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Ex-Check Point Software founders who just went stealth

10 founders who worked at Check Point Software started a company in stealth in the last 15 weeks.

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Roey Yaacovi

Co-Founder & CTO
Left
Check Point Software
Software Engineer
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Software Engineer at Check Point Software2017-2019 · left Dec 2019
  • CTO - DSPM and AI Security at IBM2023-2026
  • Co-Founder & CTO at Polar Security (An IBM Company)2021-2023
  • Software Engineer at Office of the Prime Minister of Israel2009-2014
Education
  • Hebrew University of JerusalemBachelor's

Ran I.

Co-Founder and CEO
Left
Check Point Software
Sr. Product Manager - Cyber Security / SOC / IoT and Cloud (SaaS)
Before that
Went stealthOct 2026
Work
  • Sr. Product Manager - Cyber Security / SOC / IoT and Cloud (SaaS) at Check Point Software2018-2021 · left Oct 2021
  • VP, Strategy and Product at PlaxidityX (Formerly Argus)2023-2026
  • Principal PM Manager at Microsoft2021-2023
  • Dir. Contact Center Solutions at AudioCodes2011-2018
  • VP, Strategy and BD, Mobile Cyber Security at OnPage®2009-2010
  • Sr. Architect APS at Akamai Technologies2008-2009
  • Sr. Product Manager at Avaya1999-2008
Education
  • Northeastern UniversityMBA
  • Tel Aviv UniversityBS

Ronny Sharaby

Co-Founder & CTO
Left
Check Point Software
QA engineer
Before that
Went stealthAug 2026
Work
  • QA engineer at Check Point Software2004-2006 · left May 2006
  • AI Transformation Leader & Head of Platform Engineering at Moonshot Marketing LTD2026-2026
  • Director of Devops and Tech Operations at justt2022-2025
  • DevOps Team Lead at Palo Alto Networks2020-2022
  • DevOps Team Lead at Simplex2018-2020
  • CTO at Automat-it2016-2018
  • Senior Devops Engineer at Kaltura2010-2016
Education
  • RHLA class

Shira Khoushy

Co-Founder
Left
Check Point Software
Product Data Analyst, Threat Prevention, R&D
Before that
Went stealthAug 2026
Work
  • Product Data Analyst, Threat Prevention, R&D at Check Point Software2018-2023 · left Apr 2023
  • Product Manager at Papaya Global2025-2026
  • Product Manager at Obol2023-2025
  • Diamond Broker at Moti Israeli Diamonds2015-2016
  • Operations Manager of the Deputy Chief of the Intelligence Corps at Israel Defense Forces2014-2016
Education
  • Bar-Ilan UniversityMA
  • Product Experts
  • Bar-Ilan UniversityBA

Orel Djerbi

Co-Founder and VP GTM
Left
Check Point Software
Account Executive - Alliances
Before that
Went stealthJul 2026
Work
  • Account Executive - Alliances at Check Point Software2016-2019 · left Nov 2019
  • GTM at Zafran Security2026-2026
  • VP Sales and Sales Engineering, EMEA & APAC at IONIX2020-2026
  • Account Executive - Global SI at Oosto2019-2020
  • Head Of Business Development at SK Pharma2015-2016
  • Professional Academic Officer at Israel Defense Forces2012-2014
Education
  • Bar-Ilan UniversityMBA
  • Bar-Ilan UniversityBachelor's

Asaf Barak

Co-Founder & CTO
Left
Check Point Software
R&D Group Manager, SASE Infrastructure, Harmony Connect
Before that
Went stealthJul 2026
Work
  • R&D Group Manager, SASE Infrastructure, Harmony Connect at Check Point Software2015-2022 · left Jul 2022
  • Director of Engineering, FortiEDR at Fortinet2022-2025
  • Technology Leader at Ivory Software Systems2010-2014
  • Teaching Assistant, Computer Science at The Academic College of Tel-Aviv, Yaffo2010-2011
  • Senior Software Engineer at ECI Telecom2006-2009
  • QA Engineer at eBay2003-2005
Education
  • Tel Aviv UniversityMBA
  • The Academic College of Tel-Aviv, YaffoBS

Alex M.

Founder
Left
Check Point Software
Security Engineer - Graduate Scheme
Before that
Went stealthJul 2026
Work
  • Security Engineer - Graduate Scheme at Check Point Software2014-2016 · left May 2016
  • Founder & MD at revarc2023-2026
  • GTM & Product Marketing - UK at Productsup2022-2023
  • GTM & Product Marketing Lead at Scaleflex2020-2022
  • Relocation at Relocation from London to Paris.2020-2020
  • Client Development Manager - EMEA at Smartsheet2019-2020
  • Consultant at Boston Consulting Group (BCG)2017-2019
Education
  • Harvard Business School
  • Product Marketing Alliance
  • BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT

Tal Laufer

CEO & Co-founder
Left
Check Point Software
Senior Product Manager, SASE
Before that
Went stealthJul 2026
Work
  • Senior Product Manager, SASE at Check Point Software2020-2021 · left Nov 2021
  • VP Products and R&D at Claroty2024-2025
  • Head of Product Management, SSE at Perimeter 81, a Check Point Company2021-2024
  • Director Product Line Management at ARRIS2011-2020
  • Engineering Group Manager, VLSI at BigBand Networks2007-2012
  • Chip Design Engineer at IBM2004-2007
Education
  • Tel Aviv UniversityMBA
  • Tel Aviv UniversityBachelor's
  • Betsy Magness Leadership InstituteGraduate

Meitar Palas

Founder
Left
Check Point Software
Software Developer
Before that
Went stealthJul 2026
Work
  • Software Developer at Check Point Software2015-2021 · left Mar 2021
  • DevOps Engineer at JFrog2021-2025
  • Automation Engineer at Vdoo - A JFrog Company2021-2024
  • IT Administrator at Israel Defense Forces2008-2011
Education
  • ORT Braude College

Adi Iluz

Co-Founder & CTO
Left
Check Point Software
Senior Full Stack Engineer
Before that
Went stealthJul 2026
Work
  • Senior Full Stack Engineer at Check Point Software2021-2024 · left Jul 2024
  • Senior Software Engineer at Finubit2024-2025
  • Owner + CTO at Accurate Software2018-2021
  • Full Stack Engineer at LENDMART, LLC2014-2017

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# the one request behind this page
curl https://api.crustdata.com/watch/person/search \
  -H "authorization: Bearer $CRUSTDATA_KEY" \
  -H "x-api-version: 2025-11-01" \
  -d '{
    "filters": { "op": "and", "conditions": [
      { "field": "experience.employment_details.current.company_name",
        "type": "[.]", "value": "stealth" },
      { "field": "experience.employment_details.current.title",
        "type": "(.)", "value": "founder" }
    ]},
    "fields": ["basic_profile", "experience", "education"],
    "config": { "trigger": { "type": "interval", "every_hours": 168 } }
  }'
# [.] = exact phrase, (.) = all words. Each week it returns only the new matches.

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About this list

What "stealth" means here: the person's current job is a founder title (Founder, Co-Founder, Founder & CEO…) at a company listed as "Stealth", "Stealth Startup" or similar, because they haven't announced it yet.

Where it comes from: public professional profiles, via the Crustdata API. A new search runs every week and adds whoever newly matches. Profiles can take a few weeks to show up, and start dates are by month.

The company on each row is the most recent job before going stealth, with the title they held there. Where we can, we skip internships, advisor seats and freelance stints. On a "former employer" page it shows the job at that employer instead. Click a row for their full work history and education.