Leadership abilities, excellent inter-personal skills, ability to manage large IT systems, proven negotiation skills, strategic planning, leadership of cross-organizational mega-projects, initiative, service-oriented thinking, business and marketing oriented thinking, broad organizational view, excellent skills of expression, ability to motivate employees, planning ahead and long term vision, efficient performance under pressure, ability to guide and assimilate new projects and applications on a wide scale.“Receiving the Honorary Award of the Israeli High-Tech Community for 2024”CIO OF THE YEAR 2011 Under Eckerling's leadership, 2011 was a year of making progress in our technologies. He made commitments to cost savings, increasing business, and contributing to the community. Mr. Eckerling brought the custom of "the paperless office" to Eliahu, in order to improve business through environmental orientation. He founded a knowledge-based portal and an organizational portal for brokers. Every business process in the company involves IT. Mr. Eckerling appointed a compliance officer, and led to innovation without increasing expenses. He works at an impressive scope and depth with outsourcing resources. He is noteworthy precisely for those ongoing achievements that continue year after year. Mr. Eckerling manages the IT department with great acumen, and has achieved operational efficiency while helping the community and protecting the environment. He has created a situation of business leadership in addition to technological leadership.CIO of the Year 2008, “Efraim Eckerling serves as CIO of Eliahu Insurance Company for the past 25 years, which makes him one of the veterans in the industry. In his work, Mr. Eckerling combines professional proficiency in technology, along with knowledge of the business core of the organization. Mr. Eckerling is professional and meticulous CIO, which represents faithfully the organization that employs him. He can set an example to the younger generation of CIOs".Award for Creating Thinking IDF 1979.