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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 GeekTime. 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 26 US patents.[5] And Currently resides in Prague, Czech Republic[6]
Yuval Ben-Itzhak | |
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 Keynote at the 2014 Mobile World Congress | |
| Born | Israel |
| Alma mater | Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, B.Sc Information systems, Management & Industrial Engineering (Cum Laude) |
| Occupation | Partner at Evolution Equity |
Career
edit- 2023–Today: General Partner, Evolution Equity Partners[7]
- 2017–2020: Chief Executive Officer, Socialbakers[8]
- 2015–2017: Chief Technology Officer, Outbrain[9]
- 2009–2015: Chief Technology Officer, AVG Technologies (NYSE: AVG)[10]
- 2005–2009: Chief Technology Officer, Finjan, Inc.[11]
- 2000–2004: Chief Technology Officer, Founder, KaVaDo Inc.[12]
- 1998–2000: Chief Technology Officer, Ness Technologies (Nasdaq: NSTC)[6]
- 1994–1996: Software development & management, Intel (Nasdaq: INTC)[6]
- 1988–1992: Intelligence services, IDF[6]
Awards
editReferences
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- ^ "PRNewswire". prnewswire.com (Press release).
- ^ "TechCrunch". techcrunch.com. 9 September 2020.
- ^ "Socialbakers". socialbakers.com.
- ^ "Patents". patents.google.com.
- ^ a b c d "Yuval Ben-Itzhak". cz.linkedin.com.
- ^ "Evolution Equity Partners". prnewswire.com (Press release).
- ^ "Socialbakers". socialbakers.com.
- ^ "PRNewswire". prnewswire.com (Press release).
- ^ "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