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Avi Sokol

Executive leader, SVP & CIO

KLA•Sunnyvale, California, United States

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Experience33+ Years
LevelCXO

Executive Overview

• Business and Technology executive leader with significant experience in leading, building and driving strong, successfull and athletic teams to achieve business value • Outstanding communication skills at all levels leveraging experience at different roles including sale, marketing, pre sales and CIO. Effective influencer across the organization and outside • Expertise in building large (and small) scale business solutions including Saas, Mobile, cloud, Unified communication, software development and collaboration platforms with advance User Interface • My creativity and Project management capabilities help pushing my team for great success in many business and IT initiatives/ projects with aggressive time lines at a very high level quality • Strong record of utilizing business process knowledge, talent management and emerging technologies to bring significant business value • Build trust relationship throughout the organization, with customers and partners • Customers and vendor management capabilities, valued negotiation skills • Creative and Athletic leader focusing on user experience, efficiency and effectiveness • Proven record of consistency, ability to change and deliver, resulting in business and customer value, smart operation and strong organization • More than 20 years of experience in high tech, software, sales and business operation in N America, APAC and EMEA

Career Timeline

Professional employment history
  • KLACurrent
    2017–Present· 9 yrs 10 mos
    • Senior Vice President and Chief Information OfficerCurrent
      Aug 2024–Present
    • VP & CIO
      2017–Aug 2024
  • Jun 2011–2017· 5 yrs 7 mos
    • VP & CIO
      2015–2017
    • VP Global Information Technology
      Jun 2011–2015
  • Dec 2004–Aug 2011· 6 yrs 8 mos
    • Vice President Global Information Technology
      Dec 2004–Aug 2011
  • 2003–2004· 1 yr
    • VP, Enterprise Solutions
      2003–2004
  • 2001–2003· 2 yrs
    • Pre sales Director,
      2001–2003
  • 1998–2001· 3 yrs
    • Presale & B2B Program Manager,
      1998–2001
    • Head of Engineering - Electronics Department
      1996–1998
    • Manager of Industrial Engineering Department
      1993–1996

Education

MBA

Finance and Marketing

Tel Aviv University

Bsc

Industrial Engineering

Tel Aviv University

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Avi Sokol
Vice Chair & President
Chief Financial Officer
Chief Technology Officer
Chief Operating Officer

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Skills & Expertise

20 of 20 skills
Business IntelligenceERPProduct ManagementProject ManagementOracleCRMProject PlanningPre-salesProduct MarketingManagementProgram ManagementStrategyStorageIT LeadershipCross-functional Team LeadershipManufacturingEnterprise SoftwareIntegrationMS ProjectData Center