Yuval Ben-Itzhak
{{Short description|Israeli businessman}}
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| image = Yuval Ben-Itzhak MWC.png
| caption = Keynote at the 2014 Mobile World Congress
| native_name = יובל בן-יצחק
| native_name_lang = he
| name = Yuval Ben-Itzhak
| birth_place = Israel
| alma mater = Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, B.Sc Information systems, Management & Industrial Engineering (Cum Laude)
| occupation = Partner at Evolution Equity
}}
Yuval Ben-Itzhak ({{Langx|he|יובל בן-יצחק}}) 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.{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-avg/anti-virus-maker-avg-files-for-125-million-ipo-idUSTRE80C14U20120113/|website=reuters.com|title=Reuters|date=13 January 2012 }} He was the Chief Technology Officer at Outbrain until 2017,{{cite press release|url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/outbrain-taps-yuval-ben-itzhak-as-first-chief-technology-officer-300078236.html|website=prnewswire.com|title=PRNewswire}} and led the acquisition of Socialbakers by Astute in 2020{{cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2020/09/09/astute-acquires-socialbakers/|website=techcrunch.com|title=TechCrunch|date=9 September 2020 }} as the Chief Executive Officer. Ben-Itzhak is known as the inventor of the Web application firewall (WAF) as part of Kavado, a company he founded in 2000. {{cite web|url=https://www.socialbakers.com/press-release/socialbakers-appoints-yuval-ben-itzhak-as-chief-executive-officer|website=socialbakers.com|title=Socialbakers}} Yuval is the inventor of 26 US patents.{{cite web|url=https://patents.google.com/?inventor=Yuval+Ben-Itzhak&status=GRANT|website=patents.google.com|title=Patents}} He currently resides in Prague, Czech Republic.{{cite web|url=https://cz.linkedin.com/in/yuval-ben-itzhak|website=cz.linkedin.com|title=Yuval Ben-Itzhak}}
Career
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- 2023–Today: General Partner, Evolution Equity Partners{{cite press release|url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/evolution-equity-partners-appoints-yuval-ben-itzhak-as-general-partner-and-to-lead-the-firms-centers-of-excellence-for-cybersecurity-growth-companies-301764017.html|website=prnewswire.com|title=Evolution Equity Partners}}
- 2017–2020: Chief Executive Officer, Socialbakers{{cite web|url=https://www.socialbakers.com/company/for-press/releases/98-socialbakers-appoints-yuval-ben-itzhak-as-chief-executive-officer|website=socialbakers.com|title=Socialbakers}}
- 2015–2017: Chief Technology Officer, Outbrain{{cite press release|url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/outbrain-taps-yuval-ben-itzhak-as-first-chief-technology-officer-300078236.html|website=prnewswire.com|title=PRNewswire}}
- 2009–2015: Chief Technology Officer, AVG Technologies (NYSE: AVG){{cite web|url=http://www.avg.com/us-en/yuval-ben-itzhak|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120706042008/http://www.avg.com/us-en/yuval-ben-itzhak|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-07-06|website=avg.com|title=AVG.com}}
- 2005–2009: Chief Technology Officer, Finjan, Inc.{{cite web|url=http://www.finjan.com/company/newsroom/press_show.asp?press_release_id=186|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051016083509/http://www.finjan.com/company/newsroom/press_show.asp?press_release_id=186|url-status=dead|archive-date=2005-10-16|website=finjan.com|title=Finjan}}
- 2000–2004: Chief Technology Officer, Founder, KaVaDo Inc.{{cite web|url=http://www.kavado.com/Management.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020203205226/http://www.kavado.com/Management.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2002-02-03|website=kavado.com|title=Kavado}}
- 1998–2000: Chief Technology Officer, Ness Technologies (Nasdaq: NSTC)
- 1994–1996: Software development & management, Intel (Nasdaq: INTC)
- 1988–1992: Intelligence services, IDF
Awards
- 2017 – Chief Technology Officer of the Year by GeekTime{{cite web|url=http://www.geektime.com/2017/01/26/here-were-the-winners-of-geektimes-geek-awards-2017-the-best-of-israels-startup-scene/ |title=Geek Awards 2017 recognize Israel's startup ecosystem leaders |website=Geektime.com |date=2017-01-26 |access-date=2017-07-27}}
- 2007 – 40 Innovative IT People To Watch by Computerworld[https://web.archive.org/web/20070302144543/http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic 40 Innovative IT People To Watch] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070302144543/http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9026370&pageNumber=2 |date=March 2, 2007 }}
- 2004 – Top 25 Most Influential CTOs by InfoWorld[http://www.infoworld.com/t/applications/2004-infoworld-cto-25-356 25 most influencing CTO] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131217015255/http://www.infoworld.com/t/applications/2004-infoworld-cto-25-356 |date=December 17, 2013 }}
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Category:Israeli businesspeople
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