Ofir Brukner

Co-Founder & VP Product at Gem

Ofir Brukner has a diverse work experience, starting with their current role as the Co-Founder and VP of Product at Gem since May 2022. Prior to this, they worked at Sygnia from March 2016 to April 2022, where they held the position of Head of R&D. During their time at Sygnia, they led a team of skilled developers and implemented git and agile concepts organization-wide.

Before Sygnia, Ofir worked at the Israeli Military Intelligence - Unit 8200 from September 2009 to January 2016. Ofir initially served as a Software Developer, where they worked on the development of a modern version of the organization's ETL pipeline and backend and UI components. Later, they became an Engineering Manager, leading a team responsible for multiple mission-critical systems and introducing agile programming and CI cycles.

Prior to their time in the military intelligence, Ofir worked as a Researcher at IBM from July 2008 to July 2009. In this role, they worked part-time on a project focused on automatic code generation, where they implemented parsers and scanning algorithms for extracting components from UML diagrams.

Overall, Ofir Brukner has extensive experience in product management, research, and development, with a strong focus on software engineering and agile methodologies.

Ofir Brukner earned a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Software Engineering from Technion - Israel Institute of Technology from 2005 to 2009. Prior to that, they attended The Hebrew Reali School from 2003 to 2005 where they studied Computer Science in high school. Ofir further pursued their education and obtained a Master's Degree in Computer Science from Reichman University from 2013 to 2015.

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  • Co-Founder & VP Product

    May, 2022 - present