Ariel Zelivansky
Director, Research at Palo Alto Networks
California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAriel Zelivansky is a Distinguished Product Security Researcher based in California with 12 years of experience leading security research and product-hardening initiatives at Palo Alto Networks. He progressed through technical and managerial roles—from hands-on security researcher at Twistlock to Director and now distinguished researcher—demonstrating a rare blend of deep technical expertise and scalable team leadership. Ariel focuses on translating cutting-edge vulnerability research into practical product defenses that protect large-scale cloud-native and enterprise deployments. His background in political science signals a strong analytical and strategic mindset applied to threat modeling and risk communication. Known for driving high-impact programs inside a major security vendor, he pairs investigator-level curiosity with the operational rigor needed to move findings into shipped protections.
12 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Political Science, Bachelor's degree Political Science at University of California, Berkeley
English, Hebrew
Github Skills (74)
alpine-linux10
zip-archive10
aes-encryption10
build-script10
zip9
keyboard9
linux9
database9
rubyzip9
mouse9
docbook9
converter9
asciidoc9
asciidoctor9
manpage9
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
twistlock/kisaten
Aug 2018 - Oct 2018
Contributions:35 commits, 18 pushes, 1 branch in 2 months
zelivans/zelivans.github.io
Feb 2017 - Sep 2018
Contributions:19 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year 7 months
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