About Avanan
The Cloud Security Platform
What We Do
We secure all your cloud email, messaging, and file sharing tools from phishing, malware, data loss, and more in a single click.
Our Mission
To redefine the way you compare, deploy, and manage security in the cloud.
Avanan automates the ongoing security of cloud-based email, messaging, and file-sharing. Making risk management and compliance easier, Avanan deploys in minutes to block phishing, malware, data leakage, account takeover, and shadow IT. From Fortune 500 companies to school districts, millions of inboxes around the world are protected by Avanan and its trusted partners, like Check Point and FireEye, whose technology is available on demand from the platform.
Managment Team
GIL FRIEDRICH | CEO
Gil Friedrich brings more than 18 years of development and leadership experience to Avanan. As ForeScout’s VP of R&D and VP of Technology, Gil expanded the company's technology into mobile security, BYOD policy, and Cloud services while developing the partner integration ecosystem. He holds a B.Sc. in Physics and an M.Sc. in Computer Science from Tel-Aviv University.
MICHAEL HISKEY | CMO
Michael Hiskey is a long-time data, analytics, cloud and AI industry executive. Michael has a background in enterprise technology from IBM, where he led marketing, customer success and development teams for almost 10 years. He then went on to lead marketing efforts at high-growth firms like Kognitio, Trifacta and Semarchy before joining the Avanan team. Michael holds an MBA from Columbia Business School.
MICHAEL CASTRICONE | CFO
Michael Castricone is a certified public accountant with years of experience in finance, administration and operations. Before joining Avanan, Mike served as the Chief Financial Officer of several technology companies, such as Guardium, Inc. and WebLayers. Michael holds a BS in Math and Economics from UNH and a Masters in Accounting from Bentley University.
ITAMAR LASK | VP of R&D
Itamar Lask brings more than 20 years of development and leadership experience to Avanan, previously serving as VP of R&D to CreditGuard and Safecharge payment gateways as well as R&D Director at Amdocs Cloud technologies. Itamar is well versed in managing mission critical, high traffic cloud based SaaS services and products. He holds a B.Sc. in Computer Science and Operations Research from Tel-Aviv University.
DON BYRNE | EXECUTIVE VP OF WORLDWIDE SALES
Don Byrne has over 20 years in information technology, serving companies including Accenture, Capgemini Ernst & Young , and Archer Daniels Midland. Before joining Avanan, Don led ForeScout's expansion into the federal market, where segment revenue grew from $250K to $6.3 million in four years. Don holds a BBA in Information Systems Management from the University of Iowa.
ROY ROTEM | VP OF PRODUCT MANAGEMENT
Roy Rotem was VP of Product Management at ForeScout, and led the company’s pivot to network access control. His previous roles include business development at Business Layers and senior development at Bay Network and Armon Networking. Most recently, he founded and served as CEO of Tazooz. Roy holds a B.Sc. In Computer Science and an MBA from Tel-Aviv University.
Board of Directors
Investors
Greenfield Partners, a TPG Growth investment platform
Greenfield Partners is an early growth investment platform backed by TPG Growth, the growth equity investment arm of the private equity firm TPG. Greenfield Partners targets investments in early growth stage Israeli related technology and tech-enabled businesses. The Greenfield Partners team on the ground in Israel applies its years of operating experience together with TPG Growth’s global network to help strengthen and grow its portfolio companies. Greenfield Partners’ investments include BigPanda, Guardicore and Tapingo. For more information, visit tpggrowth.com.
Magma Venture Partners
Magma Venture Partners is a leading Israeli venture capital firm, dedicated to investing in Israel's Information, Communications and Technology space ('ICT'), including the software, semiconductor, and new media spheres. Magma seeks bright ideas at their earliest stages, and serves as a springboard for entrepreneurs as they develop and evolve into industry leaders. Their goal is to enable a flow of innovation from the earliest stage all the way through until a company realizes its potential reach. Current and past investments include Waze, Onavo, and Magisto, among others. For more information, visit magmavc.com.
StageOne Ventures
StageOne is an early-stage technology fund, focusing mainly on enterprise and communications software ventures. The fund was founded by a professional management team, and is supported by leading institutional and private investors, both Israeli and international. For more information, visit stageonevc.com.
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