Background
Cohen, David was born on May 20, 1946 in Tirgu-Mures, Transylvania, Romania. Son of Emil and Eva Kohn.
Cohen, David was born on May 20, 1946 in Tirgu-Mures, Transylvania, Romania. Son of Emil and Eva Kohn.
Bachelor of Science, Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel, 1968. Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, Technion, IIT, Haifa, Israel, 1973. Master of Science in Computer Information Science, Ohio State University, Columbus, 1974.
Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Information Science, Ohio State University, Columbus, 1977.
Electrical engineer (active duty) Israeli Navy, Haifa, 1968—1972. Director electronics department Ort Vocational School Systems, 1972—1973. Supervisor American Telephone & Telegraph Company Bell Laboratories, Holmdel, New Jersey, 1977—1984.
General manager Teknekron InfoSwitch, Richardson, Texas, 1984—1987. President IEX Inc., Plano, 1987—1988, Sente Inc., Dallas, since 1988. Consultant BellSouth, Atlanta, 1988—1992, Motorola, Iridium program, Phoenix, 1992—1999.
Coordinator, Teach the Teacher Grambling (Louisiana) State University, 1979—1984. President advisory board Computer Information Science department, Ohio State University, 1985—2002. Advisor, College Engineering Ohio State University, 1996—2002.
Captain Israeli Navy, 1968-1972, Haifa.
Member of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Association Computing Machinery (professional member 1977—2002), Epsilon Pi Epsilon (honorary).
Married Shifra Judith Schneider, June 8, 1971. Children: Ariye, Michael.