David Melamed, PhD in

David Melamed, PhD

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Co-Founder & CTO at Jit
📍 Tel Aviv-Yafo, Tel Aviv District, Israel

David Melamed is the Co-Founder and CTO of Jit, where he leads the technical vision for their SaaS product. With over 15 years of experience in cybersecurity and cloud computing, he leverages his PhD in Bioinformatics from the University of Paris XI to apply data-driven approaches to cloud-native development. He previously held senior technical roles at Cisco and CloudLock.

David is deeply involved in the tech community as an AWS Community Builder and the co-lead for the OWASP Serverless Top 10 project. He is a prolific writer and speaker, frequently sharing his expertise on DevSecOps, serverless architecture, and developer-centric security at industry events and through various publications.

Unique fact: David advocates for a "born-left" security philosophy, promoting the idea of embedding security into a project from the very first line of code, rather than shifting left later.

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Experience
20 Years
Current Role
Co-Founder & CTO
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Tel Aviv-Yafo, Tel Aviv District, Israel
Personality Overview

How David shows up

Self-Confident
Direct & Candid
Vision Oriented

They can be nudged to make faster decisions by offering what they value. They care equally about the product and its potential impact. They respond well to confident salespeople.

Priorities

Topics David cares about

AI in DevSecOps
Writes extensively on rethinking AppSec in the age of AI and transforming engineering culture by embedding AI tools into developer workflows to increase velocity and security.
Serverless Security
As the co-lead of the OWASP Serverless Top 10 project, he is an authority on the unique security challenges and vulnerabilities of serverless architectures.
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Career

Work history

8-2020
Co-Founder & CTO
Jit
8-2016 - 8-2020
Sr. Tech Lead, Cloud Security CTO Office
Cisco
10-2015 - 8-2016
Senior Research Engineer (CTO Office)
CloudLock
5-2015 - 10-2015
CloudLock for Office365 Team Leader & CI/CD Team Leader
CloudLock
2-2014 - 5-2015
Senior Software Engineer
CloudLock
In the press

Media appearances

AIW2024: David Melamed, CTO and Co-Founder, Jit. Featured in YouTube
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Changing the Mindset: Security is QUALITY, David Melamed, Jit.io. Featured in YouTube
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Education
2001 - 2004
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
University of Paris XI (Paris, France)
1998 - 2001
Master's degree
University of Paris XI (Paris, France)
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

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