Yotam Levit
Founding Member - Staff Researcher at Reichman University- FORE Executive Education
Tel-Aviv, Tel-Aviv District, Israel
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Top SchoolYotam Levit is a cybersecurity researcher and engineering leader with a decade of experience building AI-driven endpoint protection and data-driven security solutions for emerging threats. As a founding staff researcher at Lenovo Research and former EDR team lead at Toga Networks, he combines deep malware research with product-aware engineering to close practical gaps in modern defenses. He led R&D teams in Unit 8200, delivering next-generation perimeter security and mentoring cross-functional engineers under high-stakes conditions. Alongside his research, he serves as Vice Academic Director for Reichman University’s executive cyber risk program, translating technical risk into strategic guidance for C-suite leaders. He contributes to open-source security tooling and has enhanced Ethereum Java tooling (web3j) to surface revert reasons for smarter contract interactions—reflecting a knack for bridging low-level detail and applied systems. Based in Tel Aviv, he pairs academic outreach with hands-on development to shape both defender capabilities and executive understanding.
10 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Technician Computer Science, Technician Computer Science at ORT CollegesBachelor's degree Computer Science, Bachelor's degree Computer Science at The Open University of Israel
Github Skills (12)
javas10
smart-contracts10
transactionscope10
transaction10
transaction-manager10
exception-handling10
ethereum10
java10
blockchain10
testing9
solidity9
android8
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
LFDT-web3j/web3j
Sep 2019 - Jan 2020
Lightweight Java and Android library for integration with Ethereum clients
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:12 commits, 2 PRs, 4 comments in 4 months
Contributions summary:Yotam primarily focused on enhancing the `web3j` library, a Java library for interacting with Ethereum clients. Their contributions included adding features like the retrieval of revert reasons to `TransactionException` and improving the handling of contract calls by integrating revert reason information into `TransactionManager` and `Contract` classes. They also extended testing capabilities within the project and modified existing classes to support the retrieval of revert reason.
ethereumrxjavasmart-contract-toolsblockchainandroid-library
lyotam/TechMarketplace
Feb 2019 - Sep 2020
Marketplace Application with Private Bidding & Purchase Running on Quorum Blockchain
Contributions:1 review, 59 commits, 3 PRs in 1 year 6 months
marketplacereactblockchainbiddingquorum
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