Cloud security purpose-built for the cloud

Gil Geron is CEO & Co-founder of Orca Security. Gil has more than 20 years of experience leading and delivering cybersecurity products. Previous to his role as CEO, Gil was chief product officer from the inception of Orca. He’s passionate about customer satisfaction and has worked closely with customers to ensure they are able to thrive securely in the cloud. Gil is committed to providing seamless cybersecurity solutions without compromising on efficiency. Prior to co-founding Orca Security, Gil directed a large team of cyber professionals at Check Point Software Technologies.

Avi is chief innovation officer & co-founder of Orca Security. Avi is an internationally recognized leader in cybersecurity innovation. With more than 25 years of experience, Avi and co-founder Gil Geron are responsible for Orca Security’s patented SideScanning technology and Unified Data Model, disrupting cloud security bringing the world’s most comprehensive platform to market in 2019. Avi was the CEO & Co-Founder of Orca Security 2019-2023, prior to transitioning to lead innovation at Orca. Prior to Orca, Avi was the chief technologist at Check Point Software Technologies and held key positions within Unit 8200, the Israeli equivalent of the NSA. Avi is dedicated to building and scaling cybersecurity solutions that meet the evolving needs of modern customers.

James Love is President, of Field Operations at Orca Security. Love has more than 20 years of GTM experience with deep cybersecurity knowledge. Most recently, he was CRO of Illumio where he grew sales to record breaking numbers. Prior to joining Illumio, Jim was President of Arxan Technologies, growing annual revenues almost 500% and leading to an acquisition by TPG.

Yoav is a security veteran recognized on Microsoft Security Response Center’s Most Valuable Research List (BlackHat 2019). Prior to joining Orca Security, he was a Unit 8200 researcher and team leader, a chief architect at Hyperwise Security, and a security architect at Check Point Software Technologies. Yoav enjoys hunting for Linux and Windows vulnerabilities in his spare time.

Pini brings over 15 years of financial and operational leadership to Orca. Prior to joining Orca, Pini served as Vice President of Finance and Operations at Twistlock, where he led the due diligence and integration effort when Twistlock, an end-to-end security solution for cloud-native environments, was acquired by Palo Alto Networks for over $410M. He was also the Head of Finance and Operations at Trusteer, which was acquired by IBM.

Meghan Marks is Chief Marketing Officer at Orca Security. She oversees the global marketing team which includes product marketing, demand generation, communications, digital, and brand strategy. She has more than 15 years of experience in technology marketing accelerating high growth, building strong brands, and establishing product category leadership. Most recently she served as the CMO of Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks. Previous to Palo Alto Networks Marks held executive leadership roles at Twistlock, Puppet, and Siemens.

Gal joined Orca as the SVP HR. Gal is an experienced global HR leader, with over 13 years of experience, assuming various senior HR roles in global tech companies, in security (Check Point) and fintech (Payoneer) industries. Along her career, Gal partnered with business leaders to support the achievement of the companies' strategic business goals. Gal has been focusing on supporting the companies rapid global growth and organizational transformation, including staffing, engagement, talent management and organizational and change management processes. Gal has proven coaching and mentoring skills which she applied during her work with executives and leaders as well as while managing teams of HR professionals. Gal's experience and capabilities are significantly meaningful and impactful to Orca and will add to the enhancement of Orca's employer value proposition.

Liran is the designer and builder of future-proof, high-performance, scalable cybersecurity platforms that have protected thousands of organizations over decades. Known as a highly innovative architect at Checkpoint Software Technologies, Liran created new development tools and integrated existing technologies in an ongoing quest for faster development cycles coupled with enhanced product quality. Liran also patented a fast hash algorithm for data leak protection while at Checkpoint.

Skilled in software design and development, network cybersecurity, and firewalls, Mor’s former title at Checkpoint Software Technologies’ was Cyber Protection Group Manager. He’s fascinated by the latest cyberattacks and believes research should never stay on paper. Rather, he thrives on transforming it into product capabilities so as to provide full protection against such attacks.

Arie comes to Orca Security with deep R&D experience, having developed and managed security products in small startups as well as leading corporate enterprises. In his previous role, he served as engineering director at Symantec, managing the core group of the Web Isolation product (coming from Fireglass acquisition), and leading its move to the cloud. Prior to that, he managed highly complicated and cross-organizational developments at Checkpoint Software Technologies, in the areas of IPv6 network security, Intrusion Prevention, and cross-product event analysis.