Shachar Gidron

Shachar oversees the technological vision and development at Sayata.

Previously, Shachar was VP of R&D at Model9, a startup serving large enterprises. At Model9, he led the engineering department delivering on the promise of managing petabytes of data from legacy mainframe systems to multi-cloud solutions. Before Model9, Shachar rose from Software Engineer to Director of Engineering at Via, a leading TransitTech solution that improves transportation efficiencies for municipalities and transit operators. He led the development of Via’s routing services and engineering for the Algorithm department. Later he built the sales-engineering department from the ground up, providing product and technology scoping to the global sales teams.

While serving in the Israeli Defense Force, Shachar managed several R&D teams focused on cybersecurity development efforts. He was part of an R&D team that won the Israeli Defense Prize for groundbreaking technological accomplishments that contribute to national security.

Shachar holds an M.Sc (Cum Laude) in Computer Science from Reichman University, Herzliya, and a B.S. (Cum Laude) in Computer Science from The Open University of Israel.