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. He was the Chief Technology Officer at Outbrain until 2017, and now is the Chief Executive Officer at Socialbakers.
2017–Present: Chief Executive Officer, Socialbakers2015–2017: Chief Technology Officer, Outbrain2009–2015: Chief Technology Officer, AVG Technologies (NYSE: AVG)2005–2009: Chief Technology Officer, Finjan Inc.2000–2004: Chief Technology Officer, Founder, KaVaDo Inc.1998–2000: Chief Technology Officer, Ness Technologies (Nasdaq: NSTC)1994–1996: Software development & management, Intel Corp. (Nasdaq: INTC)1988–1992: Intelligence services, IDF2017 – Chief Technology Officer of the Year by GeekTime2007 – 40 Innovative IT People To Watch by Computerworld2004 – Top 25 Most Influential CTOs by InfoworldUS 9,525,680 – Splitting an SSL connection between gatewaysUS 9,514,477 – Systems and methods for providing user-specific content on an electronic deviceUS 9,424,422 – Detection of rogue software applicationsUS 9,294,493 – Computer security method and system with input parameter validationUS 9,288,226 – Detection of rogue software applicationsUS 9,280,391 – Systems and methods for improving performance of computer systemsUS 9,110,595 – Systems and methods for enhancing performance of software applicationsUS 9,058,612 – Systems and methods for recommending software applicationsUS 8,769,690 – Protection from malicious web contentUS 8,732,831 – Detection of rogue software applicationsUS 8,566,580 – Splitting an SSL connection between gatewaysUS 8,141,154 – System and method for inspecting dynamically generated executable codeUS 8,087,079 – Byte-distribution analysis of file securityUS 8,015,182 – System and method for appending security information to search engine resultsUS 7,930,299 – System and method for appending security information to search engine resultsUS 7,882,555 – Application layer security method and systemUS 7,757,289 – System and method for inspecting dynamically generated executable codeUS 7,614,085 – Method for the automatic setting and updating of a security policyUS 7,613,918 – System and method for enforcing a security context on a downloadableUS 7,313,822 – Application-layer security method and system 
