Summary
Imri Heppner is a seasoned engineering leader and entrepreneur with 12 years of experience building high-reliability, secure payment and fulfillment platforms. As co-founder and CTO/CEO of PayBox he led architecture, devops and product, driving the company from concept to 100K users and an acquisition by a major Israeli bank while maintaining 99.99% uptime and zero severe security findings. He has repeatedly scaled R&D organizations—from hands-on engineering at Ben-Gurion University to directing SaaS product teams at OwnBackup and leading fulfillment and payments platforms at Fabric and Ledge. Known for translating business needs into pragmatic technical solutions, he combines full-stack fluency with strong product instincts and a track record of retaining and growing teams. Outside engineering, he founded a nonprofit to support fellow entrepreneurs, reflecting an ongoing commitment to community and mentorship.
12 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
University of Seville
Instructor and Therapist Theraputic Horse Riding, Instructor and Therapist Theraputic Horse Riding at The Academic College at Wingate
Bachelor of Science (BSc) Computer Science and Cognition, Bachelor of Science (BSc) Computer Science and Cognition at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
English, Hebrew, Spanish