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C2A Security was founded in 2016 by Michael Dick, previously co-founder of NDS, dedicated to provide the automotive industry innovative and efficient cybersecurity protection. Combining multi-disciplinary world-renowned leaders from the automotive, cybersecurity and academic domains, C2A created a new approach for Automated Cybersecurity, bringing car manufacturers comprehensive, efficient and compliant vehicle security solutions

LEADERSHIP
C2A Security is led by a multi-disciplinary, world-renowned executives from the automotive, embedded security and academic domains. Together they have created a new approach for in-vehicle cybersecurity, tackling current and future automotive industry challenges.
 
Michael Dick Founder and President
Michael was a co-founder of NDS, which was acquired by Cisco for $5bn in 2012, and served as VP in Cisco, specializing in Security Delivery. He is a pioneer in embedded, network and content security and managed many global clients. He has global experience working on large scale systems that protected billions of dollars of content for customers. Michael’s global security experience gives him a unique insight into the challenges faced by car companies with millions of vehicles on the road
Roy Fridman CEO
Roy is a seasoned leader and innovator with many years of experience in multidisciplinary product development, marketing, sales and business development. Roy has been active in many industries including mobile, telecommunication, video and automotive. Roy brings many years of experience and expertise in the automotive industry serving as Director of Business Development and Product Marketing at Corephotonics (which was sold to Samsung), in charge of automotive activities. Until recently Roy led the business at Foretellix: a leading automotive software company that provides tools and methodologies for safe and productive deployment of ADAS and autonomous vehicles.
Issak Davidovich CTO
Issak has more than 16 years experience of leading embedded security teams under his belt. He joined C2A as VP R&D following 2.5 years as tech leader at Neteera. Prior to that, Issak worked 10 years at Cisco, leading automotive security solutions on both client (embedded devices) and cloud applications. Issak holds a Bsc in Electrical Engineering from the JCT and Msc. from the Hebrew University in Applied Physics.
Dr. Daniel Moskovich Head of Algorithms
Daniel is a mathematician, a researcher, and an explorer of ideas. He has 16 years of experience is academic research, obtaining his PhD in Mathematics from Kyoto University in 2006. He has published 13 papers in peer-reviewed journals on topics from topology and information theory. Using his broad academic knowledge he transitioned to private industry, where he has worked for the past 5 years performing signal-processing research at Lightricks and at Neteera Technologies.
Frank Spitzner Head of Safety and AUTOSAR
Frank is an experienced software engineer with more than 8 years of specialized experience in automotive software development for ECUs and AUTOSAR standard based software projects. Before he joined C2A he worked for 6 years as a senior software engineer at Elektrobit Automotive GmbH. He also worked as an embedded software engineer and developer at Systeme Helmholz GmbH and Sintratec AG. Frank holds a Diploma (FH) in Electrical Engineering with a specialization in Computer Engineering from the Mittelhessen University of Applied Sciences.
Prof. Avishai Wool Head of Academic Task Force
Prof. Avishai Wool co-founded AlgoSec in 2004 and has served as its CTO since its inception. Prior to that he co-founded Lumeta Corporation in 2000 and was its Chief Scientist until 2002. Beforehand, Prof. Wool was a technical staff member at Bell Labs’ Secure Systems Research Department, where he led a team of firewall researchers. He has published more than 110 research papers and holds 13 US Patents and has served on the program committee of the leading IEEE and ACM conferences on computer and network security. Prof. Wool has a B.Sc. (Cum Laude) in Mathematics and Computer Science, and a M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Computer Science.
Prof. Alan Taub Advisory Board
Prof. Alan Taub, a world-renowned veteran of the automotive industry, served as General Motors vice president for Global Research & Development. Prior to his 11-years in GM's, Taub spent 15 years working in R&D at General Electric, where he registered 26 patents, and 8 years at Ford Motor Company. Taub, currently a faculty member of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Michigan, serves as technical advisor for the strategic venture capital fund Auto Tech Ventures, and is also on the Innovation Advisory Board for Samsung Electronics. Prof. Taub has a B.Sc. in Materials Engineering from Brown, and a M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Applied Physics, both from Harvard.
BOARD MEMBERS
Michael Dick Founder and President
Michael was a co-founder of NDS, which was acquired by Cisco for $5bn in 2012, and served as VP in Cisco, specializing in Security Delivery. He is a pioneer in embedded, network and content security and managed many global clients. He has global experience working on large scale systems that protected billions of dollars of content for customers. Michael’s global security experience gives him a unique insight into the challenges faced by car companies with millions of vehicles on the road
Roy Fridman CEO
Roy is a seasoned leader and innovator with many years of experience in multidisciplinary product development, marketing, sales and business development. Roy has been active in many industries including mobile, telecommunication, video and automotive. Roy brings many years of experience and expertise in the automotive industry serving as Director of Business Development and Product Marketing at Corephotonics (which was sold to Samsung), in charge of automotive activities. Until recently Roy led the business at Foretellix: a leading automotive software company that provides tools and methodologies for safe and productive deployment of ADAS and autonomous vehicles.
Moshe Raines Labs 02- OurCrowd
Moshe is a General Partner at OurCrowd and Managing Partner Labs/02 early stage fund and startup builder.
Meir Dardashti Maniv Mobility
Meir is an Investment Principal who joined the fund in 2019. Meir draws upon experience in policy and regulation, corporate innovation, and venture capital to structure Maniv’s investment processes in MENA, Europe, and beyond. Prior to Maniv, Meir was an associate partner at a boutique consulting firm focused on government innovation policy and corporate tech scouting.
Meir Ukeles MoreVC
Meir is a Founding Partner at MoreVC, which invests in seed and early-stage Israeli technology start-ups. He specializes in energy technology, cybersecurity, infrastructure, and finance. Meir represents MoreVC as a board member/observer at Grid4C, Lumos, Claroty, C2A Security, Ception and Panoramic Power (acquired by Centrica/Direct Energy).
Naftali Opatowsky Mobile Group
Naftali is the Founder and CEO of Mobile Group delivering embedded software solutions and unique automotive communication solutions. He is highly experienced with connected terminals development and delivering solutions to the security/defense market.
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