Ofer Bengal

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Born| 1952

Tel-Aviv, Israel

Nationality| Israeli
Citizenship| Israel
Alma mater| Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
Occupation|

* Entrepreneur
* Inventor

Years active| 1983-present
Known for|

* Founding Redis Labs
* RiT Technologies

Spouse(s)| Oshrat Kotler
Website| redislabs.com/team/ofer-bengal/

Ofer Bengal (Hebrew: עופר בנגל) is an Israeli serial-entrepreneur and multi-disciplinary inventor based in Israel and California.[1]

He is better known for co-founding Redis Labs and RiT Technologies. He is the CEO of Redis Labs, a software company based in Mountain View, California.[2][3][4]

## Contents

* 1 Early life and education
* 2 Career
* 3 Patents
* 3.1 Toys
* 3.2 Data Communications
* 3.3 Mobile Internet
* 3.4 Database management systems
* 4 Personal life
* 5 References
* 6 External links

## Early life and education[edit]

Bengal was born and raised in Tel-Aviv, Israel. He graduated from Technion - Israel Institute of Technology with a Bachelor of Science (cum laude) in aerospace engineering. Later, he joined the Israeli Air Force, where he was engaged with design and development of military aircraft modifications and installations, responsible for embedding weapon systems in the IAI Kfir, McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II, Douglas A-4 Skyhawk, McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle and General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon combat aircraft.

## Career[edit]

In 1983, he founded Tiltan Aero Projects, an aerospace consulting firm and was engaged with designing the weapon carriage system of the IAI Lavi. In the late 1980s he was granted several US patents on Toy ideas. His Toy construction apparatus and Labyrinth puzzle game were sold to toy companies such as Coleco, Milton Bradley Company and Tomy.

In 1989, he co-founded RiT Technologies along with Zohar Zisapel, a provider of data communications network management systems, which he took public at NASDAQ in 1997. He invented several patents in the area of Data Communications, Electrical connector and Connectivity Scanner, which served as the basis for the technology of RiT Technologies.

In 2000, Bengal founded Mobile Economy Ltd, a provider of mobile internet technologies, which was sold to SchlumbergerSema in 2003. He invented several patents in the area of mobile Internet, System and method for internet communications and System and method for wireless advertising, which served as the basis for the company’s technology.

In 2011, Bengal founded Redis Labs under the name Garantia Data and became the CEO of the company. [5][6]

## Patents[edit]

### Toys[edit]

* Toy construction apparatus - US 4,822,315[7]
* Jigsaw puzzle in the form of labyrinth - IT8847841D0[8]
* Variable path labyrinth puzzle - IT1219525B[9]
* Labyrinth-puzzlespiel - DE3714380A1[10]

### Data Communications[edit]

* Electrical Connector - US 5,195,902[11]
* Hermaphroditic Self-shorting Electrical Connector - US 5,052,940[12]
* Electrical connector - EU 0 456 396 A2[13]
* Connectivity Scanner - US 5,854,824[14]

### Mobile Internet[edit]

* System and method for internet communications - WO 02/25397 A2[15]
* System and method for wireless advertising - WO 01/37595 A1[16]

### Database management systems[edit]

* System, methods, and media for providing in-memory non-relational databases - US US8972488B2[17]
* Systems, methods, and media for managing an in-memory nosql database - US US20160371268A1[18]
* Systems, methods, and media for managing ram resources for in-memory nosql databases - US 2015/0120787 A1[19]
* Systems, methods, and media for presenting metric data - US 2016/0134486A1[20]
* System, Methods, and Media for Compressing Non-Relational Database Objects - US 2018 / 0157732 A1[21]
* Systems, methods, and media for managing an in-memory NoSQL database - US 10,635,649 B2[22]
* Systems, methods, and media for managing RAM resources for in-memory NoSQL databases - US 8,954.478 B2[23]

## Personal life[edit]

Ofer was married to Oshrat Kotler, an Israeli journalist, television news presenter and is a father of 2 daughters and a son.

## References[edit]

1. ↑ "Toy construction apparatus". USPTO.report. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
2. ↑ K, Balakumar. "Redis Labs to set up development centre in India". TechRadar. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
3. ↑ Zerachovitz, Omri (25 August 2020). "Database co Redis Labs raises $100m at over $1b valuation". Globes. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
4. ↑ Schubarth, Cromwell. "Valley's newest unicorn Redis Labs says $100M round will help rebuild workforce". www.bizjournals.com. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
5. ↑ Ravet, Hagar (25 August 2020). "Redis Labs completes $100 million funding round making it Israel's newest Unicorn". CTECH - www.calcalistech.com. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
6. ↑ Williams, Alex. "Database Provider Garantia Data Makes Another Name Change, This Time To Redis Labs". TechCrunch. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
7. ↑ "Toy construction apparatus". USPTO.report. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
8. ↑ "Jigsaw puzzle in the form of labyrinth". patents.google.com. 13 April 1988. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
9. ↑ "Variable path labyrinth puzzle". patents.google.com. 13 April 1988. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
10. ↑ "Labyrinth-puzzlespiel". patents.google.com. 30 April 1987. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
11. ↑ "US-5195902-A - Electrical Connector". portal.unifiedpatents.com. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
12. ↑ "US-5052940-A - Hermaphroditic Self-shorting Electrical Connector". portal.unifiedpatents.com. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
13. ↑ "EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION -Electrical connector" (PDF). Retrieved 19 January 2021.
14. ↑ "US-5854824-A - Connectivity Scanner". portal.unifiedpatents.com. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
15. ↑ "System and method for internet communications". patents.google.com. 4 September 2001. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
16. ↑ "System and method for wireless advertising". patents.google.com. 30 October 2000. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
17. ↑ "System, methods, and media for providing in-memory non-relational databases". patents.google.com. 28 September 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
18. ↑ "Systems, methods, and media for managing an in-memory nosql database". patents.google.com. 2 September 2016. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
19. ↑ "Systems, methods, and media for managing ram resources for in-memory nosql databases". patents.google.com. 6 January 2015. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
20. ↑ "Systems, methods, and media for presenting metric data". patents.google.com. 7 November 2014. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
21. ↑ "System, Methods, and Media for Compressing Non-Relational Database Objects". patents.google.com. 6 July 2017. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
22. ↑ "Systems, methods, and media for managing an in-memory NoSQL database". patents.google.com. 24 May 2018. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
23. ↑ "Systems, methods, and media for managing RAM resources for in-memory NoSQL databases". patents.google.com. 28 March 2013. Retrieved 19 January 2021.

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