Yaniv Bardayan, CEO, Vulcan
Vulcan CEO Yaniv Bardayan has a special standard for hiring members of his team. “I don’t just hire anyone,” he says. “I look for people who are 20 times smarter, 20 times more talented and 20…
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Yaniv Avidan, Co-founder and CEO of MinerEye
Most young men in Israel devote about three years of their lives to military service. Yaniv Avidan went over and above the call of duty, giving ten years of service…
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Stu Sjouwerman, CEO, KnowBe4
No silver bullets For Stu Sjouwerman, deciding which road to take did not come easy. Whereas other kids had some idea of what they wanted to be when they grew…
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Srinivas Mukkamala, RiskSense CEO
Srinivas Mukkamala, Ph.D., CEO and Co-Founder, RiskSense Srinivas Mukkamala grew up in India, where he attained his undergraduate degree in Computer Sciences and Engineering. His focus of study was artificial…
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Sivan Tehila, CEO and Founder, Onyxia
Cybersecurity performance management pioneer Sivan Tehila wants to make CISOs heroes, not scapegoats. Her company, Onyxia, leverages artificial intelligence to automatically measure risks in a dynamic security landscape and recommend…
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Saryu Nayyar, CEO, Gurucul
Some of the most successful business people pattern themselves after a role model and are helped in life by a mentor. Saryu Nayyar is fortunate to have grown up the…
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Ruvi Kitov, CEO and Co-founder, Tufin
Tufin CEO and Co-founder Ruvi Kitov has dual citizenship for both Israel and the United States. After he completed his required military service in Israel, he moved to the U.S.…
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Ratinder Ahuja, CEO, ShieldX
It was in his birthplace in the mountains of Kashmir where Ratinder Ahuja began his journey to become a cybersecurity entrepreneur. Ahuja, CEO of ShieldX, a U.S.-based firm that specializes…
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Rami Essaid, Distil Networks Co-founder
Distil Networks Co-founder and Chief Product and Strategy Officer Rami Essaid has always had an entrepreneurial spirit. His family immigrated to the United States from Syria when he was in…
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Pravin Madhani, CEO, K2 Cyber Security
Scaling mountains It’s no coincidence that Pravin Madhani’s company K2 was named after the second-highest mountain in the world. “Imagine looking at a mountain from the base,” he says. “You…
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Patrick Morley, CEO, Carbon Black
Carbon Black is headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts, and that’s just where CEO Patrick Morely wants to be. He grew up in New England and has spent his entire career there,…
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Nadir Izrael, CTO and Co-Founder, Armis
Imagine a scenario where the Internet, mobile services and Netflix were all disrupted on a regular basis. How long could that go on before Americans would say to their government,…
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