Board of Directors

Carlos Aued joined Cisco Systems 25 years ago and has served as Leader of Systems Architect/Systems Engineers in a number of verticals including healthcare, retail, financial, education and public sector since he joined the company. Prior to that, Mr. Aued held pre-sales technology leadership positions with a number of companies including Micom, Unisys and BayNetworks.

Kevin Comolli has served as a director since December 2004. Mr. Comolli has been a partner at Accel, a global venture capital and growth equity firm, since 2000. Mr. Comolli has experience serving as a director of more than ten private software companies.

Yaki Faitelson is our co-founder and has served as our Chief Executive Officer, President and Chairman of the Board of Directors since 2004. Mr. Faitelson leads the management, strategic direction and execution of the Company’s vision. With extensive cross-functional experience in storage, networking, operating systems and application software, Mr. Faitelson saw the necessity and opportunity for next-generation data management and protection automation. Together, he and Mr. Korkus conceived and developed the MetaData Framework technology that now serves as the foundation for the Varonis Data Security Platform. Under his leadership, Varonis has experienced significant growth, cultivated a worldwide customer base and forged a leading position in the data governance market. Prior to becoming our Chief Executive Officer, President and Chairman, Mr. Faitelson held leadership positions in the global professional services and systems integration divisions of NetVision, Inc. and NetApp, Inc. Mr. Faitelson serves as a director of Jivry, Inc., a private company. Mr. Faitelson served as a director of E8 Storage prior to its acquisition by Amazon.

John J. Gavin, Jr. has served as a director since 2013. Mr. Gavin is an industry veteran with more than 40 years of financial and operational management experience. He most recently served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for BladeLogic, the leading data center automation software provider. Prior to joining BladeLogic, Mr. Gavin served as the Chief Financial Officer for several companies, including Data General Corporation, Cambridge Technology Partners (CTP) and NaviSite, Inc. Mr. Gavin also worked in various positions in the audit practice of Price Waterhouse from 1978 to 1988. Mr. Gavin serves as a director of Cimpress plc (NASDAQ: CMPR), formerly known as Vistaprint N.V., following its redomestication from Vistaprint Limited. Mr. Gavin served as a director of BroadSoft, Inc. from 2010 to 2018 and Qlik Technologies Inc. from 2010 to 2016.

Gili Iohan has served as a director since April 2017. Ms. Iohan is a partner at Ion Crossover Partners, an investment firm. Ms. Iohan served as the Company’s first Chief Financial Officer from 2005 until March 2017. During her twelve-year tenure, she was responsible for the Company’s finance, accounting, back-office operations and human resources. Prior to joining us, Ms. Iohan was a partner at NextAge Co. Ltd. for six years, a firm specializing in providing customized budgeting and controllership environments, strategic business planning and structuring, financial and accounting issue resolution for businesses of all sizes. While at NextAge Co. Ltd., Ms. Iohan served as a Chief Financial Officer and Strategic Financial Consultant for several companies, including SolarEdge. Previously, Ms. Iohan served as a Senior Financial Manager at M-Systems Inc. and held a position at KPMG LLP. Ms. Iohan serves as a director at Fiverr International Ltd (NYSE: FVRR), SimilarWeb (NYSE: SMWB) and Aqua Security.

Avrohom J. (“A.J.”) Kess has been Vice Chairman and Chief Legal Officer of The Travelers Companies, Inc. since December 2016. Prior to that, Mr. Kess was a partner, member of the Corporate Department and Head of the Public Company Advisory Practice at the law firm of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, which he joined in 1995.

Ohad Korkus is our co-founder and has served as a director since December 2007. He also served as the Company’s Chief Technology Officer from 2007 until February 2018. Mr. Korkus has created several patents for permissions visualization, simulation and data analysis. Mr. Korkus, together with Mr. Faitelson, conceived and developed the MetaData Framework technology that now serves as the foundation for the Varonis Data Security Platform. His background spans multiple technical disciplines including storage, networking, operating systems and software development. Prior to joining us, Mr. Korkus was responsible for architecture, design and development of solutions at NetVision, Inc. and NetApp, Inc.

Tom Mendoza has served as a director since June 2015. Mr. Mendoza was the Vice Chairman of NetApp, Inc., a storage and data management solutions provider, from March 2008 to August 2019, and was President from October 2000 to March 2008. Prior to 2000, he served in various capacities at NetApp, Inc., including senior vice president, worldwide sales and marketing, senior vice president, worldwide sales and vice president, North American sales. Mr. Mendoza currently serves as a director of UiPath (NYSE: PATH). Mr. Mendoza previously served as a director of ServiceSource International, Inc (NASDAQ: SREV) between 2011 and 2019 as well as many non-public technology companies.

Rachel Prishkolnik has been Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of SolarEdge Technologies, Inc., a global leader in smart energy technology, since 2010. Prior to joining SolarEdge, Ms. Prishkolnik served as the Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary of Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. At Gilat she held various positions beginning as Legal Counsel in 2001 and becoming Corporate Secretary in 2004 and Vice President, General Counsel in 2007. Prior to Gilat, she worked at the law firm of Jeffer, Mangels, Butler & Marmaro LLP in Los Angeles. Ms. Prishkolnik holds an LLB law degree from the Faculty of Law at the Tel Aviv University and a B.A. from Wesleyan University in Connecticut. She is licensed to practice law and is a member of the Israeli Bar.

Ofer Segev has served as a director since February 2015. Since 2019, he has served as Chief Financial Officer at Windward Ltd. Mr. Segev has over 25 years of management experience in the high-tech and services sectors. From February 2017 to October 2019, Mr. Segev served as the Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer at AlgoSec, Inc., a network security policy management solutions provider. Prior to joining AlgoSec, from November 2014 to April 2015, he served as the Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer of AudioCodes Limited, a communications company publicly traded on the NASDAQ Global Select Market. Prior to AudioCodes, Mr. Segev served at different times as the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Ness Technologies, Inc., a provider of IT services whose shares were formerly traded on the NASDAQ Global Select Market. Mr. Segev has also been the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of various other companies, including Attunity, and was a partner at Ernst & Young. Mr. Segev served as a director at Ness Technologies Srl.

Fred van den Bosch has served as a director since January 2013. He is a private investor and business consultant. Mr. van den Bosch has been involved in the architecture and design of hardware and software systems for technology companies. His background spans many technical disciplines including operating systems, storage management, high performance computing, enterprise software-as-a-service, application performance monitoring, and software engineering. Previously, he served as Chief Executive Officer of Librato, Inc. Before that, he served as Chief Executive Officer of PANTA Systems, Inc., as Executive Vice President Engineering and Chief Technology Officer at VERITAS Software, Inc., and in various engineering and management positions at the Computer Systems Division of Philips Electronics. Mr. van den Bosch also serves as an advisor to Codota Dot Com Ltd., OSNexus, Inc., RepliXio Ltd., Robin Systems, Inc., Thehintbox!, Inc. and Ultimaker B.V. Mr. van den Bosch serves as a director of Reposify Ltd., Today Boost Ltd. and Trailze Ltd., all of which are private companies. Mr. van den Bosch previously served as a director of VERITAS Software, Inc., Librato Inc., Neebula Systems Ltd., SmartPay Ltd., and sPark Parking Technologies Ltd.