Opher Etzion

Dr. Opher Etzion is a scholar, author, and innovator. A professor of Information Systems and Head of the Technological Empowerment Institute at Yezreel Valley College Israel, Opher has served in various prominent roles in almost two decades at IBM, most recently as Chief Scientist of Event Processing at the IBM Haifa Research Lab

A former Lead Architect of Event Processing Technology in IBM Websphere, Opher led pioneering projects that shaped the field of event processing in their research division. Opher is also the founding chair of the Event Processing Technical Society (EPTS) and an adjunct professor at the Technion Israel Institute of Technology, where he was the founding head of the Information Systems Engineering department.

He has authored many papers and is also the co-author with Peter Niblett of the book Event Processing in Action. Opher has also won several prestigious awards over the years including the Israel Air Force Award for Introduction of New Technologies, the IBM Outstanding Innovation Award, and the IBM Corporate Award for groundbreaking work on event processing.