At CEO (Boardroom Media) we track over 1,000,000 startups and over 5,000,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top Tel Aviv based CEO’ operating in the Risk Management space. If you think a CEO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on [email protected]
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Matan Or-El
Co-Founder & CEO of Panorays
Matan brings his entrepreneurial background addressing untapped markets with his experience in building enterprise-focused security solutions. In his role, he combines his technical background with business leadership and vision. Matan established his first startup at the age of 18, and others ranging from location-based systems to cyber-security. He started Panorays with the goal of improving the industry’s cyber-resilience. Matan served in the Israeli Air Force as chief architect responsible for mission-critical defense systems. Later, he worked at Imperva leading the infrastructure for all of Imperva’s products portfolio. Matan is recognized as one of Israel’s 40 under 40.
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About Panorays: Panorays provides management software that automates the third-party security process, allowing it to be scaled and accelerated.
Gal Ringel
Co-Founder and CEO of Mine
Gal Ringel is the Co-Founder and CEO at Mine.
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About Mine, Verizon Ventures: Mine provides a smart data assistant that enables people to discover and control their personal data online.

Ron Teicher
Founder & CEO of EverC
Ron is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of EverCompliant. Ron led EverCompliant from inception to becoming the world technological pioneer and leader in the field of merchant base fraud and Transaction Laundering detection.Today, EverCompliant’s serves some of the world’s largest financial intuitions. Prior to EverCompliant, Ron led the compliance product initiatives at Watchfire (acquired by IBM). Watchfire’s compliance product won the first ever SC magazine’s Excellence award for security compliance solution. Ron is a member of the Israeli bar association, and is frequent speaker at payment and fin-tech events.
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About EverC: EverC provides cyber intelligence tools that detect and prevent money laundering through online transactions.

Yaniv Bar-Dayan
Co-founder & CEO of Vulcan Cyber
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About Vulcan Cyber: Vulcan Cyber is a cybersecurity company that helps enterprises quickly detect and fix vulnerabilities in their software stack and code.
Daniel Bren
Co-founder and CEO of OTORIO
Brig. Gen. (Res.) Daniel Bren is the Co-founder and CEO of OTORIO, industrial-native advanced MSSP. In addition, he holds cyber-security strategic advisory positions with top management of the automotive and machinery industries. Mr. Bren is retired from the Israeli Defence Force (IDF) having served for over 30 years. His last role was the Military Joint Chief Cyber Defence officer in addition to commanding the Joint Military CIO division.
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About OTORIO: OTORIO delivers industrial-native cyber solutions that enable reliable, safe and resilient digital manufacturing.
Ran Blayer
CEO of Percepto
Ran Blayer is a business strategist with expertise in business development, strategic sales management and international marketing. He has almost a decade of experience in growing leading companies within the online industry. Ran graduated with a B.A. in Communication and Political Science from the University of Haifa and has an M.A. in Conflict Resolution and Management from Tel Aviv University.
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About Percepto: Percepto manages the digital presence of companies, high-profile individuals and business leaders worldwide since 2007
Dotan Sagi
CEO of Be-Strategic Solutions (BeST)
Dotan Sagi is a Crisis Management expert with specialized expertise in Aviation Security. He has been active in the Crisis Management and Business Continuity world for over 25 years and has over 20 years’ experience designing crisis management simulations for both government and private sectors. Before founding BeST, Dotan was the head of the El-Al Airlines Security Aviation Security Academy in Israel, where he was in charge of developing a vast complex of crisis management simulations. Dotan is the visionary leader behind BeST, the disruptive technology that has already begun to revolutionize the crisis management world. Dotan’s cutting-edge crisis management platform has been used to transform the crisis management capacities of organizations such as the International Aviation Transportation Authority (IATA), the Aviation Information-Sharing and Analysis Center (A-ISAC), UNYSIS, Poalim Bank, the Italian Supervisory Institute (IVRI) and the Maccabiah.
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About Be-Strategic Solutions (BeST): A unique Crisis Management Simulation Software that helps organizations face potential disasters – better preparing for the “real thing”.