Leonid Belkind

Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer

2019 - Current

Making the world a more efficient place, one security team at a time.

Investor / Advisor

2020

Insider

2019

Member

2019

Member in the Glilot Community Members program.

Contributing Writer, Official Member

2018

Member of the Forbes Technology Council. Sharing my experience with the community of IT professionals, writing about the paradigm shifts that the industry is undergoing.

Vice President, CTO - Zero Trust

2019 - 2019

Joined Symantec upon its acquisition of Luminate Security. Responsible for technological and product integration of Secure Access Cloud into Symantec Integrated Cyber Defense Platform, as well as for driving adoption of Zero Trust and Cloud-Native product strategies across Symantec portfolio of industry-leading cyber security solutions.

Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer

2016 - 2019

Luminate Security revolutionizes the way enterprises provide access to corporate applications and services. Our Software-as-a-Service platform is based on the Software Defined Perimeter principles and provides access to applications hosted on any Infrastructure-as-a-Service, Platform-as-a-Service, Hosting or Hybrid Cloud Data Center platform. Our solution is client-less and allows production-grade deployment to be performed in minutes, while delivering unparalleled security and insight into any action performed inside corporate applications and services. We are backed by top-tier venture capital firms and strategic investors. Our solution is deployed at the most innovative and dynamic companies in fields, such as Financial Services, Consumer Services, Manufacturing and more.

Head of Mobile Information Protection

2014 - 2016

Responsible for a number of product lines, including: * Check Point Capsule, a revolutionary multi-level security solution for Enterprise Mobility * Mobile Access - Universal remote and mobile access solution for Enterprises * Endpoint Security - market-leading Mobile Data Protection and Endpoint Protection solution Launched two exciting Threat Prevention Products (from concept phase to delivery and launch): * Sandblast Agent - Multi-layer Endpoint Threat Detection and Response solution * Sandblast Cloud for Office 365 - Zero-day Threat Prevention solution for SaaS Platforms

Director, Mobile Information Protection

2014 - 2014

* Drive the Enterprise Mobile Information Protection products positioning and strategy internally and externally * Manage an organization delivering the products line, over 70 employees in different locations * Enterprise Mobility / Management market and trend analysis

Director, Enterprise Endpoint Security

2011 - 2013

+ Leading an organization delivering the Enterprise Endpoint Security products line + Managing full cycle of product operations from market analysis and product definition, through product architecture, program management and delivery, training and strategic pre/post sales escalations + Managing an organization employing over 100 managers and engineers in a number of different locations (Israel, US, Eastern Europe)

Group Manager, Endpoint Security Core

2010 - 2011

* Leading the development of Next Generation Endpoint Security products * Building a knowledge center in the field of Windows Internals technologies and Windows Kernel technologies, strongly focused on Networking - NDIS, Windows Filtering Platform, ...

Group Manager, Endpoint Security Management and Advanced Management Tools

2007 - 2010

* Building and managing a new group (3 Software Development Teams), reaching 25 people at its peak * Delivering a number of solutions in field of Enterprise Security Management technologies * Leading a worldwide development effort for the next generation of Endpoint Security Management product

Team Leader and Project Manager

2004 - 2007

* Managing the RND of Provider-1 product (currently - Multi-Domain Management Software Blade) * Product evangelism for high-end enterprises, including direct work with Fortune Global 100 companies * Revolutionized the product positioning inside Check Point, from being a side product to main-stream capability in the company's product line

Senior Software Engineer

2002 - 2003

* Developing a High-End Network Security management platform * Containerization of multi-process servers in Solaris and Linux Operating Systems * Leading complex integration projects

Senior Software Engineer and Technology Expert

2000 - 2002

* Deliver a Software-as-a-Service platform for specialized banner/ad serving and email campaigns * Drive the architectural and the technological aspects of the solution * Technological focus on Microsoft Architecture (Microsoft COM+, ASP, VISUAL C++)

Software Engineer

1999 - 2000

* Building a machine learning system targeting automatic configuration of enterprise software based on analysis of events collected by sensors deployed in the production environment * Focus on data analytics platform, based on Microsoft Repository, SQL Server