Taboola CEO and leadership

Eldad leads Taboola’s worldwide operations driving the product development, sales and business development. He has two decades of track record in building technology companies in the US and in Israel. Prior to joining Taboola, Eldad held senior executive positions at BMC Software, Zend Technologies and Identify Software. At Identify Software Eldad played a key role in growing the company’s revenue from initial sales to a run-rate of over $60M.

Earlier in his career Eldad founded NextNine, a leading provider of remote support automation solutions. Eldad is a graduate of the prestigious Talpiot program at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and spent five years in Israeli intelligence.

Stephen heads Taboola’s global Sales Operations. He came to the company as part of the acquisition of Perfect Market, Inc. and has extensive experience in operations, technology product development, business development, and finance. He has held positions in Idealab’s New Ventures Group and also led several of Idealab's portfolio companies, including Perfect Market. Prior to Idealab, Stephen worked in the corporate strategic planning department at Disney and trained in business development, finance, and information systems at General Electric, where he completed the company’s Financial Management and Information Systems Management programs. Stephen has a BS in computer science and finance from Boston College and an MBA from the Harvard Business School.

Lior leads Taboola’s product and technical strategy in Israel. Prior to joining Taboola, Lior was co-founder, CTO and VP R&D of Cyota, a leader in consumer Internet security. He was instrumental in Cyota’s pioneering use of machine learning tools within the authentication market. After Cyota was acquired by RSA in 2005, Lior spent two years at RSA as CTO & VP strategy and was responsible for leading the product and business direction of its consumer business. Lior graduated from prestigious Talpiot program at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and spent eight years in Israeli intelligence, where he was presented with the Israel Defense Award.

Eldad leads Taboola’s worldwide operations driving the product development, sales and business development. He has two decades of track record in building technology companies in the US and in Israel. Prior to joining Taboola, Eldad held senior executive positions at BMC Software, Zend Technologies and Identify Software. At Identify Software Eldad played a key role in growing the company’s revenue from initial sales to a run-rate of over $60M.

Earlier in his career Eldad founded NextNine, a leading provider of remote support automation solutions. Eldad is a graduate of the prestigious Talpiot program at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and spent five years in Israeli intelligence.

Stephen heads Taboola’s global Sales Operations. He came to the company as part of the acquisition of Perfect Market, Inc. and has extensive experience in operations, technology product development, business development, and finance. He has held positions in Idealab’s New Ventures Group and also led several of Idealab's portfolio companies, including Perfect Market. Prior to Idealab, Stephen worked in the corporate strategic planning department at Disney and trained in business development, finance, and information systems at General Electric, where he completed the company’s Financial Management and Information Systems Management programs. Stephen has a BS in computer science and finance from Boston College and an MBA from the Harvard Business School.

Lior leads Taboola’s product and technical strategy in Israel. Prior to joining Taboola, Lior was co-founder, CTO and VP R&D of Cyota, a leader in consumer Internet security. He was instrumental in Cyota’s pioneering use of machine learning tools within the authentication market. After Cyota was acquired by RSA in 2005, Lior spent two years at RSA as CTO & VP strategy and was responsible for leading the product and business direction of its consumer business. Lior graduated from prestigious Talpiot program at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and spent eight years in Israeli intelligence, where he was presented with the Israel Defense Award.