Alon Cohen

Alon Cohen was born in 1962

Alon Cohen was born in Israel in 1962. He studied at Tel Aviv University, where he earned a degree in electrical engineering and an MBA, both with honors.

He served in the Israel Defense Forces in its telecommunications wing.

With Lior Haramaty, Cohen founded VocalTec in Herzliya. The company released the first internet phone in February 1995 and went public on NASDAQ in 1996. Cohen co-invented the Audio Transceiver, which made Voice over Networks products possible and led to the VoIP industry.

After VocalTec, he founded and ran ventures such as BitWine and RemoteAbility. He became Executive Vice President and CTO at Phone.com. He represented Israel in ITU Study Group 16 talks on global VoIP standards and has served as an expert witness in VoIP patent cases.

Cohen lives in New Jersey with his wife.