Tal Melamed
CTO & Co-Founder at YL Ventures
Italy
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Top SchoolTal Melamed is a CTO and serial co-founder with 12 years of hands-on experience building and commercializing cutting-edge application and cloud security products, currently leading Tego AI from Italy. He has repeatedly founded or scaled technology ventures in cloud-native and serverless protection—one of which was acquired—and later led cloud security research at Contrast Security. Tal blends deep offensive and defensive expertise (OWASP project leader and contributions to the OWASP/DVSA vulnerable serverless app) with investor and mentor roles across early-stage security and fraud startups, giving him a rare view from research to market. He also teaches application security at the graduate level and participates in elite networks like YL Ventures Insiders, demonstrating commitment to ecosystem development. Notably, his background includes practical security research on serverless systems and real-world fraud prevention dating back to RSA and Check Point, informing pragmatic product decisions.
12 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS Cybersecurity, Master of Science - MS Cybersecurity at Quinnipiac UniversityBachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Software Engineering, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Software Engineering at Shenkar - Engineering. Design. Art.
English, Hebrew, Italian, python, pcre
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Github Skills (15)
javascript10
fullstack-development10
semantic-ui10
front-end-development10
full-stack10
react10
apidoc9
backend9
back-end-development9
serverless9
api9
python8
aws8
docker6
dockers6
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
OWASP/DVSA
Dec 2018 - Jan 2022
a Damn Vulnerable Serverless Application
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:2 reviews, 236 commits, 31 PRs in 3 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Tal primarily contributed to the frontend of the application, implementing features such as a store page with filtering options and a cart page. They also made backend changes involving admin functions and payment processing logic. The user addressed bug fixes across multiple parts of the application, including cronjobs and the admin page, suggesting a comprehensive understanding of the project's codebase. Additionally, the user added new client features and fixed existing ones related to the user profile, inbox and contact pages.
vulnerableserverlessaws-lambdadamn-vulnerableaws
4ppsec/RainbowMaker
Jan 2014 - Dec 2015
Contributions:1 release, 8 commits, 3 pushes in 1 year 11 months
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