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Zohar Landau

@zoharlandau

Message

I build AI-native, secure SaaS platforms and scale global engineering organizations.

Israel

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What I'm looking for

I'm looking to lead AI-native engineering for secure, regulated SaaS products, combining hands-on architecture with global team building, product delivery, reliability, and disciplined cost management.

At Copyleaks, I lead engineering for an enterprise AI platform processing 400K+ images daily and classifying up to 40,000 images per minute for AI-manipulation detection. I build production agentic workflows with LLM agents, RAG, MCP, LangGraph, persistent memory, evaluation, and human review.

Across Acronis, XRHealth, Ruckus Networks, and AT&T, I've built cloud, cybersecurity, healthcare, and data platforms while growing global teams and owning major budgets. I use architecture, AI-assisted delivery, and FinOps to improve speed, reliability, and cost—reducing engineering and operational costs by 25% and cloud spend by 30% at Copyleaks.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

VP R&D

Copyleaks

Jan 2025 - Dec 2026 (1 year 11 months)

Led engineering for an AI-powered content integrity platform processing 400K+ images per day, supporting ~$5M ARR. Architected multi-model AI pipelines and introduced AI-assisted SDLC, reducing costs by 25% and cloud spend by 30%.

VP R&D & Site Manager

Acronis

Jan 2021 - Dec 2025 (4 years 11 months)

Scaled Israel R&D from 10 to 100+ engineers and led a global org of ~130. Built EDR, XDR, and Firewall Management products from scratch, founded AI/GenAI CoE, and delivered $4.5M+ ARR in first year.

EDR XDR Firewall Management Cybersecurity AI GenAI Kubernetes Terraform Microservices SOC2 Team Building Executive Leadership Budgeting Cloud Infrastructure

VP Engineering

XRHealth

Jan 2020 - Dec 2021 (1 year 11 months)

Led R&D for VR/AR healthcare platform, designing Kubernetes-based microservices architecture and migrating from Azure to AWS, improving scalability 5x and performance 10x. Ensured compliance with HIPAA, GDPR, ISO 27001, and more.

Kubernetes Microservices AWS Azure HIPAA GDPR ISO 27001 SOC2 ISO 13485 IEC 62304 (SDLC)VR AR Healthcare Team Leadership

Director, Engineering

Ruckus Networks

Jan 2016 - Dec 2020 (4 years 11 months)

Built a strategic cloud platform and mobile application from scratch, combining cloud services, AI/ML, big data, and distributed systems. Managed engineering managers and architects, and improved mobile development efficiency by 15%.

Cloud Computing AI ML Big Data Distributed Systems Mobile Development Engineering Management Architecture

Group Leader

AT&T

Jan 2012 - Dec 2016 (4 years 11 months)

Built the organization's first large-scale big data and data science platform for real-time and batch terabyte processing, supporting revenue in the tens of millions. Led global developers and data scientists, delivering $3M in upsell revenue and $2M in operational cost reduction.

Big Data Data Science Hadoop Spark Cloud Computing Cybersecurity Mobile Team Leadership Upselling Cost Reduction

Team Leader

LivePerson

Jan 2006 - Dec 2012 (6 years 11 months)

Led engineering, QA, and automation for high-scale real-time communication platforms. Led migration to Linux-based production infrastructure, reducing operational cost by $5M.

Engineering Leadership QA Automation Real Time Communications Linux Cost Reduction