Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of ConteXtream, Ariel is responsible for setting the company's technical direction, architecture and for promoting ongoing innovation.Prior to ConteXtream, Ariel was a technical leader at Cisco Systems, which he joined as a result of its acquisition of Sheer Networks, where he was a Co-Founder and VP Engineering. Prior to this, he led the architecture and design of a largescale network management project at 3Com.Ariel holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Math and Computer Science from Tel Aviv University.