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Prior to founding Portshift, Ran Ilany held leadership security roles at Checkpoint and MainControl (acquired by IBM). As founder of Bladefusion, Ran formulated the industry standard “Multi Bladed Security Appliance”. He has authored over 3 security-related patents and wrote “Corporate Security & Network Consolidation” published by Larstan Publishing 2004.
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Michael Ioffe has close to eight years of experience in cybersecurity, with emphasis on offensive techniques, malware analysis, IR, and more. Currently, Michael serves as an Infosec Researcher for Cymulate, dealing with researching breach techniques and implementing them into automatic attack simulations. Michael is also responsible for developing defense and discovery mechanisms for cyberattacks.
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Vlad is a DevOps Consultant helping companies deliver more reliable software faster and safer. He is focused on observability and reliability, with a passion for rapid deployments and simplicity. He jokingly describes his role as a "professional mistake avoider".
Vlad’s work is predominantly focused on Kubernetes and serverless. After starting with kops, he then moved to EKS which he enjoys pushing as far as possible. He can often be found sharing insights in #eks on the Kubernetes Slack.
Before rising to the clouds he was a software developer with a background in finance. He has a passion for Haskell and Ruby, but spends most of his time in Python or Go while grumbling about JavaScript.
When avoiding tech, Vlad is very much into cocktails, whiskey, and wine — finding him at a tasting or food pairing is a sure bet. He cherishes mental health and is an avid proponent of any effort in the area.
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Ram Iyengar, chief evangelist for Cloud Foundry Foundation (part of Linux Foundation), is an engineer by practice and an educator at heart. Along his journey as a developer, Ram transitioned into technology evangelism and hasn’t looked back. He enjoys helping engineering teams around the world discover new and creative ways to work.
