Achievements
Alon Cohen is the co-founder of VocalTec Communications Inc. (1989), an Israli hi-tech company recognized as the pioneer of the VoIP industry. He is also the inventor of the Audio Transceiver (U.S. Patent 5,825,771) that enabled the creation of Voice Over Networks products and eventually the VoIP industry, that changed the face of the telecommunication industry. Cohen holds 4 US patents on different communications technologies. VocalTec is recognized as the first company to provide Internet voice technology worldwide, which in 1996 was one of the earliest successful Internet IPOs (NASDAQ: vocl).
According to Om Malik, "Two entrepreneurs barely out of their teens, Lior Haramaty and Alon Cohen, founded VocalTec Communications in 1993 based on the promise of packet voice technology they observed as members of the Israel Defense Force.... the idea of commercializing packet voice did not occur to anyone until the arrival of Lior and Alon."
After leaving VocalTec Cohen founded and managed a successful series of business ventures, including BitWine and RemoteAbility. He currently serves as Executive Vice President and CTO at Phone.com.
Cohen is a frequent speaker at top industry conferences, serves on technical advisory boards or as a mentor of several companies and is also an expert witness in VoIP patent litigation trials.
Cohen also has an active blog where he writes about technology and innovations.
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