Niki Bassat

V.P., Operations

Mr. Bassat joined AVT from superDimension, a medical device company, where he was Chief Operating Officer and General Manager (Israel). Before that, he was Chief Operating Officer at RaySat, a manufacturer of in-motion satellite antennas. He was the Chief Operating Officer at Power Paper a provider of micro-powered devices. He was the Chief Operating Officer at SATLYNX, a pan-European two-way satellite broadband services provider, and served as managing director of SATLYNX GmbH. Prior to that, he was the Vice President, Operations, at Gilat Satellite Networks. Mr. Bassat also worked for Tadiran Telecommunications as Plant Manager. He holds a B.Sc. in industrial engineering from the Technion: Israel Institute of Technology, and studied MBA at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He is the recipient of several awards, including the Kaplan Prize (1990) and "Excellence in Quality" awards from the Israeli government (1991,1994).