Gonen Fink — CEO

Cyber security executive with 30 years of entrepreneurial and leadership experience in building teams, technologies, and products from inception to multi-billion-dollar market leadership position. I am currently serving as the Executive Vice President of Products at Palo Alto Networks (PANW) responsible for Cortex product line and as the General Manager of the Israel R&D Center. I led the creation of the Cortex, our Next Generation Security Platform, including the initiation and creation of Cortex XDR (2018), Cortex XSIAM (2022) and Cortex Cloud (2024) among other products. Prior to that, I was the CEO of LightCyber (acquired by Palo Alto Networks in 2017), pioneering the Network Detection and Response (NDR/NTA) market. I started my career as one of the very first employees of Check Point Software and served as the company's Chief Architect, VP Products and VP Strategy as it defined and led the multi-billion-dollar firewall market. In between, I founded and was the CEO of Pythagoras Solar, a building integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) company that invented and manufactured a revolutionary energy generating transparent window. Over the years I served as a board member, advisor, and investor in multiple startups and VC firms including Talon Security (acquired by Palo Alto Networks), ForeScout Technologies (FSCT), SecureIslands (acquired by Microsoft), IntSights (acquired by Rapid7), CyberStarts, Viola Ventures and others.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a cybersecurity executive with extensive experience in product management and venture capital.

Location: Tel Aviv, Israel

Experience: 30 yrs 11 mos