As the Founder and CEO of Micon, Tal provides substantial expertise and experience in sales, marketing and business development, as well as extensive multi-cultural interpersonal skills. Tal has a proven track record of design wins and of building successful partnerships with tier-one semiconductor companies as well as with the world’s leading technology companies. Prior to founding Micon, Tal was a co-founder and Vice President of Sales and Marketing of M-Systems Asia, a subsidiary of M-Systems Flash Disk Pioneers. Tal holds a degree in Law (LL.B.) from the Law School of the College of Management in Israel and an MBA from Kellogg Recanati, the International Executive MBA program of Northwestern University and Tel Aviv University.

Alex has more than 20 years of experience in the Semiconductors industry, having covered roles in R&D, Product Engineering and Account Management. Alex is promoting Micon’s partners’ products and services in Europe, developing and managing business relationships as local point of contact.
Prior to Micon, Alex served as Account Director at SMIC, supporting major European corporations as key account, as well as growing SMIC’s foundry business in Israel and UK. Previously, he acted as Product Department Manager in SMIC Shanghai Fab, responsible for Yield enhancement, product and technology debug; he also worked at ST Microelectronics, as a member of ST’s R&D Center Device Engineering and Process Industrialization organization as well as in Product Engineering department of ST’s Automotive Division.
Alex has Master in Physics from the University of Turin, Italy.

Boaz brings to Micon more than 18 years of experience performing management roles in Engineering, Operations, and Business Development.
Boaz is building market position at Micon by developing and defining new business relationships as well as managing existing accounts.
Prior to Micon, Boaz served as Director of Foundry and Operations at Transwitch where he successfully ramped leading-edge products to high volume manufacturing.  Previously, Boaz held Engineering Management positions at DSP Group , Customer Support management roles at Tower Semiconductors and various engineering responsibilities at Motorola Semiconductors in Phoenix, AZ.
Boaz has a BSc in Materials Engineering from Ben Gurion University and MSE in Electrical Engineering from Arizona State University.

Mrs. Simonstein is the Vice President of Finance at micon. Her expertise and experience in finance, projects management, and operations provide a solid basis for Micon's client services. 

Prior to joining micon, Mrs. Simonstein was a co-founder of M-Systems Asia, a subsidiary of M-Systems Flash Disk Pioneers, where she served as a Director of Finance. During the time Mrs. Simonstein was stationed in Taiwan, she set the foundation for the company's financial systems and managed the finance as well as the operations of the Asian subsidiary. Through her experience in Asia Mrs. Simonstein became familiar with Asian business customs as well as with the local accounting and legal systems. 

Mrs. Liora Simonstein holds a Bachelor's Degree (B.A.) in Economics and Accounting and BA (Cum Laude) in Sociology and Anthropology from the Tel-Aviv University, Israel.

After graduating in 1984 with a BSc in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Derek began his career in Silicon Glen with NEC and National Semiconductor before spending 12 years with Compaq Computer Manufacturing through the heart of the PC boom. Derek then spent 17 years as CEO of NMI, the UK Electronics Industry Association before leaving to accept a position as VP Marketing EMEA in a high-tech start up in the energy sector. Derek began working with the University of Strathclyde in 2019, firstly establishing the Scotland 5G Centre then joining the Advanced Communications Team in the university responsible for developing strategic partnerships and programs. Derek joined the Micon-Global team in Feb 2021.
Derek completed a Master of Business Administration in 1994, has a Stage II Certificate in British Sign Language and Masters in Management

Jack has over 30 years of experience in the electronics and semiconductor industries and acts as a VP of Business Development in Micon Taiwan. He was the senior Taiwan sales manager of M-Systems (acquired by SanDisk in 2006) and later a Regional Manager of Taiwan / China in Anobit (acquired by Apple in 2012).
Prior to joining Micon Jack served as a Vice President of Sales and a Special Assistant to the CEO for several Taiwanese companies, playing a major role in establishing their leading position in the Embedded and Mobile industries.
Jack holds a Bachelor degree in Hydraulic Engineering from Tamkang University.

CE Lee is a result-oriented and accomplished professional leader with 30 years of experience of Marketing and Sales positions in Electronic and Semiconductor Industry across Mobile, Consumers, Automotives, Storage and AIOT as well as Industrials.

CE has a broad scope of Marketing, Sales, Business Development as well as People Managements and made some world-wide 1st design wins such as eSSD/eMMC/eMCP on mobile phones, TV sets and Automotives of the top global manufacturers.

Prior to joining Micon Global, CE has served as a marketing director of Standard Discrete Product and Memory Product group of STMicroelectronics for over 10 years and the regional manager of SanDisk Korea for 8 years and then a couple of years for Avnet APJ as the head of Memory/embedded/CPU BU covering whole Asia including Japan. During those periods, CE had developed strong relationships with global top customers and successful business growth.

CE has some certifications of facilitator such as EPS (Effective Presentation Skill), Negotiation and Communication Skill.

Chida has over 35 years of sales and business development experience in Japan, predominantly working for tier-one international companies.

Having graduated from the Engineering department of Tokai University in 1986, Chida began his career working for AMD Japan and later SMsC (Standard Micro Systems).
In 2000 Chida joined the Israeli start-up M-Systems as sales and business development manager. As part of the founding team of M-Systems Japan; Chida was tasked with the development and cooperation with key Japanese accounts, covering IP, embedded products as well as retail market cooperation. He remained in this role following the acquisition of M-Systems by SanDisk in 2007, succeeding in growing SanDisk’s sales and exceeding targets continually year upon year, until 2019.

After leaving SanDisk, Chida was the first employee and the Japan Country Manager of the Israeli Emza Visual Sense which designs ultra-low powered AI visual sensors, and of the US based Pactron which is a provider of Board level solutions to the semiconductor industry.

Throughout the years Chida has played a key role in the establishment and growth of international companies in Japan, - he has successfully set up teams, built partnerships and created engagements with numerous large semiconductor and technology firms including Renesas, Toshiba, Sony and others.

Stephen has more than 20 years of experience in the Semiconductor industry, having covered various roles such as Test & Product Engineering, Key account management and Business development.
Prior to Micon, Stephen served as Business Development Manager at Micross UK and USA, supporting major Aerospace and Defense ASIC manufacturers as key account, as well as growing Micross's business in EMEA. Previously, he acted as Business Unit Manager in SERMA GROUP, France, responsible for ASIC in High Reliability Applications;
he also worked at NXP as Industrial Manager for numerous divisions managing Teams and projects in Europe and oversea locations.
Stephen is a business advisor supporting Micon’s partners’ products and services in Europe.
Stephen has Master degree in Microelectronics from the University of bordeaux, France and a Master of Business Administration from IAE, Caen.

Shai is a 25 years’ veteran of the Israeli MedTech sector. A serial entrepreneur who has established and managed five start-up companies, four of which in the medical device arena (Cardiac Monitoring, Emergency Medicine, Prostatic Stents, and Orthopedic Implants) as well as recently co-founded an online B2B sales barter platform. Prior to joining Micon Global he served as the Business Development Director of a few prominent Israeli vendors of Medical Devices R&D and Regulations and he brings to Micon Global his expertise in marketing, global business development and sales.
Shai has a BA in Economics from Tel-Aviv University.

Zaccaria has years of experience in IT assistance and electronics and acts as a Business Development manager in Micon Europe. He has a degree in Computer Science and Bachelor in Ancient History. Prior to Micon he has been working as a Commercial Technical Office as a freelance, cooperating with end customers R&D teams to provide technical insight for installation solutions in their projects and assisting purchasing department in managing solutions with suppliers.

Davide is a skilled sales manager, with years of experience in B2B distribution of electronics components and subsystems.

His experience in Technical Sales and Customer Service is characterized by a constant communication with Technical and R&D departments, making him a strong and reliable asset capable of providing jointly customer oriented service, technical direction and delivery.

Davide holds a Master degree in Natural Sciences and he's driven towards learning and innovation.

Sophie is an accomplished and results-oriented professional with over 14 years of experience within a broad spectrum of marketing and business development.
Prior to joining Micon in November 2021, Sophie spent a number of years as the Marketing Manager of TechWorks; the industry association at the core of the UK deep tech community. There she held responsibility for marketing programs, brand management, and corporate sponsorships – developing solid partnerships with UK tech companies.
She holds a degree in Business Management & Marketing

Rani acts as a Director of Marketing and Legal Advisor at Micon Global. Rani has many years of experience in various business ventures in the Israeli local market and European markets.
Rani holds a Bachelor degree and a Masters in degree Law from Haifa University as well as various computer and Web related credentials and experience.

Umberto has more than 50 years of experience in the semiconductor industry, having joined SGS-Fairchild (which subsequently became ST Microelectronics) in 1967.
In ST Microelectronics, Umberto held management positions with Central Manufacturing group. He was in charge of standardizing manufacturing parameters, and he started several STM front-end plants in the world (Europe, Asia and US), working for 8 years in ST Singapore , for 2 years in STM USA-Canada, and extensively working in all ST Microelectronics European plants in France and Italy.
In 2002 Umberto joined Smic, where in 2003 he has incorporated SMIC Europe, and led SMIC expansion in Europe.
In 2013 Umberto left Smicto work as an independent advisor to leading microelectronics companies, capitalizing on his extensive industry experience.
Umberto has also prepared and delivered several "train the trainer" sessions on several microelectronics topics, in Europe, US, Singapore and China.