Alexander Kaplan
Director Of Engineering at Cynomi
Israel
Summary
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Top SchoolAlexander Kaplan is a Director of Engineering with 10 years of experience leading full‑stack and DevOps teams across national cyber defense and startup environments. Currently heading engineering at Cynomi after several leadership roles at the Israel National Cyber Directorate, he pairs pragmatic engineering practices with a preference for simple, maintainable solutions. Pursuing a Master's in Computer Science, his research focuses on network security and programmable networks, including data‑plane detection of DNS‑based DDoS attacks. He combines hands‑on development history—from embedded/defense projects to cloud and DevOps—with team coaching and process improvement, making security and operational reliability core to delivery. An analytical problem solver who favors elegance over complexity, he brings both technical depth and operational experience to high‑stakes security engineering.
10 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Software Engineering, Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Software Engineering at Technion - Israel Institute of TechnologyBachelor of Science - BS Computer Software Engineering, Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Software Engineering at PsagotMaster's degree Computer Science, Master's degree Computer Science at The Open University of Israel
Github Skills (80)
autocomplete10
malware10
form-validation10
inquirer10
cert10
eclipse-plugin10
alerts10
phishing10
validation9
cybersecurity9
python9
security9
datatable9
automation9
datagrid9
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
TechnionYP5777/SmartCity-Accessibility
Nov 2016 - Jul 2017
Smart City Accessibility
Contributions:2 releases, 404 commits, 305 pushes in 7 months
accessibility
kapalex/cyb-portal-test
Nov 2022 - Feb 2023
Contributions:95 pushes, 1 branch in 3 months
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