Aron Trauring is a veteran technology executive and serial entrepreneur with over four decades of experience building software, leading product teams, and founding startups in the US and Israel. As CEO and co-founder of Zoteca, and through roles as CTO/CIO for multiple ventures, he blends hands-on development and DevOps expertise with strategic sales and marketing acumen to design cloud-based big data architectures and secure distributed systems. He was one of the original developers of Statemate and co-recipient of the 2007 ACM Software System Award, a legacy that influenced the adoption of statecharts into UML. Aron has a track record of mission-driven projects, notably leading development of an expert system that helped 120,000+ low-income households claim over $450M in benefits. Comfortable moving between research-grade tooling and commercial productization, he also holds multidisciplinary training from Carnegie Mellon and UPenn, reflecting his long-standing interest in the intersection of public policy and technology. Not obvious from titles alone: he shifted a post-9/11 security startup into a sustainable consultancy, demonstrating pragmatic adaptability in turbulent markets.
9 years of coding experience
24 years of employment as a software developer
B.A, Urban Studies, B.A, Urban Studies at Columbia College, Columbia University
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
MPM, Urban and Public Affairs; Public Management, MPM, Urban and Public Affairs; Public Management at Carnegie Mellon University - Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy
Computer Science, Computer Science at University of Pennsylvania
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