Leeor Aharon

Co-Founder & CTO

Anchor

Oct 2019 - Current (6 years 10 months)

Senior Architect

Wix

Feb 2017 - Oct 2019 (2 years 9 months)

Infrastructure Architect/Head of Data

Rakuten Viber

Jan 2015 - Jan 2017 (2 years 1 month)

HEAD OF DATA I am leading the company’s Data group comprised of BI developers, data scientists and analysts. I am driving an internal change to increase data-awareness and data-driven decision making processes, and to better integrate the tools that data can provide us with into the Viber experience to increase user experience and engagement, including fighting spam and fraud. INFRASTRUCTURE ARCHITECT I took over the responsibilities of Viber’s multi-platform infrastructure powering the messaging service’s backend and mobile clients. I was a part of the two-man team that implemented Viber’s end-to-end encryption and also functioned as a security expert.

CTO & Co-founder

CloudShare

Jun 2014 - Dec 2014 (7 months)

AlgoSharing was a service that aimed to make the fruits of academia more accessible to the industry by creating a marketplace for algorithms researched and developed by academics. The service allowed academics to upload algorithms implemented in practically any programming language and collaborate on them in the cloud. It provided anyone with the ability to test and tweak the algorithm to find the optimal solution for his or her needs. I was the sole developer and built the whole platform from scratch: a RESTful backend (golang) and a single-page frontend (bootstrap and angular-js). It used a multi-cloud, micro-services, architecture, and supported continuous deployment, and configuration management.

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CTO

Funtomic

Mar 2013 - May 2014 (1 year 3 months)

I founded the Business Intelligence unit and started a data-centric initiative aimed at changing the way the organisation was working by implementing methodologies for measuring, testing, tracking, researching, and analysing our activities. I designed and managed the company’s data architecture, which included real-time analytics, remote app configuration, A/B testing, push services, monitoring, and reporting.

Networking Team Leader/Director of Technology

CloudShare

Nov 2007 - Feb 2013 (5 years 4 months)

DIRECTOR OF TECHNOLOGY Was responsible for researching and introducing new technologies to improve the CloudShare service, examples range from configuration management to light VPN running within a browser, through a desktop client and an API for the CloudShare platform. Performed competitive research of other cloud service providers, analysing both technical and business aspects. NETWORKING & REMOTE ACCESS TEAM LEADER Designed and implemented a unique network stack able to dynamically provide connectivity to multiple machines identical to the MAC level and support advanced networking concepts such as bridges, sniffers, and an automatically managed fixed DNS system for easy access to machines with temporary addresses. Developed unique

System Architect & Networking Team Leader

RaytheonWebsense

Jan 2006 - Oct 2007 (1 year 10 months)

Led the architectural design of the next generation ILP product, including its client/server architecture with a centralised configuration management system. Implemented various infrastructure that, among many things, enabled the introduction of the industry-first blocking ILP solution for HTTP or any other TCP based protocol. Managed a team of three developers responsible for the Websense CPS Protector – a network appliance able to detect and block data leakage incidents over multiple networking protocols (web, email, messaging, and more).

Software Engineer/Team Leader/Security Leader

Check Point Software

Oct 1998 - Jan 2006 (7 years 4 months)

SECURITY TECHNICAL LEADER Was the organisation’s focal point for all security matters, performed internal code & product audits, planned & gave internal secure coding courses which included hands-on hacking & shellcode development. Centralised the internal code security status and work plan across R&D and QA. SOFTWARE DEVELOPER & WEB SECURITY TEAM LEADER Started out as a developer in the firewall group, developing and maintaining Check Point’s Security Servers. Became Check Point’s leading HTTP expert and was tasked with rebuilding Firewall-1’s HTTP security module from the ground-up as a kernel-based web-security module. Hired a new team of four developers, did market research and competitive analysis and created a market-leading, p

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