Gil Tene

Who is Gil Tene?

With almost two decades of technology engineering successes, Gil Tene guides

Azul Systems architectural vision and product design to align with

business and market opportunity strategies.

Prior

to co-founding Azul Systems, Gil was Director of Technology at Nortel

Networks, having joined Nortel through the acquisition of Shasta

Networks. Gil architected Shasta’s Broadband IP Services Platform and

Service Creation System.

Before joining

Nortel, Gil was Director of Technology at Check Point Software

Technologies where he delivered several industry-leading traffic

management solutions, including the industry's first Firewall-1 based

security appliance in partnership with Nokia.

Prior

to Check Point, Gil held numerous management and design engineering

positions at industry-leading companies including Stratus and Qualix

Communications.

Prior to working for

commercial companies, Gil served in the Israeli Navy Computer RD

Unit. Gil also holds a BSEE from Technion, Israel Institute of

Technology. He is a member of numerous technology advisory boards and

has been granted three patents in computer technology.