IDAN TENDLER | CEO & Co-founder

With a proven track record in both business and technology, Idan is a serial entrepreneur and a recognized expert in the field of cyber security and intelligence. Prior to founding Fortscale, he initiated, built and led the Cyber Security Business Group of Elbit Systems (NASDAQ:ELST), Israel’s leading defense integrator. This Group became the leading growth engine of Elbit Systems, and managed major Cyber Security and Warfare technological projects in Israel and abroad.

Before that, Idan was a Business Analysis Manager at Elron, the technological investment arm of IDB Holdings, one of the leading holding companies in Israel. Prior to his business career, he served as an officer and head of a key department in the IDF's elite Intelligence & Cyber Unit (8200). Idan holds a B.Sc. in Industrial & Management Engineering from Tel Aviv University.

 

Dr. Yona Hollander | COO & Co-founder

A seasoned industry expert and entrepreneur, Yona has over 20years of management and technology experience in the cyber security space. Prior to founding Fortscale, he founded and managed Cyber Security, a boutique technology consulting firm. Yona also was a founder and served as VP of Security Research at Entercept, which was acquired by McAfee in 2003 for $120M. Yona then continued as VP of Security Research at McAfee HQ in Santa Clara.

Before that, he founded and worked as VP of Business Development at Netect, a pioneer in vulnerability assessment technology, which was acquired by BindView in 1999. Yona holds a PhD. in Computer Science from the Israel Institute of Technology (Technion).

 

Rami Rivlin | VP R&D;

Rami’s extensive R&D experience spans more than 17 years in networking and security software development at both startups and large companies. Prior to joining Fortscale, he worked as a senior networking expert at Toga Network. Before that, Rami was a senior engineering manager at Cisco (US), where he was responsible for developing Cisco’s WAN optimization product, managing an international development group that included developers in Russia, India, U.S. and Israel.

Earlier, Rami was R&D team manager at Riverhead Networks, a cyber security startup which was subsequently acquired by Cisco. Rami holds several patents in security and networking, and earned a B.Sc. in Mathematics and Computer Science and an MBA from Tel Aviv University.