Leadership
Management Team
Yaki Faitelson - CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, President and Co-Founder
Mr. Faitelson is responsible for leading the management, strategic direction and execution of the Varonis vision. Seeing the necessity and opportunity for next generation data management and protection automation, Mr. Faitelson and Mr. Korkus conceived and architected the metadata framework technology that now serves as the foundation for the Varonis Data Governance Suite, and are creators of several patents for permissions visualization, simulation, and data analysis. Under his leadership, the software company has experienced hyper growth, cultivated a worldwide installation base and forged a leading position in the data governance market. Prior to Varonis, Mr. Faitelson held leadership positions in the global professional services, product development and systems integration divisions of NetVision and Network Appliance.
OHAD KORKUS - EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT OF ENGINEERING, CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER AND CO-FOUNDER
Mr. Korkus is responsible for all aspects of product research, design, development and quality assurance. Mr. Korkus, together with Mr. Faitelson, conceived and architected the metadata framework technology that now serves as the foundation for the Varonis Data Governance Suite, and is the creator of several patents for permissions visualization, simulation, and data analysis. Under his leadership, the company has assembled a world-class research and development organization with deep experience spanning digital collaboration, storage, networking and security. Prior to Varonis, Mr. Korkus was responsible for the architecture, design and development of global data management and networking infrastructure with NetVision and Network Appliance.
GILI IOHAN, CPA - CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
Ms. Iohan is responsible for finance, accounting, back office operations and human resources at Varonis. Prior to Varonis, she was a partner at NextAge LTD for six years, a firm specializing in providing customized budgeting and controllership environments, strategic business planning and structuring, financial and accounting issue resolution for businesses of all sizes. While at NextAge LTD, Ms. Iohan served as a Chief Financial Officer and Strategic Financial Consultant for several companies, including Varonis. Prior to her tenure at NextAge LTD, Ms. Iohan served as a Senior Financial Manager at M-Systems, and held a position at KPMG. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree and MBA in Economics and Accounting from Tel-Aviv University.
JIM O'BOYLE - SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF WORLDWIDE SALES
Mr. O'Boyle is responsible for developing and growing the Varonis business through high performance sales teams and strategic channel partnerships in worldwide markets. Prior to joining Varonis, Mr. O'Boyle held leadership roles at Neoteris/Netscreen (acquired by Juniper), BlueCoat Systems and Wellfleet/Bay Networks (acquired by Nortel). He holds a B.S. degree in computer science from the University of Scranton.
JACOB GOLDBERGER, PHD - CHIEF SCIENTIST
Dr. Goldberger is a leading researcher in the areas of machine learning and information theory. Dr. Goldberger contributes his vast experience in the research of statistical pattern recognition technologies to the development of Varonis data analysis systems. Dr. Goldberger holds a lecturer position at the School of Engineering, Bar-Ilan University in Israel and he is the author of numerous research papers. Dr. Goldberger received M.Sc. in mathematics and Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the Tel-Aviv University and was a visiting researcher at University of Toronto, INRIA Grenoble and the Weizmann institute.