People

The Face of Partnership

Rina Shainski

A successful career spanning 20 years in leading business development and R&D in several high-growth companies
A recognized thought leader in the mobile software space; led several successful investments in the space. Serves as a member of the GSMA Mobile Innovation Awards Judging panel in Barcelona
Joined Carmel in 2000 right after its inception
Areas of interest: mobile applications and services, digital media, cloud services
Served as active Board member of Followap Inc., acquired by NeuStar in November 2006 for $139M
Former VP Business Development, responsible for IT investments, at Clal Industries and Investments, one of Israel’s largest investment and holding companies
Held several management positions in Tecnomatix (1989-1996), including VP Business Development and Director of R&D, and made key contributions to several acquisitions on behalf of the company
Chief Architect of EDA Inc., a Santa Clara based start-up in the field of Engineering Information Management (acquired by DEC in 1989)
Served in various R&D management positions in Daisy Systems Inc., a company based in Mountain View, California
Holds an M.Sc. in Computer Science from Weizmann Institute, Israel, a B.Sc in Physics from Tel Aviv University, Israel and an IEP from INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France.