Yuval Ben-Itzhak
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Yuval Ben-Itzhak | |
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 Keynote at the 2014 Mobile World Congress | |
| Born | Israel |
| Alma mater | Ben-Gurion University, B.Sc Information systems, Management & Industrial Engineering (Cum Laude) |
| Occupation | Chief Executive Officer at Socialbakers |
Yuval Ben-Itzhak is an executive and entrepreneur. He received a number of honors and public recognition for his work as a Chief Technology Officer throughout his career. Ben-Itzhak has been selected as the 25 most influencing CTO by InfoWorld, 40 Innovative IT People To Watch by Computerworld, and 2017 Chief Technology Officer of the Year by . He was the Chief Technology Officer at AVG and was part of the leadership team that took AVG through its initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange in 2012.[1] He was the Chief Technology Officer at Outbrain until 2017,[2] and led the acquisition of Socialbakers by Astute in 2020[3] as the Chief Executive Officer.[4] Yuval is the inventor of 25 US Patents.
Career[]
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- 2017–2020: Chief Executive Officer, Socialbakers[5]
- 2015–2017: Chief Technology Officer, Outbrain[6]
- 2009–2015: Chief Technology Officer, AVG Technologies (NYSE: AVG)[7]
- 2005–2009: Chief Technology Officer, Finjan Inc.[8]
- 2000–2004: Chief Technology Officer, Founder, KaVaDo Inc.[9]
- 1998–2000: Chief Technology Officer, Ness Technologies (Nasdaq: NSTC)[citation needed]
- 1994–1996: Software development & management, Intel Corp. (Nasdaq: INTC)[citation needed]
- 1988–1992: Intelligence services, IDF[citation needed]
Awards[]
- 2017 – Chief Technology Officer of the Year by [10]
- 2007 – 40 Innovative IT People To Watch by Computerworld[11]
- 2004 – Top 25 Most Influential CTOs by InfoWorld[12]
Patents[]
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- US 10,417,270 – Systems and methods for extraction of policy information
- US 9,813,873 – Mobile device tracking prevention method and system
- US 9,800,553 – Splitting an SSL connection between gateways
- US 9,798,802 – Systems and methods for extraction of policy information
- US 9,697,009 – Method for improving the performance of computers
- US 9,525,680 – Splitting an SSL connection between gateways
- US 9,514,477 – Systems and methods for providing user-specific content on an electronic device
- US 9,424,422 – Detection of rogue software applications
- US 9,294,493 – Computer security method and system with input parameter validation
- US 9,288,226 – Detection of rogue software applications
- US 9,280,391 – Systems and methods for improving performance of computer systems
- US 9,110,595 – Systems and methods for enhancing performance of software applications
- US 9,058,612 – Systems and methods for recommending software applications
- US 8,769,690 – Protection from malicious web content
- US 8,732,831 – Detection of rogue software applications
- US 8,566,580 – Splitting an SSL connection between gateways
- US 8,141,154 – System and method for inspecting dynamically generated executable code
- US 8,087,079 – Byte-distribution analysis of file security
- US 8,015,182 – System and method for appending security information to search engine results
- US 7,930,299 – System and method for appending security information to search engine results
- US 7,882,555 – Application layer security method and system
- US 7,757,289 – System and method for inspecting dynamically generated executable code
- US 7,614,085 – Method for the automatic setting and updating of a security policy
- US 7,613,918 – System and method for enforcing a security context on a downloadable
- US 7,313,822 – Application-layer security method and system
References[]
- ^ "Reuters". reuters.com.
- ^ "PRNewswire". prnewswire.com.
- ^ "TechCrunch". techcrunch.com.
- ^ "Socialbakers". socialbakers.com.
- ^ "Socialbakers". socialbakers.com.
- ^ "PRNewswire". prnewswire.com.
- ^ "AVG.com". avg.com. Archived from the original on 2012-07-06.
- ^ "Finjan". finjan.com. Archived from the original on 2005-10-16.
- ^ "Kavado". kavado.com. Archived from the original on 2002-02-03.
- ^ "Geek Awards 2017 recognize Israel's startup ecosystem leaders". Geektime.com. 2017-01-26. Retrieved 2017-07-27.
- ^ 40 Innovative IT People To Watch Archived March 2, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ 25 most influencing CTO Archived December 17, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
Categories:
- Living people
- Israeli businesspeople
- Chief technology officers
- Ben-Gurion University of the Negev alumni