Summary
Elad Kehat is an engineering manager based in Zurich with 15 years of experience building high-performing R&D teams and delivering complex software products. He has led across startups and scale-ups as CTO and VP R&D, and now manages engineering at Google, combining operator-level product focus with hands-on technical leadership. His background spans founding and scaling companies, enterprise software at Mercury/HP, and biotech software leadership, giving him a rare mix of startup grit and large-company execution. Colleagues know him for turning ambiguous challenges into pragmatic roadmaps while keeping team energy high—“it’s a lot of fun,” as he puts it. Educated in Israel with BA and MA studies, he also brings early intelligence-analyst experience that informs disciplined, evidence-driven decision making.
15 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
MA, MA at Tel Aviv University
BA, BA at The Open University of Israel