Avner Benhanoch
Gymnasia Realit College, Rishon LeZion at Lady Davis High School, Tel Aviv
Israel
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Top SchoolAvner Benhanoch is a seasoned software engineer and educator with over 20 years bridging high‑tech R&D and secondary/academic teaching, combining deep systems and networking expertise with a talent for curriculum design. He has led and contributed to performance- and security-critical projects at Check Point and Mellanox—including open-source work on libvma and build/release automation for sockperf—bringing practical knowledge of RDMA, low-latency networking, and secure C++ to the classroom. Currently mentoring advanced engineering students in Unit 8200’s Sigit program and teaching elite high‑school cyber cohorts, he consistently translates complex topics like OOP, data structures, and software architecture into high‑impact, exam‑ready instruction. Notably, he authored a company-wide 'Secure C++ Coding' course and has hands-on experience improving packaging and CI workflows, making him equally comfortable in code, tools, and pedagogy.
15 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
M.Teach, Mathematics Education (GPA: 93), M.Teach, Mathematics Education (GPA: 93) at Beit Berl CollegeMBA, Information Systems (Honors, GPA: 90), MBA, Information Systems (Honors, GPA: 90) at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
English, Hebrew
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Github Skills (31)
git10
github-ci10
c-language10
packaging10
bash10
network-programming10
cicd10
debian-packaging10
automation10
performance-optimization10
packager10
package10
build-automation10
rpm10
tcp10
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
Mellanox/sockperf
Jun 2015 - Jun 2016
Network Benchmarking Utility
Role in this project:
DevOps Engineer & Build/Release Engineer
DevOps Engineer & Build/Release EngineerContributions:4 releases, 54 commits, 10 PRs in 1 year
Contributions summary:Avner primarily focused on improving the build and release process for the `sockperf` project. Their contributions include creating scripts for RPM and Debian package generation, managing versioning across different build types, and automating the conversion between RPM and Debian packages. They implemented enhancements to the build process, including the use of GitHub Actions and incorporating features such as md5 file digests. These changes streamlined the build, packaging, and release workflows, making the project more maintainable and easier to distribute.
benchmarking
Mellanox/libvma
Mar 2015 - Jan 2016
Linux user space library for network socket acceleration based on RDMA compatible network adaptors
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:129 commits, 6 comments in 10 months
Contributions summary:Avner contributed to the `libvma` repository, which is a Linux user space library for network socket acceleration. Their work involved implementing a utility for non-blocking TCP connect and disconnect operations, aiding in latency testing. Furthermore, the user added a logging class (`LogDuration`) to measure and print the duration of code blocks, enhancing the ability to pinpoint performance bottlenecks. The user also added support for SYN packet throttling, improving network connection management.
linuxrdmasocketuserspace
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