Yiftach Cohen
VP R&D
Ramat-Gan
Summary
Experienced professional manager in cyber security and software development, passionate about technology and innovations, track record of converting ideas into products, team player, work well under pressure.
Overview
26
26
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Language
Work History
Vice President of Research and Development (VP R&D)
Radiflow
03.2023 - Current
- Strategically lead 5 cross-functional teams, driving product development while aligning technology with business goals
- I initiated the transitioned of our on-premises solution to a scalable Software as a Service (SaaS) model, leveraging cloud infrastructure
- My role also involves fostering a culture of innovation, exploring emerging technologies, and ensuring quality and compliance in product development
- Reverse engineering, Vulnerability Research, Protocol Research, Penetration Testing, Enterprise Protection, OT protection (ICS/SCADA)
- Software Development: Java (native, android, J2EE), Python, C, C++, C#, shell scripting
- People Management: Managed R&D groups of 30-45 engineers, Interviews, Training, Building Motivation, Creating Process, Agile (scrum)
- Product Life Cycle Management: Market Research, Pain Point Surveys, Building MVPs, Managing POC
- DevOPS: AWS, Google cloud, CI/CD, Advance Networking, Architecture and Algorithms
Director of Software Engineering
BigID
05.2021 - 03.2023
- Managed a group of 40 engineers divided into 6 scrums, 1 scrum of offshore engineers and 1 of outsourcing
- Managed managers of managers (M3)
Integrated Products - R&D Manager
NSO Group
04.2019 - 05.2021
- Responsible for 2 cyber platforms, researching for new installation vectors
- Worked tightly with 2 offshore development sites, system designs, architecture, integration and QA
IoT Technology Leader
Check Point Software Technologies, Ltd
10.2015 - 04.2019
- Responsible for researching both technology and market of the Internet of Things, initiates ideas for new products to secure it, act as knowledge expert for IoT security in the company
- Keynote speaker in IoT world conference
Founder and CTO
MyClothes.co
07.2011 - 12.2012
- Company Overview: startup
- MyClothes develop a technology, to obtain measurements of clothes from pictures, using image processing on smartphones
- Responsible for researching and developing computer vision algorithm, building the development framework and methods
- Startup
- Platform scale up, Computer Vision using OpenCV
Senior Software Engineer
Comverse
07.2011 - 12.2012
- Senior Software Engineer Java, J2EE, Shell scripting
- Developing web components in Java with C/S architecture using Tomcat on top of Linux/Unix with Oracle DB
Senior Software Engineer
MDCL
04.2010 - 07.2011
- Developing tailored made ERP software from scratch for a contracting company using C#
Software Engineer
BMC
11.2007 - 08.2009
- Software engineer C, C++, Shell scripting
- Part time, 25 hours a week, during B.sc studies
- Team member of R&D department, develop new features and Maintenance for ControlM server side
Intelligence Corps Officer (Major in reserves)
IDF - 8200
01.1999 - 01.2006
- Company Overview: Key position in one of IDF's elite technology units, 2 Commendations for excellence
- Key position in one of IDF's elite technology units, 2 Commendations for excellence
Education
M.B.A - Management of Technology, Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Tel Aviv University
01.2011 - 01.2013
B.Sc - Computer Science
Tel-Hai Academic College
01.2006 - 01.2009
Skills
- Cyber Security
- Reverse engineering
- Vulnerability Research
- Protocol Research
- Penetration Testing
- Enterprise Protection
- OT protection (ICS/SCADA)
- Software Development
- Java
- Python
- C
- C
- C#
- shell scripting
- People Management
- Interviews
Team leadership
Strategic planning
Coaching and mentoring
Decision-making
Process improvement
Results-driven
Risk management
Training and mentoring
Business development
Staff development
Recruiting and hiring
Websites
Military Service
IDF - 8200, Intelligence Corps Officer (Major in reserves), 01/01/99, 12/31/06, Key position in one of IDF's elite technology units., 2 Commendations for excellence.
Timeline
Vice President of Research and Development (VP R&D)
Radiflow
03.2023 - Current
Director of Software Engineering
BigID
05.2021 - 03.2023
Integrated Products - R&D Manager
NSO Group
04.2019 - 05.2021
IoT Technology Leader
Check Point Software Technologies, Ltd
10.2015 - 04.2019
Founder and CTO
MyClothes.co
07.2011 - 12.2012
Senior Software Engineer
Comverse
07.2011 - 12.2012
M.B.A - Management of Technology, Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Tel Aviv University
01.2011 - 01.2013
Senior Software Engineer
MDCL
04.2010 - 07.2011
Software Engineer
BMC
11.2007 - 08.2009
B.Sc - Computer Science
Tel-Hai Academic College
01.2006 - 01.2009
Intelligence Corps Officer (Major in reserves)
IDF - 8200
01.1999 - 01.2006
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