Gil Sasson

Gil Sasson is an accomplished engineering leader with extensive experience in research and development within the technology sector. Currently serving as the Engineering Leader at VAST Data since July 2023, Gil has previously held significant positions such as Chief R&D Officer at Lightbits Labs, where leadership of architecture, development, and QA teams was key, and VP of R&D at N2WS, overseeing large teams and innovative cloud data management solutions. Expertise also includes serving as CTO at Huawei Technologies, managing R&D teams in both Israel and China, and leading various development teams at IBM, where Gil contributed to the advancement of data protection products. Gil's career began with co-founding IR Solutions and includes notable roles in software development at Topio and FilesX. Educational credentials include a B.A. and M.Sc. in Computer Science from Technion, emphasizing distributed systems.