Shai Cohen

CEO & Co-Founder

Evelyn Landman

CTO & Co-Founder

Evelyn Landman is Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer of proteanTecs. Evelyn brings extensive experience in product development and R&D, overseeing multi-stack, multi-disciplinary engineering and product functions across silicon, hardware, and software, in both edge and cloud.

Prior to co‑founding proteanTecs in 2017, Evelyn co‑founded Mellanox Technologies and advanced through senior leadership roles, ultimately serving as Vice President of Backend and Product Engineering. She led IC backend design and production testing, research in assembly and optical technologies and production testing for systems and optical cables. Earlier, she held senior engineering roles at Intel Corporation.

She holds a B.Sc. cum laude in Electrical Engineering from The Israel Institute of Technology, Technion.

Roni Ashuri

COO & Co-Founder

Roni Ashuri is Co-Founder and Chief Operations Officer of proteanTecs overseeing cross-team programs and driving the company’s operational strategy.

Roni has a proven track record in scaling organizations. Prior to founding proteanTecs in 2017, Roni co-founded and served as Senior Vice President of Engineering at Mellanox (acquired by Nvidia). Throughout his 16 years’ at Mellanox, Roni orchestrated many stages of device creation including driving front-end chip development, silicon debug and software development of the InfiniBand, and Ethernet Switches & Endpoints, all critical elements for high-performance networking standards used to build data center infrastructure. Prior to Mellanox, Roni worked at Galileo Technology (acquired by Marvell) and at Intel.

Roni holds a B.Sc. in Computer and Electrical Engineering from The Israel Institute of Technology, Technion (Cum Laude).  

Sanjay Lall

Chief Revenue Officer

Sanjay Lall is a global revenue leader specializing in scaling go-to-market strategy and driving growth across the semiconductor and advanced technology ecosystem. As Chief Revenue Officer at proteanTecs, he is responsible for worldwide revenue performance and the full customer lifecycle, from initial engagement through deployment, across data centers, AI, HPC, telecom, and automotive markets.

Prior to proteanTecs, Sanjay spent over a decade at Cadence Design Systems, where he rose to Regional Head of EMEA, leading all sales activities across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. In this role, he drove strategic engagements with Tier 1 semiconductor and systems companies, aligning advanced design solutions with increasingly complex silicon and system requirements. Earlier, he served as Worldwide Vice President at Extreme Design Automation, building and scaling global enterprise sales organizations.

Sanjay holds a bachelor’s degree in computer science and electrical engineering from Santa Clara University.

Uzi Baruch

Chief Strategy Officer

Uzi Baruch is Chief Strategy Officer at proteanTecs. He leads corporate strategy and business development, drives the partner ecosystem and channel expansion, and oversees brand and marketing to support the company’s growth objectives.

Before joining proteanTecs, Uzi served as VP of Enterprise Software Solutions at National Instruments (NI) following its acquisition of Optimal+. At Optimal+, he held dual leadership roles: first as Vice President of R&D, where he architected the company’s big data offerings, and later as General Manager of the Automotive Business Unit, where he spearheaded sales and operations for the world’s largest Tier 1 suppliers. Earlier in his career, he was the Vice President of R&D for the Enterprise Group at NICE.

Uzi holds a B.A. in Computer Science and Business Administration from the Open University.

Eran Ben Horin

Chief Financial Officer

Eran Ben Horin is Chief Financial Officer at proteanTecs leading financial planning and analysis to guide decision-making and performance, overseeing global financial operations and reporting, managing capital structure and driving funding strategy, and building investor relations.

Prior to joining proteanTecs, Eran served as CFO at Atera and Localize and before that, practiced Corporate Valuation at PwC and was a lecturer at the Hebrew University (HUJI). He is the author of The Handbook of Corporate Valuation, delivering a practical approach to an essential aspect of how business is conducted today. Eran also established "CFO Desk" - a knowledge hub and community for the Israeli high-tech finance scene.

Eran holds a BA in Economics & Accounting, and an M.Sc in Finance, both from Tel Aviv University. 

Zehavit Goren

Chief People Officer

Alex Burlak

EVP Engineering & Customer Success

Eyal Fayneh

Co-Founder & Silicon Technologies Sr. Principal Engineer

Eyal Fayneh is Co-Founder and Distinguished Engineer of Silicon Technologies at proteanTecs. He brings deep expertise in silicon technologies and analog design across multiple processes and architectures, with a particular focus on chip clocking and I/O methodologies used in high-speed communication applications.

He is an inventor on more than 60 patents spanning PLL based clock generation, IO-circuits, die-to-die and chip-to-chip interconnect, adaptive frequency scaling, margin monitoring, thermal sensing, and others.

Prior to founding proteanTecs, Eyal spent 21 years at Intel and 6 years at Motorola, where he held senior principal engineering roles focused on PLLs and clock generation.

He holds a B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from Tel Aviv University.

Tamar Naishlos

SVP of Marketing & Product Marketing

Tamar Naishlos is Senior Vice President of Marketing and Product Marketing at proteanTecs. She leads the company’s global marketing strategy, drives brand awareness and demand generation, and aligns product marketing with sales objectives to support the company's growth objectives.

Before joining proteanTecs in March 2019, Tamar was Senior Director of Marketing at ColorChip. Prior to that, she held several Marketing and Business Development positions in global Med-Tech companies, including Applied Spectral Imaging and Syneron Medical.

Tamar holds a bachelor’s degree in Economics & Business Management, Magna cum Laude from the Academic College of Tel Aviv-Yaffo.

Ziv Paz

Vice President of Business Development

Ziv Paz is VP of Business Development at proteanTecs. He is responsible for driving new strategic partnerships, identifying growth opportunities, and expanding the company's semiconductor market reach through ecosystem collaborations.

Before joining proteanTecs, Ziv was VP of Business Development and Marketing for Esperanto Technologies. He previously held several business development and Go-To-Market positions at Western Digital and Sandisk.

Ziv holds an MBA and a B.Sc. in Industrial Engineering, both from the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.