Seasoned general manager and chief product officer brings years of success in maximizing customers’ business-critical outcomes
Checkmarx, the industry leader in cloud-native application security, has appointed long-time technology industry leader Inbal Shani to its Board of Directors. Shani will leverage decades of executive experience in innovative technology companies to her new position on the board, where she joins Checkmarx CEO Sandeep Johri, the company’s founders Maty Siman and Emmanuel Benzaquen and Hellman & Friedman Partner Tarim Wasim, among others.
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“I’m extremely pleased to welcome Inbal to our Board of Directors”
“I’m extremely pleased to welcome Inbal to our Board of Directors,” said Sandeep Johri, CEO at Checkmarx. “Her long track record of leadership and innovation with some of today’s leading technology organizations will help Checkmarx further develop our strategy and aid our focus on delivering long-term value and protection to our enterprise customers around the world.”
Shani is the Chief Product Officer and Head of Research and Development at Twilio Communications, leading all aspects of product strategy, innovation and software development. With more than 25 years of experience in automotive, aerospace, cloud and retail industries, her expertise spans across the entire tech stack. Before joining Twilio, Shani led research and development, marketing and go-to-market teams at GitHub, Amazon/AWS and Microsoft.
Having served as a general manager and chief product officer for most of her career, Shani specializes in crafting solutions that maximize customers’ business-critical outcomes. She is among the pioneering technologists who first applied AI to solve complex technical and business problems. Shani holds a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from Tel Aviv University and a B.Sc. in Aerospace Engineering from the Israel Institute of Technology.
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“I’m a builder at heart, and I’m thrilled to join the Checkmarx board. Throughout my career, I’ve been fortunate to lead the development of products across the stack, from autonomous vehicles and robots to natural language processing, cloud, developer tools and more recently communication,” Shani said. “My passion for developer productivity drives my excitement about this opportunity. With the rise of AI lowering barriers to entry, we also face new security threats. Ensuring security by design for every developer is more critical than ever and I’m eager to contribute to Checkmarx’ mission in this pivotal time.”
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