Alon Cohen

Alon Cohen (; born in Israel, 1962) is the co-founder of VocalTec Inc. and the co-inventor of the Audio Transceiver that enabled the creation of Voice Over Networks products and eventually the VoIP industry. Cohen holds four US patents on different communications technologies. He is currently Executive VP and CTO at Phone.com.

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

Cohen resides in Tenafly, New Jersey with his wife. Business career

In 1989, Cohen and Lior Haramaty founded VocalTec Communications Inc. in Herzliya, Israel. The tech company is the pioneer of the VoIP industry. They released the first internet phone in February 1995. and in 1996 was one of the earliest Internet IPOs (NASDAQ: vocl).

After leaving VocalTec, Cohen founded and managed a series of business ventures, including BitWine and RemoteAbility. He currently serves as Executive Vice President and CTO at Phone.com. Cohen was also named, by "The Marker", the leading Israeli business newspaper, as one of the "100 Most Influential Israelis" in Israel's High Technology history in September 2005.

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.

Cohen holds five US patents on different communications technologies, and co-authored more as part of VocalTec.