November 10, 2015 (Israel, Santa Clara) – Gidel is proud to announce and welcome Ofer Pravda as the Company’s new Vice President of Marketing and Sales. Mr. Pravda brings to Gidel over two decades of experience in leading and managing sales, marketingand large-scale project implementation, including networking, communication and Homeland security solutions.

“We are very excited to welcome Ofer to Gidel," said Reuven Weintraub, Founder and CTO of Gidel. "Our customer’s success is most important to us.  Mr. Pravda’s vast experience in leading very large-scale projects complements Gidel’s innovative FPGA platforms and fulfills a secure solution to our customer’s growing demands for large scale project implementation.“

“For over 20 years, Mr. Weintraub and his highly capable team have succeeded establishing Gidel as a key player in FPGA-based solutions spanning diverse markets, including High Performance Computing, Vision and Imaging Systems, and ASIC Prototyping,” Ofer noted enthusiastically. “I was attracted by Gidel’simpressive record and by its mission to not only sustain its leadership but also to venture into new fields.  I intend to apply my marketing and sales skills to enhanceinternational name recognitionfor Gidel,while leveragingexistingbusiness activity andpioneering into new markets.”

About Gidel

Gidel is a leader in high performance reconfigurable technology utilizing FPGAs. For over 20 years, Gidel is providing innovative hardware, software and design services enabling customer project development and deployment in High Performance Computing and Vision applications. For further information, contact Gidel in North America at +1-408-969-0389, Worldwide at +972-4-610- 2500, or on the web at www.gidel.com.