Eli Cohen

Eli brings visionary thinking, leadership and proven business acumen. With a combination of strategic planning and execution excellence, he is committed to add real value to his partners and customers. He is well acquainted with liaising with US and EU business cultures. With more than 20 years of expertise in platform strategy, development & implementation of business solutions, Eli is an avid technology entrepreneur and business leader. Eli's profound background in Cybersecurity and Information Technology is combined with multidisciplinary technological strengths. His hands-on approach, unique expertise and passion for innovation and disruption lend themselves to real value to his customers, partners and investors alike. Eli's Cybersecurity expertise includes deep competence in Information Security fields such as Incident Response, Threat Detection, SIEM/SOC implementation, among other Cyber Security areas. Eli's key strengths include leadership, visionary thinking, building winning business teams, and flawless execution on a local and global scale. Eli is a seasoned entrepreneur: In 2009 he established ConnectIT, an IT company which specialized in project solutions and information security. With a proven record in building organizations and bringing them to business, operational, and technological excellence, Eli sold ConnectIT. It was acquired in 2015 by Experis (part of ManpowerGroup American giant). After the acquisition, Eli established and spearheaded Experis Cyber, a Managed Service Security Provider (MSSP). One of Israel's leading cyber security service providers, Experis Cyber specializes in managed SOC and Incident Response services, among other cyber security services. He served as CEO between 2016-2019, where he has led the company from vision to a turnover of millions by overseeing the product, sales and customer-facing management. Furthermore, he gained much experience and insights on the MSSP landscape. Prior to establishing ConnectIT, Eli served as Billing and ISP Director at Orange Israel (Partner), where he worked for over a decade. In this position, he led a team of over 110 people, led strategic technological and business projects. As a technology enthusiast, Eli established the IT- ISP & IP telephony Strategic Business Unit for orange Israel, where he defined the Converged IT solution (Mobile, VOB, ISP, Media). Eli holds an MA degree in Energy Management and Policy from University of Haifa, a BA in Executive Management from Ruppin Academic Center and Software Engineering studies from Sela University, Tel Aviv.