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Oren Ellenbogen

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Senior Vice President of Engineering at Forter
📍 Tel Aviv District, Israel

Oren is the SVP of Engineering at Forter, where he focuses on building scalable teams and fraud-prevention technology. He is an author, creator of the "Software Lead Weekly" newsletter, and holds a BA from Open University. People who have worked with him describe him as knowledgeable, inspiring, and having an exceptional work ethic.

Outside of his primary role, Oren is passionate about mentoring other leaders. He founded Downlef, a peer group for software leaders to share challenges, and wrote "Leading Snowflakes, " a handbook for new engineering managers, to help them amplify their teams potential and build happier, more engaged engineers.

He started coding and working for startups as a freelancer between the ages of 16 and 18, before joining the army.

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Experience
13 Years
Current Role
Senior Vice President of Engineering
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Tel Aviv District, Israel
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Engineering Leadership
Authored the book "Leading Snowflakes" and founded Downlef, both dedicated to mentoring and developing engineering managers and leaders.
Team Happiness
Gives talks on "building happier engineering teams, " believing that preventing boredom is key to retaining talent and keeping people engaged.
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Career

Work history

11-2022
Senior Vice President of Engineering
Forter
12-2015 - 11-2022
VP Engineering
Forter
11-2014 - 12-2015
Head of Engineering
Forter
6-2017
Owner
Downleft
7-2013
Author
Leading Snowflakes
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Education
2007 - 2011
BA
Open University
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