Alon Cohen

Alon Cohen ((Hebrew: אלון כהן); born in Israel, 1962) is the co-founder of VocalTec Inc.[1] (1989) and the co-inventor of the Audio Transceiver (U.S. patent 5,825,771)[2] that enabled the creation of Voice Over Networks products and eventually the VoIP industry.

Alon Cohen received an MBA and a BSC.EE from Tel Aviv University, both magna cum laude.

[3] He is also the inventor of the Audio Transceiver (U.S. Patent 5,825,771) that enabled the creation of Voice Over Networks products and eventually the VoIP industry.

After leaving VocalTec, Cohen founded and managed a series of business ventures, including BitWine and RemoteAbility.

Cohen represented the State of Israel in the United Nations negotiations of the ITU Study Group 16 for the development and ratification of global VoIP standards.