Ido Bukspan, Darrin Chen and Tziporet Koren VPs, Mellanox

Mellanox Technologies, Ltd. announced the promotion of Ido Bukspan to VP of chip design, Darrin Chen to VP of WW channels, Tziporet Koren to VP of networking software and Hillel Chapman to senior principal engineer.

Bukspan and Chapman will report to Roni Ashuri, SVP of engineering; Chen will report to Marc Sultzbaugh, SVP of WW sales; and Koren will report to Amit Krig, VP of software project management.

“I am very pleased to appoint Ido, Darrin and Tziporet to VP and Hillel to senior principal engineer. They have been tremendous assets and their dedication and contributions have been significant to making Mellanox successful,” said Eyal Waldman, president and CEO, Mellanox. “We look forward to their continued contributions and leadership under their new executive roles. I wish Ido, Darrin, Tziporet and Hillel success in their new roles.”

Ido Bukspan has served as VP of chip design since March 2014. From 2010 to 2014, he was senior director of chip design at Mellanox and was responsible for chip design and post-silicon management. From 2000 to 2010, he held various roles within the chip design and post-silicon team. He graduated with honors with a B.Sc. inElectrical Engineering and an MBA from Tel-Aviv University.

 Darrin Neil Chen has served as Mellanox’s VP of WW channels since March 2014 and is responsible managing a global two-tier distribution model for the company. He brings over 20 years of experience in the technology industry with a background in sales channels, product marketing, communications, brand awareness, programs, sales training and event planning. Previously, he held various management roles at QLogic in product marketing, channel marketing and channel sales from 1999 to 2008. From 1996 to 1999, he served as a product marketing manager at Seagate. From 1991 to 1996, he was a product manager at AST. He graduated with a B.A. in Economics from University California Irvine. He holds an MBA from Pepperdine University.

Tziporet Koren has served as Mellanox’s VP of networking software since March 2014. She brings more than 20 years of expertise in developing and managing software products. She joined Mellanox in 2001 and has led the development of IB and Ethernet drivers across all OSs and has been the leader of OFED industry releases from 2006 till 2013. Prior to Mellanox, she spent 12 years at Intel in both CAD and software simulation. She received her B.Sc. (summa cum laude), and M.S. degrees in Computer Science from the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology.

Hillel Chapman has served as senior principal engineer since March 2014. Previously, he was Mellanox’s chip design principal engineer from 2006 to 2014. From 2000 to 2006, he served as an engineer and successfully held various chip design roles. He holds a B.Sc. and M.S. in Electrical Engineering from the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology.