Avi Biran

Mr. Avi Biran is the CEO and a co-founder of Cyber Odysseys, an innovative Cyber Security company based in Israel. Prior to that, he worked for 25 years for the elite Technological Unit of Israel’s Intelligence Corps Special Forces, where he served as a senior commander in the Cyber Command. Through the years he has being acquired deep knowledge of Cyber Warfare, computer networks, special communication systems, satellite systems as well as complicated electronic systems.

Mr. Biran was among the first group that strategically designed the foundations for the Cyber Security Arena. During that time, he was the initiator and the leading commander for novel and innovative technological groups with contributes directly to the security of the state of Israel, and for that merit, he has gotten several awards. His last project was founding and building the new Cyber Command for the Intelligence Corps Special Forces.

Mr. Biran holds a B.Sc. in Robotics from The Technion, Israel Institute for Technology, and MBA from Tel Aviv University, and a Master in Public Administration from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. Mr. Biran is a recipient of the Eisenhower Fellowship for International Leadership 2011 and a member of Eisenhower Fellowships since then.

Companies

• Co-Founder & CEO Cyber Odysseys Ltd. (2013)
• Adjunct Professor IE Business School (2013)
• Keynote Speaker on Cyber Security Cyber Odysseys Ltd. (2013)
• Lead Cyber Security Mentor Microsoft Ventures Accelerator Academy R&D Hertzelia (2013)
• Head of R&D Department Intelligence Corps. (1990 — 2013)
• Founder & CEO Brakim (Lightning) Program, Technion University (2000 — 2012)
• Senior Fellow Eisenhower Fellowships (2011 — 2011)

Education

• Master’s Degree Wexner Fellowships (2003 — 2004)
• Master of Business Administration (MBA) Tel Aviv University - Coller School of Management (1993 — 1996)
• Bachelor of Science (BSc) Technion-Machon Technologi Le' Israel (1987 — 1990)