Ron Shamir retired in 2015 from the Israeli Security Agency (ISA) after 24 years of service. In his last position, He served as the technology division head, in – rank equivalent to Major General. During his tenure, Mr. Shamir introduced innovative thought and paradigms that led the division to extraordinary performance. Prior his last position Mr. Shamir served as the Head of Cyber Development Department. Building the first cyber department in ISA and managing it. Since he retired Mr. Shamir has been involved in entrepreneurial activities, in the Cyber-Security and Bio-Technology domains. He also advises on strategic solutions for Cyber security and critical information infrastructure defense. Currently Mr. Shamir is a co-founder and CEO of Phonetica, a startup in the speech analytic domain. Mr. Shamir is also a Fellow at the Israeli International Institute for Counter Terrorism (ICT). Mr. Shamir holds a B.Sc. and Executive MBA, Magna Cum Laude, both from Tel Aviv University