AI & Innovation Group Lead
Yotam is a hands-on AI and Innovation group lead with a strong background as a Principal Director in Security and Emerging Technology. Over more than 15 years of experience in information security and R&D, he has specialized in AI security, bringing deep technical expertise in AI architecture and engineering to every team he leads.
Driving Innovation at Scale
He enjoys driving innovation in AI, security, and emerging technologies across global environments, leveraging data to deliver impactful results in areas such as AI security, advanced AI systems, post-quantum cryptography, and complex security challenges.
Technical Roots, Academic Depth
Combining a solid technical background with academic expertise, Yotam holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science focused on developing distributed algorithms — a foundation that continues to inform how he approaches large-scale AI and security problems today.
Experience
Hands-on AI and innovation group lead, leading AI and emerging technology initiatives while overseeing high-impact security projects in areas such as AI security, post-quantum cryptography, and complex security challenges. Driving innovation through cutting-edge technologies and mentoring team leads and members to promote collaboration, technical excellence, and organizational growth.
Teaching computer science students the foundations and practical applications of cryptographic methods used in security, privacy, blockchain, and post-quantum cryptography.
Developing a new software solution that spans multiple operation systems within the Wireless group, focusing on Bluetooth technology and OS internals. Initiated robust and scalable end-to-end features, including architecture, design, and development.
- Research: Design self-stabilization and coordination algorithms for robot swarms.
- Lecturer assistant in 'Introduction to Computer Science', 'Data Structures', and 'Cryptography' courses, guiding students, developing materials and presenting lectures.
- Led a research and development team of 5 people, performing secure development, analysis, architecture, and vulnerability research to secure software and hardware solutions, ensuring the company's customer's business continuity in the eco-system.
- Managing broad security and development projects with overseas researchers in Accenture International.
Selected projects included:
- Offensive security research on network devices that includes a variety of attack vectors and vulnerability research, including reverse engineering and cryptography attacks.
- Designed a state-of-the-art, secure code for a European consortium infrastructure, ensuring encrypted and authenticated communication among thousands of smart meters, cloud services, and companies.
- Created a cutting-edge and highly secured solution for a stock exchange to facilitate the borrowing and lending of securities.
- Led an offensive and defensive security research on software and hardware solutions, performing vulnerability and low-level cryptography research and development.
- A red team member performing external and internal penetration testing at Maglan Cyber Defense & Intelligence — which Accenture later acquired.
- Developed the Intel Wireless group's automation infrastructure solutions (server & client).
- Involved in the team developing a simulator for a wireless system named Wi-Max, written in C++ and C.