Shlomo Kramer

President and CEO

In 2008, Shlomo Kramer was named CEO of the year by SC Magazine. In 2006, Kramer was selected by Network World magazine as one of 20 luminaries who changed the network industry.

Prior to founding Imperva, Kramer co-founded Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. in 1993. At Check Point, he served in various executive roles through 1998 and as a member of the board of directors through 2003. While at Check Point, Kramer played a key role in defining and creating several category-defining products and solutions, including FireWall-1, VPN-1, FloodGate-1, Check Point's OPSEC alliance, and Check Point's security appliance program.

Kramer has participated as an early investor and board member in a number of security and enterprise software companies including Palo Alto Networks, Trusteer, Confidela, and Worklight. Kramer received a Masters degree in Computer Science from Hebrew University of Jerusalem and a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics and Computer Science from Tel Aviv University.

Amichai Shulman

CTO

Amichai Shulman is Co-Founder and CTO of Imperva, where he heads the Application Defense Center (ADC), Imperva's internationally recognized research organization focused on security and compliance. Shulman regularly lectures at trade conferences and delivers monthly eSeminars. The press draws on Shulman's expertise to comment on breaking news, including security breaches, mitigation techniques, and related technologies. Under his direction, the ADC has been credited with the discovery of serious vulnerabilities in commercial Web application and database products, including Oracle, IBM, and Microsoft. Prior to Imperva, Shulman was founder and CTO of Edvice Security Services Ltd., a consulting group that provided application and database security services to major financial institutions, including Web and database penetration testing and security strategy, design and implementation. Shulman served in the Israel Defense Forces, where he led a team that identified new computer attack and defense techniques. He has B.Sc and Masters Degrees in Computer Science from the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology.

Doug Burns

VP, Human Resources

As Vice President of Human Resources, Doug Burns is responsible for building and developing Imperva's executive management, global sales, marketing and support teams. Prior to joining Imperva, Burns was Director of Human Resources at Palo Alto Networks where he made significant contributions in the growth of the team. Burns joined Palo Alto after nearly 5 years as a Global Business Partner and U.S. Staffing Manager at Trend Micro. Prior to Trend, he was VP of Executive Search at Foxhunt where he managed a large retained search practice and worked closely in building the management teams of dozens of technology companies. Burns holds a MS from the Sloan School at MIT and a BA in Economics from UC Berkeley.

Chris Cesio

VP, WW Channel, MSSP & SI Sales

Chris Cesio has more than 16 years experience in sales, sales management, and channel development. Joining Imperva as Western NA Regional Director in 2004, Cesio developed many of the strategic accounts and partnerships Imperva holds today. Prior to Imperva, Cesio held global account and leadership roles with EdenTree Technologies, Unisphere Networks (now part of Juniper Networks), Lucent Technologies, and Anixter International. Widely experienced in formal sales methodologies Cesio earned a B.S in Strategic Management with a focus on Management Information Systems from California State University, Chico.

Jason Forget

VP, Field Operations

As Vice President of Field Operations, Jason Forget creates and implements overall sales strategies and manages Imperva's SMB and inside sales organizations. Forget joined Imperva in 2006 from IMlogic, Inc. (Acquired by Symantec) where he was Director of Sales Operations. At IMlogic, Forget created and managed the SMB sales organization growing revenues more than 300%. Prior to IMlogic, Forget was Director of Worldwide Sales Operations at Netegrity (Acquired by Computer Associates) where he developed the global sales operation process and reporting methodology. Prior to Netegrity, Forget held finance positions at P&G and John Hancock Financial Services. Forget earned an MBA in finance from Bentley and a BS in finance and marketing from Northeastern University.

Mark Kraynak

VP, WW Marketing

A 14 year veteran of the information security industry, Mark Kraynak served as senior director of strategic marketing where he was responsible for evangelizing Imperva's application data security solutions. Kraynak represents Imperva on industry-wide groups such as the Web Application Firewall Evaluation Criteria project of the WASC and the WAF vendors' consortium within ICSA. Prior to Imperva he led product marketing at Check Point Software Technologies Ltd., and CacheFlow (now BlueCoat Systems). He has also provided technology architecture consulting for Fortune 500 clients with Ernst & Young's Center for Technology Enablement. Kraynak holds a BSC in Electrical Engineering and English from Duke University, and a Masters of Fine Arts in Literature from American University

Sunil Nagdev

VP, WW Services

Sunil Nagdev provides Imperva with 17+ years experience building, developing, and managing world-class training, support, and services organizations. He joined Imperva from Tablus, Inc (acquired by EMC), where he was Vice President of Worldwide Professional Services and Technical Support. Prior to Tablus, Nagdev held multiple executive leadership positions for Verity Inc. which was acquired by Autonomy Group. While Senior Vice President of Worldwide Professional Services and Technical Support at Autonomy, he delivered $30 M in consulting services while leading technical support efforts for 3,000+ customers and generating over $48 M in maintenance revenue. He holds a B.S. in Computer Science from Chico State University.

Yaniv Shaya

VP, Engineering

Yaniv Shaya brings to his role as Vice President of Engineering at Imperva more than 15 years of experience in software development management, product definition, team leadership and project management. Shaya joins Imperva from HP Software/Mercury where he was Director, research and development of the Performance Testing and Change Control product lines. Prior to his work at HP Software he was VP R&D at Orsus Solutions. Shaya had served in the Intelligence Technology unit of the Israel Defense Forces as an officer and system engineer. He earned an MBA, Cum Laude from Tel Aviv University and B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering, Cum Laude from the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology.

Aviv Shoham

VP, Finance

Aviv Shoham has 12 years of managerial experience in finance, operations, program management, business development, and marketing in the high-tech industry. Prior to joining Imperva, Shoham was Director, Financial Planning and Analysis at Check Point Software Technologies where he established and managed a worldwide team of analysts that designed and implemented Check Point's annual strategic planning, budget, and P&L control. In addition, he established a scalable infrastructure for Checkpoint's international sales & marketing organization, including twelve subsidiaries for which he managed finance and HR. Shoham worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers where he consulted on business plans to start ups and developed a professional training program for CPA working with high-tech start-up companies. Prior to PWC, he worked at Lannet Data Communication Ltd (acquired by Lucent) where he managed the budget of the R&D department. Shoham has a B.A. degree in Economics from Tel Aviv University and an MBA with distinction from Heriot-Watt University.