Guy Podjarny
Background
Guy Podjarny served in the elite cyber intelligence unit 8200 of the Israel Defense Forces before founding web performance pioneer Blaze, which was acquired by Akamai Technologies in 2012 for $80 million. At Akamai, he served as Chief Technology Officer, authoring books on web security and mobile performance.
Role at Snyk
Guy Podjarny is the co-founder and President of Snyk. Widely recognized as the philosophical father of the modern DevSecOps movement, Podjarny coined the term 'developer-first security' and championed the radical notion that security tools should be designed for developers rather than security auditors.
Under Podjarny's visionary leadership, Snyk scaled from an idea in a London cafe into a $7.4 billion global cybersecurity titan. Podjarny hosts the popular 'The Secure Developer' podcast, authors authoritative literature on software supply chain risk, and directs Snyk's long-term technology and AI vision.