Mr. Aaron Mankovski's tenure in venture capital started in 1996. He co-founded Eucalyptus Ventures in 1997, and has served as Managing Director since that time. He joined the Pitango team as a Managing General Partner with the combination of the Eucalyptus and Pitango management groups in April 2000.. Mr. Mankovski has 16 years of. experience in Executive Management (CEO, Sales and Marketing) in the high-technology sector in Israel and abroad. Prior to founding Eucalyptus, he served as Corporate Vice President of Orbotech Ltd (NASDAQ: ORBK), responsible for worldwide operations, sales and customer support (US, Europe and Asia Pacific). Prior to assuming that position, Mr. Mankovski served as President and CEO of Orbotech Inc., where he also guided the merger of Orbot and Optrotech that led to the establishment of Orbotech. He previously was a sales executive at IBM. He also served as a pilot in the Israeli Air Force.. Mr. Mankovski holds a B.Sc. in Computer Science and Statistics from Tel Aviv University.. Mr. Mankovski served on the Board of Directors of Chromatis Networks (sold to Lucent for $4.75 billion). He currently serves on the Board of Directors of Optimal-Test, Precede Technologies, Kilopass Technology Inc, Compass-EOS, Sterna Technologies and Jinko Solar in China.. On June 9th, 2009, Mr. Mankovski was elected to the position of Chairman of the Israeli Venture Association (IVA)
