ASAF ASHKENAZI

Asaf Ashkenazi is Chief Executive Officer of Verimatrix. Asaf joined Verimatrix in 2018 and previously served as the company’s Chief Operating Officer. As CEO, Asaf leads the company’s ongoing business model transformation that focuses on recurring subscription-based revenue sources and new products. Offering a distinct mix of extensive cybersecurity technical expertise and management successes, he brings proven insights for market analysis, strategic partnerships as well as mergers and acquisitions.

A member of the Forbes Technology Council, a turn-to source for deep knowledge in the sector, Asaf is a recognized security expert and routinely appears as a thought leader in industry publications around the globe – positioning Verimatrix as a top innovator that’s committed to providing the most powerful yet people-friendly protection for digital content, applications and devices. Prior to Verimatrix, he served as vice president of IoT security products at Rambus (NASDAQ: RMBS), lead security products at Qualcomm (NASDAQ: QCOM), and held other engineering management positions at Freescale Semiconductor and Motorola (NYSE: MSI). Asaf is a former board member of the FIDO Alliance and holds 10 U.S. patents for security architectures as well as an engineering degree from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.