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, Socialbakers
2015–2017: Chief Technology Officer, Outbrain
2009–2015: 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, IDF
2017 – Chief Technology Officer of the Year by GeekTime
2007 – 40 Innovative IT People To Watch by Computerworld
2004 – Top 25 Most Influential CTOs by Infoworld
US 9,525,680 – Splitting an SSL connection between gateways
US 9,514,477 – Systems and methods for providing user-specific content on an electronic device
US 9,424,422 – Detection of rogue software applications
US 9,294,493 – Computer security method and system with input parameter validation
US 9,288,226 – Detection of rogue software applications
US 9,280,391 – Systems and methods for improving performance of computer systems
US 9,110,595 – Systems and methods for enhancing performance of software applications
US 9,058,612 – Systems and methods for recommending software applications
US 8,769,690 – Protection from malicious web content
US 8,732,831 – Detection of rogue software applications
US 8,566,580 – Splitting an SSL connection between gateways
US 8,141,154 – System and method for inspecting dynamically generated executable code
US 8,087,079 – Byte-distribution analysis of file security
US 8,015,182 – System and method for appending security information to search engine results
US 7,930,299 – System and method for appending security information to search engine results
US 7,882,555 – Application layer security method and system
US 7,757,289 – System and method for inspecting dynamically generated executable code
US 7,614,085 – Method for the automatic setting and updating of a security policy
US 7,613,918 – System and method for enforcing a security context on a downloadable
US 7,313,822 – Application-layer security method and system
