Yaron is the co-founder and Chief Technology Officer at Silverfort. Before co-founding Silverfort, Yaron did machine learning projects for Microsoft as an intern, and later Cisco as a consultant. Prior to that Yaron served at the 8200 elite cyber unit of the Israel Defense Forces, where he led a reputable R&D team and received a prestigious excellence award. Yaron holds a B.Sc. in Applied Mathematics, Summa Cum Laude, from Bar-Ilan University, and a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology.