Here is a short summary of my varied and extensive professional experience.

1. Jay Kalish |legal – management - communications
RehovHadafHayomi 617/2 | Ramot, Jerusalem | +972-54-481-8219 | jay.kalish@gmail.com
PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Extensive legal experience as general counsel to Israeli public companies, including contract
negotiation and drafting, corporate filings, advise management on legal issues
Use business development strategy and program to significantly increase buy side and sell
side relationships
Successfully managed technology incubator, assisted portfolio companies in raising first
round financing
Proven track record in managing and implementing all facets of investor relations programs
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
PUBLIC COMPANY, 2007-present
Executive Director Investor Relations
Manage company’s entire IR program:
conducting marketing trips and making presentations at investor conferences
throughout the US, Europe and Israel
developing significant buy-side and sell-side following
mentoring and training senior management
developing and implementing communications strategy, preparing all materials,
press releases and presentations.
Major accomplishments include:
improved share performance, with daily trading volume increasing from 45K to 525K
added sevensell side analysts
institutional holdings increased from 30% to 75%.
ECI TELECOM, Petah Tikva, 2004-2006
Vice President Investor Relations
Managed company’s entire IR program:
developing strategy and preparing all materials, press releases and presentations
for IR and PR programs
conductingmarketing trips and maintaining daily contacts with the financial
community worldwide.
Major accomplishments included:
presenting the company at investor conferences in the US, Europe and Israel
addingfive sell-side analysts (including two Tier-1 analysts in 2006)
developing European financial market, including first time invitations to present at
major European technology conferences.
PATIR R&D LTD., Jerusalem2000-2003
Managing Director & CEO
Managed a technology incubator and associated venture capital fund
managed professional staff and supervised portfolio companies
screened and selected projects and provided a full range of management services to
portfolio companies
provided legal services to portfolio companies

2. Major accomplishments:
Five out of seven companies raised first round funding
one company received OCS prize for excellence.
E-SIM LTD., JERUSALEM1998-2000
Vice President Investor Relations & General Counsel
Responsible for all legal matters:
SEC filings
Fully responsible for internal company agreements
supervised and managed outside counsel in drafting and negotiating license
agreements, acquisition agreements and other transactional documents
Responsible for the company’s investor relations program:
conducted road shows in the US and Israel
managed the company’s external investor relations office
maintained daily contacts with the financial community.
TELEDATA COMMUNICATIONS LTD., HERZLIA, 1993-1997
General Counsel & Corporate Secretary
Advised management on general legal matters:
corporate, labor and U.S. securities law
negotiated and documented business deals, including sales, agency, subcontractor
and OEM agreements, as well as responses to various tenders
responsible for all corporate filings in Israel and with the SEC
coordinated company’s successful follow-on public offering, including drafting
prospectus
responsible for company’s investor relations program, including constant contact
with institutional investors and analysts.
EDUCATION
CARDOZO SCHOOL OF LAW, YESHIVAUNIVERSITY
J.D., June 1982
Admitted to the New York State Bar and the U.S. District Court for the Southern and Eastern
Districts of New York, and member of the Israeli Bar Association
YESHIVACOLLEGE, YESHIVAUNIVERSITY
B.A. in Economics, 1979
GEVIM INSTITUTE, ISRAEL
Certificate in Alternative Dispute Resolution (Mediation), 2010
VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES
President, YeshivaUniversity Israel Alumni 2006-2009
Volunteer at Paamonim
Languages: English, Hebrew