# Udy Kashkash

> Udy Kashkash is the Israeli President and CEO of RAD Data Communications, appointed in April 2021 after leading its North American operations and global customer-facing group. His earlier career includes engineering and commercial roles at Seabridge, Nokia Siemens Networks and Ceragon Networks. His public interviews emphasize practical network migration, industrial IoT and reliable delivery.

- **Role:** President & CEO at RAD Data Communications
- **Organizations:** RAD Data Communications, Ceragon Networks, Nokia Siemens Networks, Seabridge Ltd.
- **Nationality:** Israeli
- **Education:** Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Open University of Israel, Executive MBA studies, Tel Aviv University, Coller School of Management
- **Known for:** Promoted to lead RAD in April 2021 after five years at the company., Accepted RAD’s Outstanding Exporter Award for 2025 in the high-tech category alongside board member Nava Zisapel.

## Career timeline

- **Before 2016** — Held senior R&D positions at Seabridge and Nokia Siemens Networks, mobile-backhaul sales and business-development responsibilities at Nokia Siemens Networks, and a vice president of sales role at Ceragon Networks.
- **2016** — Joined RAD as Head of North American Operations.
- **2019** — Publicly identified as Vice President, Global Customer Facing Group, discussing a Southeast Asian operator’s vCPE deployment.
- **2021** — Appointed RAD President and CEO in April, succeeding Dror Bin.
- **2023-2025** — Lists executive MBA studies at Tel Aviv University on LinkedIn.

## Achievements

- Promoted to lead RAD in April 2021 after five years at the company.
- Accepted RAD’s Outstanding Exporter Award for 2025 in the high-tech category alongside board member Nava Zisapel.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — RAD announced a Mplify Carrier Ethernet Technology award for its ETX-2i line and a Distinguished Fellow award for CTO Ron Insler; these are company and colleague achievements, not personal awards to Kashkash.
- **2026-03** — RAD announced a quantum-safe encryption collaboration with Arqit.
- **2026-02** — RAD introduced the ETX-2i-400G platform for data center interconnect and enterprise connectivity.
- **2024-11** — Kashkash commented on the extension of the RAD/Kenton Group partnership serving London fibre provider Vorboss.

## Links

- Website: https://www.rad.com/rad-leadership/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/udy-kashkash-3617395

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Last updated: 2026-10-07