Shai Mendel
Co-Founder & CTO at Nagomi Security
Israel
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Top SchoolShai Mendel is a pragmatic engineering leader and co-founder with seven years of industry experience and a strong foundation from Tel Aviv University and The Open University of Israel. As Co-Founder & CTO of Nagomi Security he is focused on turning security tool sprawl into measurable, prescriptive defense plans that maximize ROI for customers. Prior to Nagomi he scaled teams and engineering practices at Snyk—rising to Director of Engineering—and led product-focused engineering at XM Cyber. His background includes deep hands-on software experience from a six-year tenure in Israeli government engineering, giving him a balanced perspective on operational rigor and product velocity. Shai blends technical craftsmanship with strategic product judgment, especially around applied security and risk optimization. He brings a founder’s mindset to building teams, tooling, and metrics that make security investments actionable.
7 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (M.Sc.) Computer Science, Master of Science (M.Sc.) Computer Science at Tel Aviv UniversityBachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Computer Science at The Open University of Israel
Github Skills (60)
snyk10
devsecops10
static-analysis10
monitor10
sarif10
docker-image10
supply-chain-security10
software-composition-analysis10
monitors10
metadata10
security10
vulnerabilities10
nodejs10
cli10
docker9
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
shaimendel/dev-blog
May 2020 - Nov 2020
My dev blog
Contributions:1 release, 12 PRs, 37 pushes in 6 months
jekylldev-blogdev
shaimendel/vscode-plugin-cicd-github-actions
Apr 2020 - Apr 2020
vscode-plugin-cicd-github-actions
Contributions:23 commits in 1 day
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