fundamentally altering the cybersecurity landscape

RONEN YEHOSHUA

CEO & BOARD MEMBER

Ronen Yehoshua, co-founder and CEO of Morphisec, has over 20 year of technology management and venture capital experience. Prior to Morphisec, Ronen was a partner at Cedar Fund, an international venture capital firm with over $325M under management. In this strategic, hands-on role, he led investments and resided on the boards of several companies in seed and growth stage. Before that, Ronen held key leadership positions in managing, investing, and collaborating with start-up companies and cutting-edge innovations in software and telecom, such as business and technology consultant to the Hutchison Whampoa group, Investment Director at Partner FutureCom, Director of Business Development and Project Manager at ECI Telecom.

OMRI DOTAN

CHIEF BUSINESS OFFICER

As Chief Business Officer, Omri oversees Morphisec’s go-to-market strategy and business development. A pragmatic visionary, Omri brings over 25 years of leadership in global hi-tech operations to Morphisec. Most recently, he served as CEO of Triple+, a marketer of products and services within the IoT arena. Prior to Triple+, he held various executive roles at Verdasys (now known as Digital Guardian), a startup in the data leak prevention and cyber security space. Before Verdasys, Omri assumed the management and engineered the turnaround of the nearly bankrupt Impress Software. Omri also spent 12 years in multiple executive roles at Tecnomatix Technologies (acquired by Siemens). Omri graduated cum laude in engineering from Tel Aviv University after serving as a pilot in the IDF for 7 years.

Eric Dougherty

Chief Revenue Officer

As chief revenue officer, Eric Dougherty leads all customer acquisition, expansion and retention efforts for the company.  Dougherty has extensive experience working with growth companies in the infrastructure, data-protection, and cybersecurity markets.  Most recently, he served as VP of Americas Sales for EnterpriseDB.  Previously, as SVP of worldwide sales for Unitrends, Dougherty built the sales/channel strategy and organization that led to the company growing in excess of 400% and hitting a $100M run rate in less than 4 years. 

Dougherty has also held executive and senior leadership positions at Rapid7 , Acronis, Stratus Technologies, Softricity Inc. (acquired by Microsoft) and Axis Communications, among others.  He is a graduate of the University of Rhode Island and resides with his family in Westford, Massachusetts.

ARTHUR BRAUNSTEIN

VP US SALES

Arthur Braunstein is Morphisec’s Vice President of US Sales. Arthur has more than 25 years of executive management and sales leadership experience, including over 10 years in the data and cyber security industry. Before joining Morphisec, he was Vice President at Big Belly, leading their industry sector expansion. Prior to Big Belly, he served as VP Strategic Accounts at CloudLock, a cloud cybersecurity company, where he focused on large enterprise customers. Prior to that, Arthur built the major accounts strategy and portfolio for Verdasys (now known as Digital Guardian). Previously, he held executive level roles at Escort Inc., ArchiText, Polaroid and AT&T.

MICHAEL GORELIK

CTO

Morphisec's CTO, Michael Gorelik, has more than 13 years of hands-on experience leading diverse cybersecurity software development projects and experience in the software industry in general. Prior to Morphisec, Michael was the VP R&D at MotionLogic GmbH and before that served in senior leadership positions at Deutsche Telekom Labs. Michael holds Bsc and Msc degrees from the Computer Science department at Ben-Gurion University, focusing on low level synchronization in different OS architectures. He also jointly holds six patents in the IT space.

NETTA SCHMEIDLER

VP PRODUCT

Netta Schmeidler, VP Product at Morphisec, has more than 25 years of experience delivering complex enterprise applications and managing global development groups and product teams. Her broad expertise includes all aspects of defining, building and successfully bringing solutions to market. Prior to Morphisec, Netta held senior product management and engineering roles at VMware (Digital Fuel), BMC, Identify Software, and Mercury. She received an MBA from Tel Aviv University, and a BSc in Computer Science from Hebrew University.

NIR YAAKOV

CFO

Nir Yaakov, Morphisec’s Vice President of Finance, has over 12 years of experience in senior financial roles, and more than a decade within the high tech industry. He specializes in creating efficient financial management strategies, developing partnerships and driving growth in early to late-stage startups. Prior to Morphisec, Nir held senior financial roles at Intigua, a company providing software configuration management tools. Before Intigua, he served as Controller with Cedar Fund, an international venture capital firm with over $325M under management. Prior to Cedar Fund, Nir held various senior financial management as well as academic positions including Corporate Controller at IXI Mobile ("IXMO"), lecturer at Hebrew University and Senior Auditor with KPMG. Nir holds an MBA as well as a BA (cum laude) in Accounting and Economics from Hebrew University. He is a licensed CPA in Israel and completed the US Tax Study Program at Boston University.

MORDECHAI GURI, Ph.D.

CHIEF SCIENCE OFFICER

Mordechai Guri, Ph.D., Morphisec’s Chief Science Officer, has more than 20 years of practical research experience. He is Head of R&D at the Ben Gurion Cyber Security Research Center and was awarded the prestigious IBM PhD International Fellowship (2015-2016). Guri manages academic research in various aspects of cybersecurity to the commercial and governmental sectors. Guri has led a number of breakthrough research projects in cybersecurity, focusing primarily on state-of-the-art challenges in the field of cyberattack and cyber defense. Mordechai examines current paradigms and develops new methods for improved mitigation of security problems in the modern cyber environment. His research topics include OS security, advanced malware, Moving Target Defense (MTD), mobile security and embedded systems. Guri earned his Bsc and Msc, summa cum laude, from the computer science department at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and holds a Ph.D. from Ben Gurion University.

Michal Gilboa

VP Human Resources

Michal Gilboa, Morphisec's Vice President of Human Resources, has more than 20 years of HR leadership experience and has held a variety of HR leadership roles at both public and private technology, retail and academic organizations. Prior to Morphisec, Michal worked at several global companies including Comverse and Amdocs. She holds an MA from Tel Aviv University in Labor studies, as well as a director's diploma from TAU's School of Management.

Andrew Homer

VP of Marketing and Business Development

Andrew Homer is Morphisec's Vice President of Marketing and Business Development, leading all marketing and strategic business partner initiatives for the company. Prior to joining Morphisec, Homer was Director of Business Development and Technology Alliances at RSA, where he led the company’s technology ecosystem, strategic alliances and embedded OEM partnerships. Over the past two decades, Homer has gained a wealth of both corporate and high-growth experience, having held business development positions at Dell, EMC and VMware. Andrew attended the University of Massachusetts, Amherst for his undergraduate degree and obtained his MBA from Babson College.