Comments on: Barry Salzman To Leave YCD Multimedia

By: Paul Smith

Paul Smith — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 19:28:49 +0000

i have worked on and off with barry for 22 years.He is the ultimate proffesional.He is honest, decisive and smart.he is a good listener and a geat leader.i have been a CEO for 11 years and employ 300 people .Our business turns over 450 mil pa and I suggest that my views of Barry are shared by many business leaders in Europe and the US.i would love Barry to run my company

By: Why oh Why...

Why oh Why... — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 00:23:37 +0000

It would appear that there are a good deal of people posting here who know Noam, Barry and Josh well. If this were truly the case, none of the postings would mention all three in the same note. Barry is a seasoned executive with years of experience, a very high level education and his own way of presenting ideas and representing a company. Noam is one of the nicest individuals out there. Noam listens first and acts second. Josh is well, just Josh. He is fortunate to be in the position that he is in and his fate will be determined by either his real abilities or his real faults. YCD as a company was a strong player in 2008 and it is quite sad to see a company with so much potential and so many good people who contributed to its success leave due to “personal” issues with the company. Other posters are correct in that if YCD is to succeed Noam needs to get rid of the problems and re-establish his core staff as a team rather than individuals working under a leader who provided little direction and drove the company off of the radar.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 17:32:43 +0000

Erez Turin, you could’nt have said any it better.
Two thumbs up !!!!

By: Erez Turin - Angle investor

Erez Turin - Angle investor — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 16:11:06 +0000

Hi Adrian,

Barry was as wrong for YCD as he was for Double Click. As a close watcher, he failed to do anything positive for the company, other than a lot of damage.
Noam has been there from the beginning, continued as President, not as Chairman, and now thankfully resumes the seat he should never have been asked to vacate. He is a man of integrity who knows the way YCD needs to continue on, and will get her there safely. I for one – am taking bets on it, just as I rightly did when I claimed Barry is a no no after having sat with him. Josh hopefully is not going anywhere and will continue to do his existing great job. Barry’s ability to talk nice and civil is PC today, and as we see in Obama’s case, people fall for it, but it is never enough to get results. For results you have to work – not just enchant your listeners.

By: A member

A member — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 16:14:23 +0000

I just got a link of this sent to me. I agree with the comments about Noam. Barry did a fine job, we wish him luck. We dont think Josh should be running the show and nor should he look after anything or anyone outside of Bus Dev. His efforts over the next year will then be evaluated.

By: Angel investor

Angel investor — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 12:14:26 +0000

Barry brought some good things to the company in his first year but since then he lost it. Under Noam Levavi’s leadership the company grew 100+% and it declined as soon as Barry arrived – for those who don’t know, Noam is the one that decided with the board to bring a high profile CEO, unfortunately Noam is the only one that can lead this company with his vision, leadership and inspiration. I heard that Josh is very smart and great biz dev guy, but no one can jump from managing 2 people in a small office to manage almost 100 people with 3 international offices. It will take him several years and few more positions, before the shareholders can even evaluate it.

By: YouknowWhoUAre

YouknowWhoUAre — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 20:10:55 +0000

I work for a major telecom company that Barry and Josh presented to. I’m sorry but Barry was the utmost in professional and had a a refined and defined demeanor. I’d like to work with YCD in the future, but not if Josh is in charge.

By: Max Payne

Max Payne — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 18:55:25 +0000

Sounds to me like YCD have some internal cultural issues to sort before their eye can be on the ball !!!!
Either that or the inmates are running the asylum.

By: An Israeli Follower

An Israeli Follower — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 15:20:03 +0000

Well Noam Levavi, it apears to me, you have got quite a few fans, regardless of past actions. So, I say this much: rarely in life people get second chances; you got it, got it big time. Just make sure you saw, see ans learn from the signs, and return this ship to its previous course of success!!!

By: Fellow Employee

Fellow Employee — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 14:53:31 +0000

MJF – we know who you are, *** *** **** ****** ******** ***** ****** goes to show just how true some of the things that were written here are. Noam now has a second chance and we all hope he can make it work, but maybe he should start by getting rid of certain useless staff members and rehiring some of the talented ones that Barry Salzman got rid of despite their contribution to the company (ie C.E.)