Leading the Way to Secure Cloud Infrastructure

Shai has more than 20 years of product management, technology leadership and senior executive experience. Before Ermetic, Shai served as the co-founder and CEO of Secdo, a cyber security company, where he led the company from its inception to a successful acquisition by Palo Alto Networks (NSDQ:PANW) for $100M in only three years. Before Secdo, Shai served as the CEO of Integrity-Project, a company specialized in connectivity, networking and security solutions. He led them to significant growth and an acquisition by Mellanox (NSDQ:MLNX). Shai also served for 10 years as an officer in the IDF Intelligence Corps Unit 8200, where he held a variety of roles in management and product development, and won several national awards for excellence. Shai is a graduate of the Talpiot program and earned an MBA from Tel Aviv University.

Arick is a tenured business leader with two decades of experience in strategy, technology, research, and leadership in government and the private sector. Prior to founding Ermetic, Arick was a co-founder of Sygnia Consulting, a cyber consulting and incident response firm which was acquired by Temasek Holdings for $250M. Before Sygnia, Arick worked at McKinsey & Company in London, where he focused on strategy and operations. He served for 15 years in the IDF Intelligence Corps Unit 8200, where he held senior leadership positions from research to leading hundreds of cyber R&D experts. He received several awards for his unique contributions to national security. Arick earned a BSc in exact sciences (Talpiot program, cum laude), an MSc in mathematics from Hebrew University, and an MBA (cum laude) from INSEAD.

Sivan has more than a decade of experience in product management and as a technology leader. Sivan worked as a software developer at Microsoft before leaving to become the first employee at Aorato, an innovative cyber security company that was later acquired by Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) for $200M in 2014. At Aorato, Sivan led the development of the product, research and data science capabilities through the acquisition and scale-up within Microsoft. Sivan earned a BSc in biotechnology, a BA in economics, a BSc in computer science, and an MBA from Tel Aviv University.

Michael has more than 20 years of experience leading research and development teams. Before Ermetic, Michael co-founded and served as VP R&D at Aorato, an innovative cyber security company. Following Aorato’s successful acquisition by Microsoft (NSDQ:MSFT) for $200M in 2014, Michael went on to lead the Aorato group within Microsoft, scaling up the Microsoft-ATA/Azure-ATP product to support more than 10,000 enterprise customers worldwide. During his military service with the IDF Cybersecurity Unit (Matzov), Michael led one of the most strategic projects in secure communication and encryption. Michael holds a BSc with distinction in computer science.

Avi has more than fifteen years of experience in financial and operations management and information systems. Prior to joining Ermetic, he worked for eight years as the EVP of Finance and Information Systems at Similarweb (NYSE: SMWB), from almost the beginning through a successful IPO in 2021. Earlier in his career, Avi worked at Ernst & Young LLP and at Kenshoo (Israel and the UK). Avi is a Certified Public Accountant and earned a B.S. in Accounting and Economics from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem and an M.A. in Business Management from the College of Management Academic Studies.

Amy is a seasoned marketing professional with vast high tech experience including senior management positions at successful international companies. She has helped dozens of startups with their marketing strategy and execution, enabling early-stage companies to launch their products in the international market and achieve successful investments and exits. Most recently, Amy served as CMO at Meta Networks (acquired by Proofpoint) and CEO of a successful startup consulting agency where she worked with cyber security companies including Secdo (acquired by Palo Alto Networks),Tufin, Skyfence (acquired by Imperva), Biocatch and others. Amy earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from Columbia University in New York.

Liat has more than 15 years of experience as a human resources executive. She joins Ermetic from multi-billion dollar security vendor SentinelOne where she ran the HR function from the company’s Series B funding round all the way to its IPO and a headcount of 1200 employees. Previously she served as HR Business Partner for the innovation business unit of global software and services provider Amdocs, responsible for people management for several start-up technology companies. She also served in human resources roles with Ernst & Young. Liat earned her BA and MA (Labor Studies) from Tel Aviv University.

Rick has more than 20 years of experience generating prolific revenue, leading sales teams, and developing strategic partnerships primarily around selling cloud / SaaS technology solutions globally. He is skilled at scaling sales teams, creating go-to-market strategies, and stewarding company-changing earnings. Before joining Ermetic, Rick held sales leadership positions with companies including Corelight, Carbon Black / Bit 9, and F5 Networks.

Eduard has over 20 years of experience growing regional business in EMEA for security vendors. He joins Ermetic from multicloud security vendor Fortanix where he was Vice President of Sales EMEA. Previously, he was Executive Vice President of Sales at German cloud-based DDoS protection vendor Link11. He also served as VP of EMEA Sales at data protection company Bitglass and VP of EMEA Sales at leading SASE vendor Netskope. Before that, he held senior sales roles at Imperva and Aerohive Networks.

Elad has years of experience leading Customer Success, Sales and Pre-Sales at various startup companies. He excels in building strong customer relationships, exceeding sales targets, and driving customer satisfaction.
Before joining Ermetic, he worked at Applitools (an AI-powered visual testing & monitoring platform), and at BlazeMeter (acquired by CA Technologies).
Elad earned a BSc in Computer Science from Ben Gurion University of the Negev.