Alik Hochner is a seasoned software engineer and startup CTO with 11 years of professional experience and a strong track record founding and scaling technology companies from Israel. As Co-Founder & CTO of Rounds and former Co-Founder & CTO of Data Directs, he combines hands-on architecture and engineering leadership with product-minded entrepreneurship. His background includes deep integration and middleware expertise as an SOA/ESB architect for enterprise clients like Isracard and banking projects, and early-career z/OS systems and DBA experience from Mamram and Mamtal. He moves fluidly between system-level reliability and startup velocity, bringing a pragmatic approach to complex integration problems. Outside the obvious founder roles, he has served on the board of Data Directs and continues to launch ventures through Baloota Apps, signaling ongoing commitment to product commercialization. Fluent in both legacy enterprise stacks and modern startup practices, he excels at turning intricate technical requirements into reliable, deployable systems.
11 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts (BA) Geography, Bachelor of Arts (BA) Geography at Tel Aviv University
Contributions:15 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 9 months
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