Who are Cyera's decision-makers?

Cyera was co-founded in 2021 by Yotam Segev (CEO) and Tamar Bar-Ilan (CTO), both graduates of the Talpiot program — Israel's most selective STEM military track, which admits roughly 50 candidates per year — and veterans of Unit 8200, Israel's elite signals intelligence and cyber warfare unit. Segev specifically led the Cyber Department at Unit 8200 and co-founded the unit's cloud security division before leaving to start Cyera. Their shared intelligence background shaped the company's foundational insight: that 'identity and data are two sides of the same coin,' and that enterprises were dramatically underinvesting in data visibility relative to the risk it created. Yonatan Itai, the third co-founder and VP of R&D, rounds out the technical leadership triad.

Since 2024, Cyera has assembled a strong commercial executive layer: Brandon Sweeney (President, ex-HashiCorp CRO and dbt Labs President), Jason Clark (Chief Strategy Officer, ex-Netskope CSO and New York Times CISO), Steve Rog (CRO), Joseph Iantosca (CFO), Lamont Orange (Chief Trust Officer, 30+ years industry experience), Shira Azran (Chief Legal Officer), Naveen Palavalli (CMO, joined 2025), and Sharon Shaked (Chief People Officer, one of the earliest employees). In February 2026, Cyera further expanded its board and leadership with Pete Chronis joining the Board of Directors, Niels C. Jensen as VP of American Sales, and Yael Wissner-Levy as VP of Global Communications. This bifurcation — founders owning product and technology, commercial executives owning revenue — is a deliberate structure for scaling from $0 to $150M+ ARR while maintaining technical depth.

Security and infrastructure tooling decisions at Cyera are owned by Chief Trust Officer Lamont Orange and CTO Tamar Bar-Ilan, who manage internal security posture, vendor selection for security and infrastructure tools, and platform integration partnerships. The VP of R&D (Yonatan Itai) and engineering leads own developer tooling, cloud infrastructure procurement, and build-vs-buy decisions for engineering-adjacent tools. Given Cyera's heritage — the company's founders built military-grade intelligence platforms — the technical buying bar for security and infrastructure tools is extremely high; expect rigorous proof-of-concept evaluations and security questionnaire scrutiny.

For commercial and business tools — CRM, marketing automation, HR systems, finance platforms, and productivity tools — the buying committee typically includes CFO Joseph Iantosca, CMO Naveen Palavalli, and CPO Sharon Shaked. President Brandon Sweeney and CRO Steve Rog own revenue technology (sales engagement, forecasting, enablement, revenue intelligence). With $600M freshly raised and 500 employees onboarded in H1 2026, procurement is professionalizing rapidly — expect formal RFP processes for mid-six-figure contracts and above, SOC2 Type II attestation requirements for any SaaS vendor, and multi-stakeholder evaluation committees.

Cyera operates a deliberate bi-city headquarters model: New York (1375 Broadway, 11th Floor, Midtown Manhattan) anchors go-to-market, sales, marketing, customer success, finance, legal, and global business operations, while Tel Aviv (Ibn Gabirol area) anchors R&D, product, and engineering. This structure reflects the co-founders' split: Segev and the commercial team operate from New York; Bar-Ilan and the engineering team operate from Tel Aviv. Additional offices in San Mateo, CA and London (incorporated as CYERA UK LTD, February 2025) support West Coast and EMEA go-to-market respectively.

The five acquisitions completed since October 2024 — Trail Security, Otterize, Shape AI, Ryft, and Genie Security — have required significant M&A integration work managed by the CLO (Shira Azran) and CFO (Joseph Iantosca) teams, with each acquired team being integrated into the existing engineering structure in Tel Aviv. At approximately 500 new hires in H1 2026 alone, onboarding velocity and culture preservation are operational priorities for CPO Sharon Shaked. The company's 18-country footprint includes distributed workers primarily across EMEA and APAC, managed under a mix of employer-of-record arrangements and local entities.