Nir Zur

Nir Zur currently holds the position of Director of Research & Development at Taboola, a role assumed in June 2025. Prior experience includes serving as the Director of Software Engineering & AI, Applications Security Solutions at Checkmarx from April 2022 to September 2024, where responsibilities encompassed overseeing a large software development team and managing the lifecycle of cloud-native application security solutions. Nir previously worked at Cognyte as R&D Director of Communications & Cyber Intelligence, leading a team of 70 developers and specialists. Additional roles include R&D Director at Verint, SVP R&D & Products at kmoEye, VP of Software Development at Invoke Solutions, and R&D Manager at Destinator Technologies. Nir holds an Executive MBA from Tel Aviv University and dual Bachelor's degrees in Computer Science and Economics and Management from The Academic College of Tel-Aviv, Yaffo.