Kfir Damari
Co-Founder, SpaceIL
Kfir is an Israeli entrepreneur, engineer, researcher, lecturer, creative, proud geek. Kfir began programming at the age of 6 and wrote his first computer virus at age 11. Kfir served in an elite intelligence corps in the IDF focusing on cyber security, then pursued a B.Sc and M.Sc in communication systems engineering from Ben Gurion University. Damari is also the co-founder of Metapacket, a high-end cloud based security service that detects malwares and malicious activity in cooperate networks. Prior to SpaceIL, Kfir led several R&D teams in various companies and held a few teaching positions in Ben Gurion University, Tel Aviv University and the College of Management.