Rami Kalish

Managing General Partner, Co-Founder

Rami Kalish is a Managing General Partner and Co-Founder at Pitango.

Prior to founding Pitango, he held sales and marketing positions at IBM and senior executive roles at Orbotech.

He currently serves on the Board of Directors of Avantis Team, Flash Networks, ForeScout Technologies (NASDAQ: FSCT) and Neura.

Previously he served on the Board of Directors of several portfolio companies that went public on NASDAQ, including: ITXC, CardGuard, VocalTec, Retalix, Optibase, RADWARE 

 

and on the Board of Optonol (acquired by Alcon), Red Bend Software (acquired by Harman), RocketPlay (acquired by American Gaming System - AGS) and SkyCure (acquired by Symantec).

Rami is a member of the advisory boards of the Technion (Israel Institute of Technology) Yazamut-Bronica Entrepreneurship & Innovation Center, The Merage Foundation for U.S.-Israel Trade and The educational Center for Tolerance and Peace of the Hebrew Reali School in Haifa.

He earned a B.Sc. in Industrial Engineering and Information Science from the Technion Institute of Technology.

BOARD MEMBER OF

  • AvantisAvantis
  • BrowsiBrowsi
  • D-IDD-ID
  • NeuraNeura
Rami and the bike

LIKES

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  • Cycling
  • I love outdoor sports and being in nature, combining intensive physical training with technical capabilities.
02
  • Sailing
  • It's a sport requiring knowledge, discipline and planning ahead. I love the Greek Islands and the Mediterranean area's beauty and the 'old meeting new' vibe.
03
  • Football
  • European football has lots of South American players, who kick the pace up a notch.
  • You'll find me rooting for FC Barcelona and Chelsea.
04
  • Family
  • Weekends and vacations spent with family and friends are the best.
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  • Sci-Fi movies