSSN’s Business Development including direct and indirect sales channels worldwide. His experience comes from many years a Senior Team Leader for Sony Electronics Research and Development team. Iuval attained a BSCEE from the University of Bridgeport and a MSCEE degree from San Jose State University.

Giyora Sharaby
CTO and Manager Research and Development

Giyora Sharaby co-founded CSSN with the Hatzav brothers and is responsible for defining and executing the company’s technical vision. Giyora also manages the software development, quality control, and product management. Giyora was the technical innovator behind the award-winning IdScan family of products and has more than 15 years of hi-tech experience under the belt in software design and development. Giyora holds a BSCEE and MSCEE from Bridgeport University.

Ilan Ben Shahar
Chief Scientist

Ilan Ben Shahar is the scientist behind the innovative technology of CSSN. He has more than 20 years of knowledge and experience in various engineering fields and is responsible managing and creating the tools and building blocks of CSSN’s new technologies. Ilan’s experience prior to joining the CSSN team included developing anti-virus software, automatic sorting machines, diamond cutting software and high level DSP image processing. Ilan holds three Bachelor degrees in physics, electrical engineering and computer science. He also served as a technical officer in the Israeli Intelligence and achieved a rank of Major.

Ilana Ben Yizhak
Managment member

Ilana Ben Yizhak joined CSSN in 2006 as a Senior Software Engineer. With extensive experience in image processing from working for organizations such as Scitex and the Israeli Army, Ilana quickly became a key employee. Today Ilana is a part of the management team and plays a fundamental role in planning the technological roadmap for CSSN. Ilana holds a BSC and MSC of Electrical Engineering from the University of Tel-Aviv. She also served as a Captain in the technical forces of the IDF, computer and communication division.

Yaron Gavish
R&D Manager

Yaron Gavish is the R&D Manager of CSSN and joined the CSSN family in 2008 as a senior programmer with many years’ experience in various image processing organizations. Yaron has been the lead engineer on various key projects including API, Linux and Image Processing embedded development and much more. Yaron’s professional approach and advanced and in depth knowledge led to his promotion of R&D Manager in 2012. Yaron is a qualified Practical Engineer from Hadassah Academic College Jerusalem. He also served as a Captain in the technical forces of the IDF, computer and communication division.