URIEL BERCHIN

Uriel Berchin, President of BE LABS, Inc., is a scientist with vast experience in digital systems design and management. He is deeply involved in W-CDMA design and was the leader in the design of the hardware and software digital subsystem. Uriel has extensive knowledge in digital designs, Microprocessors, Micro-controllers, DSP (Digital Signal Processor), ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit) designs and embedded software.

Uriel began his career as a practical engineer in the research labs of the IDF (Israeli Defense Forces). In that capacity, he was a member of the team that won the Israel Defense Award - the highest achievement award in Israel. After his discharge, he attended the Technion (Haifa, Israel) where he graduated with B.Sc.'s in electrical engineering and in computer engineering. While at the Technion, he was employed as a design engineer in the Military Lab, where he worked on several designs for the Israeli airforce and then in the Medical Electronics research lab, where he designed the first computerized incubators monitoring system.
Thereafter, he accepted a position as project manager at GANOT Industries, where he was in charge of the development of computerized test equipment for the "Lavi" fighter aircraft.

After the independent development of the "Lavi" was canceled, he left GANOT to co-found EL-ES Ltd., to design and develop computer peripherals and networking systems for PC's. As the director of R&D, he was the managing director in charge of a workforce of 28 people.
In 1988, he moved to New York and accepted a position as senior engineer at Frequency Electronics, Inc. As the company ventured into the digital world, he was put in charge of creating a new digital department. In that capacity, he was in charge of the development of computerized timing systems for commercial, military and space applications. In 1990, his team's design of a Microprocessor-controlled low-power time-base, won the "RF & Microwave" award for best design of the 90's. His designs are still operating in NASA's Space Shuttles and in other space and military applications.

In 1995, Uriel joined Computer Instruments Corp. as the company's chief engineer with the goal to modernize it's line of flight computers. He was the managing director of the engineering department, in charge of a large group of engineers and technicians that designed, developed and manufactured a new line of flight computers including for USAF KC135 flying tankers and Air Force-One aircraft.

At the beginning of 1997, he co-founded TransSKY Corp. and became the senior principal engineer. In that capacity, he was in charge of the team that developed the digital components and subsystems for the first ever W-CDMA wireless local loop system.

Uriel is a member of ITU 3GPP committee, the advisory panel for EWEEK and PC Magazine