Raised in Israel, Ofir is fourth-generation to a family of farmers. He began his professional career at the age of 19, while fulfilling his military service in an elite technological unit of the Prime Minister’s Office. In this role, he developed and led groundbreaking technology for classified projects while managing an R&D department of 15 software engineers. Ofir earned a B.Sc. in Math & Computer Science, with honors, and a M.Sc in cryptography.
Avner Gideoni is the General Manager of Product and Engineering. Avner owns the product delivery of Taranis, including the AI research group, the software R&D group, the hardware R&D team, and the Product team. Before Taranis, Avner served as VP Security Research and Development of Trusteer, which was acquired by IBM. Avner holds an B.Sc in Industrial and Management Engineering from Ben Gurion University and MBA from Herzliya Interdisciplinary Center. Avner has two kids and is an IoT maker freak in his spare time.
Opher was appointed as CFO at Taranis in April 2019 and brings over 10 years of accounting and finance experience. Prior to joining Taranis, he served as Vice President of Finance at Cyren, a publicly traded company managing the accounting and finance departments. Opher previously held public accounting roles at EY, managing an assurance team focused on technology public entities and startups. He holds a degree in economics and accounting from the University of Haifa, and an MBA from the Recanati Graduate School of Business Administration, Tel Aviv University.
Eli is a software architecture and R&D expert with wide experience in software development for meteorological systems. Eli has eight years of experience in the IDF and in hi-tech companies including Symbionix where he was a software engineer. Eli has developed forecasting systems for the Navy that are still in use today and for which he received an award from the chief of the Navy. He has a B.Sc. in Physics.
Avi brings over 20 years of professional experience in global operations. For many years, Avi managed construction and deployment projects of radio base stations for cellular operators, in different locations in the world. Later he entered the renewable energy market, starting with deployment of solar systems, and most recently worked at an early stage startup as VP operations, developing and distributing solar systems in emerging markets. Avi has a BSc. and MBA degrees. He is married, has 3 kids, and enjoys running for hobby.
Tali brings more than 20 years of global marketing experience, including leadership roles at leading technology disruptors in Cyber Security, Intelligence, AdTech and FinTech. With experience in both Enterprise and Startup companies, she brings a passion for innovation and technology and an expertise in startup/launch strategy and execution. Tali holds a BA and an MBA in International Marketing.
Nir is an experienced and innovative R&D manager with almost 10 years of experience in methodological algorithms research in different fields including Computer Vision, Video Analytics and Statistical Modeling. Experienced with Agile Methodologies for both research and production. Process and People Oriented with great interpersonal skills for Managing People and Talents. Holding a B.Sc. degree in Engineering & Math and a masters degree in Engineering from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev based on solid academic Mathematical education. Nir has joined Taranis 11 Months ago.
