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Gonen Fink

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EVP Products, Cortex & Cloud; Head of Israel R&D Center at Palo Alto Networks
📍 Tel Aviv District, Israel

Gonen Fink is the Executive Vice President of Products at Palo Alto Networks, where he leads the Cortex division and the Israel R&D Center. An entrepreneur with 30 years of experience, he previously served as CEO of LightCyber, which was acquired by Palo Alto Networks. He holds Masters and Bachelors degrees from Tel Aviv University.

He demonstrates a passion for continuous learning in advanced technical fields, holding specializations in both Deep Learning and Bioinformatics. This points to an interest in applying complex data science principles to solve challenging problems, even outside of his direct cybersecurity responsibilities.

Unique fact: He led the creation of the Cortex XDR and Cortex XSIAM platforms from their inception.

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Experience
5 Years
Current Role
EVP Products, Cortex & Cloud; Head of Israel R&D Center
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Tel Aviv District, Israel
Personality Overview

How Gonen shows up

Curious But Skeptical
Friendly But Slow
ROI Driven

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Priorities

Topics Gonen cares about

AI-Driven Security
He is leading the development and launch of AI-powered platforms like Cortex AgentiX and XSIAM, focusing on creating autonomous, AI-driven security operations.
Unified Cloud Security
He frequently promotes the vision for unified, autonomous cloud security, connecting code, cloud, runtime, and SOC through the Cortex Cloud platform.
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Career

Work history

8-2025
EVP Products, Cortex & Cloud; Head of Israel R&D Center
Palo Alto Networks
3-2024 - 8-2025
SVP Products, Cortex & Cloud ; Head of Israel R&D Center
Palo Alto Networks
2-2022 - 2-2024
SVP Products, Cortex ; Head of Israel R&D Center
Palo Alto Networks
5-2020
Member
Cyberstarts - The Founders Powered VC
11-2020 - 12-2023
Advisory Board Member
RecoLabs
In the press

Media appearances

Gonen Fink, Author at Palo Alto Networks Blog. Featured in Palo Alto Networks Blog
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Palo Alto Networks Unveils Cortex AgentiX to Build, Deploy and Govern the Agentic Workforce of the Future. Featured in Palo Alto Networks Press Release
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Education
2005 - 2006
Master’s Degree
Tel Aviv University
1991 - 1994
Bachelor’s Degree
Tel Aviv University
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

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