Cybereason Company Overview

Lior Div, CEO and Co-Founder of Cybereason, is an expert in the fields of hacking operations, forensics, reverse engineering, malware analysis, cryptography & evasion. Previously, Lior served in unit 8200 of the Israeli Intelligence Corps as a commander of a cyber security team, where he received a medal of honor for his excellent achievements. Prior to co-founding Cybereason, Lior founded a cyber security services company that provided services to Israeli government agencies.

Yossi Naar, CVO and Co-Founder of Cybereson, is an accomplished product leader. During his 15 years of industry experience, Yossi designed many products, from cutting edge security platforms for the defense industry to big data platforms for the AdTech / Digital marketing industry as well as the Cybereason in-memory graph engine.

Yonatan Striem-Amit, CTO and Co-Founder of Cybereason, is a machine learning, big data analytics and visualization technology expert, with over a decade of experience applying analytics to security in the Israeli Defense Forces and Israeli Governmental Agencies. Prior to founding Cybereason, Mr. Striem-Amit headed the development for Watchdox, a leading DRM and SaaS security startup.

Shai Horovitz, CRO, leads Cybereason’s global sales team; including sales engineering and sales operations. From 2016 until present, Horovitz was the CEO of Cybereason Japan, a joint venture launched with SoftBank in 2016. Shai’s proven track record as CEO of Cybereason Japan and his knowledge of our company, customers and products is vitally important. Previously, Shai served in various leadership positions in the premier Special Operations Unit of the Israel Defense Forces.

Emmy Linder, VP Strategy and Growth, has 10 years of senior management experience, including 5 years in operating product and project management roles in technology companies. Prior to joining Cybereason, she worked for The Boston Consulting Group, where she focused on operational excellence and organizational design programs. Emmy began her career in the Israeli Defense Forces­ Unit 8200 where she commanded a 24/7 intelligence team.

Bhanu Sareddy, Cybereason’s former Senior Vice President of Customer Success, has a track record of defining the customer journey and delivering value. With experience at Tufin, Fuze, Aveksa (RSA), and Netegrity (CA), he has managed professional services, customer success, and support teams delivering enterprise-grade solutions. During his time with Cybereason, Sareddy has established himself as a results-driven leader increasing revenue, creating long-term relationships and building trust with all customers.

Sam Curry, CPO, is an IT security visionary with over 20 years of IT security industry experience. Sam served as Chief Technology and Security Officer at Arbor Networks, where he was responsible for the development and implementation of Arbor’s technology, security and innovation roadmap. Previously, he spent more than seven years at RSA (the Security Division of EMC) in a variety of senior management positions, including Chief Strategy Officer and Chief Technologist and Senior Vice President of Product Management and Product Marketing. Sam has also held senior roles at Microstrategy, Computer Associates, and McAfee.

Ghazal Asif, Senior Vice President of Worldwide Channels has a formidable track record of building indirect go-to-market channels for fast growth high tech startups. Using a proven and repeatable playbook, and creating value for partners and customers, Ghazal previously built Meraki’s Global Channels from $100M to $500M and AppDynamics Channel sales from $20M to $150M. 

Ziv Oren, General Manager, Tel Aviv, is a strategic technology executive with more than 20 years of experience building and leading high-performing technology organizations, specializing in technological, operational and organizational turnarounds. Ziv has a background in managing operations, IT infrastructures, information system development, dev-ops, BI, QA, professional-services, support and PMO activities. He has a strong business orientation with B2B, M&A and regulation experience in both public and privately held companies. Previously, Ziv was the founder and CEO of Budgetao, a SaaS-based budgeting platform.

Russ has more than 20 years of industry experience, most recently at Intellectual Ventures where he worked for more than eight years as Executive Vice President, Corporate Development & Investments and Chief Financial Officer. Previously, he spent 15 years at Merrill Lynch in a variety of roles, including CEO of Merrill Lynch Bank, Managing Director, Head of Global Corporate Finance (Investment Banking Division) and Global Treasurer. Russ holds numerous patents and patent applications ranging from new types of financial securities and financial algorithms, to fruit ripening methods and payment fraud detection & fraud prevention.

Roi Carmel, Chief Product Officer, brings over 15 years of product management experience to his role. Roi's strength lies in creating a winning product strategy and driving that strategy through product messaging and sales enablement. He has held leadership roles at Perfecto Mobile and Hewlett-Packard. 

Israel Barak, CISO, is a cyber defense and warfare expert, with his extensive background established at the Israeli Defense Forces and the Government of Israel. As Cybereason’s CISO, Israel is at the forefront of the company’s security innovation, as well as research and analysis of current and evolving advanced threats. Israel founded and headed the Israeli Defense Forces red team unit, as well as established and operated various cyber warfare teams. As part of his various roles, Israel developed cyber warfare infrastructure and proprietary technologies, including leading development of proprietary cryptographic solutions, research and analysis of security vulnerabilities, information security products and technologies, and managed enterprise-wide large scale development and implementation projects of cyber technologies. Israel spent years training, guiding and professionally mentoring new personnel, providing in-depth cyber expertise as it relates to cyber warfare, cyber security, and threat actor’s tactics and procedures. Israel is a regular speaker at leading cyber security industry conferences and events.

Ilan Dray, VP of Creative, has over 25 years of experience in advertising and interactive multimedia/digital product design. As the co-founder of Inkod, the leading UX/UI Studio in Israel and one of the top 100 digital agencies worldwide, Ilan has extensive experience in B2B digital product design, particularly cybersecurity. Ilan is also co-founder and adviser at Today Ventures, a Tel-Aviv based Accelerator.

Vered Gomma, Vice President of Technical Operations, has a clear track record managing large-scale technical operations and production groups in the online and software industries. With experience at Kenshoo, Kaltura and 888 Holdings, Vered has managed IT infrastructure teams, DevOPS teams, support teams, professional services, NOC teams, and customer success. 

Patrick Shea, VP of Demand Generation, has 10+ years of experience driving demand and growth across multiple channels and managing high-performance teams. Prior to Cybereason, Patrick ran marketing for HubSpot’s partner programs, accounting for 40% of the company’s annual revenue, and helped successfully bring the company to market across a wide range of industries.

Shlomi Avivi, VP of Information Security, has 15+ years experience building and managing security organizations at high-risk, regulated tech companies. He comes to Cybereason with a diverse experience and deep understanding in the various aspects of security and compliance, both technical and non-technical.