About Microsoft Israel R&D Center

Nice to
meet you

We’re a curious, creative, and driven bunch. We’re a diverse team who strive to achieve excellence in everything we do. We value differences and aren’t afraid to take risks. Making mistakes and learning from them is what leads us to success. As a result, our ideas are better.

Why work with us?

Work in large scale

Work on products that impact billions of people around the world.

Build your own path

We have 30 product groups to choose from, providing you with lots of professional growth opportunities.

Join the brightest minds

Join the brightest minds and sharpen your development skills to become the absolute best.

Work with cutting edge technologies

From Angular to React, we contribute to the open source ecosystem.

Cultivate growth mindset

It’s part of our culture to take risks and allow ourselves to make mistakes to achieve success.

Give back to the community

It’s in our DNA to give back, and we help you donate to causes that matter to you.

Our
mission

Microsoft's mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. We set out to complete this mission by building the best-in-class platforms and services for a mobile-first, cloud-first world.

The Israel R&D Center’s mission is to lead strategic products and services that realize Microsoft's vision, by tapping into Israel's unique technological & entrepreneurial assets. We are the place to be to acquire top-notch skills.

Our work environment allows people to reinvent themselves.

Efrat Klinger, Senior Program Manager

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Michal Braverman-Blumenstyk

Microsoft Corporate Vice President Security Division CTO Israel R&D Center Managing Director

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Merav Davidson

Industry AI

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Erez Einav

Microsoft 365 Defender

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Vlad Korsunsky

Cloud and Enterprise Security

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Shay Gurman

Dynamics 365 AI & Copilot

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Ariella Shina

Human Resources

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Efim Hudis

CTO

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Eli Carmon

Finance - CFO

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Eran Yariv

MSAI Hive

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Ronny Redman

Surface

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Yair Helman

Excel Israel

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Adi Diamant

Advanced Technology Labs

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Ohad Jassin

Azure Edge + Platform
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Eyal Carmel

Power BI

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Raviv Tamir

Microsoft's Security Division

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Our
awesome
events

Over the past years, we’ve held a few pretty-pretty cool events. From our incredible TechBaby events to our BlueHat IL cyber events, we know how to throw an awesome party. Our events are always known to be lots of fun, but we do more than serve scrumptious deserts: we do our best to inspire people.

TechBaby

Many parents deal with major concerns during parental leave related to juggling their careers, being a parent, and bearing other family responsibilities. As part of Microsoft’s commitment to advance inclusion and support mothers (and fathers) in the workplace, Microsoft Israel R&D center launched TechBaby – in collaboration with Woman2Woman – as a dedicated meetup for parents and their babies during parental leave. TechBaby events are a series of dynamic meetups dealing with common concerns by creating open dialogue about parenting, careers, and everything in between.

A blast
from the
past

We work hard and play hard. We celebrate technological innovation, special occasions, and countless happy hours.
But mostly, we celebrate us. Take a peek to see our previous shindigs, and make sure to catch the next one.

Microsoft Playground

Embrace the ride at The Playground! Our annual tech expo that offers the Israeli tech ecosystem the opportunity to tap into Microsoft R&D Center’s innovative and entrepreneurial spirit and allows us to share it all in the best way we know how- through a festival of tech, games, surprises, and fun. Featuring multiple play zones showcasing over 20 of our product groups, this expo-style celebration of technology offers a unique glimpse into our exciting initiatives and projects. Explore never-before-seen demos and meet the people behind the innovation - from Cybersecurity to IoT to Data Science. At the Playground, everything is yours to experience. Check out pictures from the previous Playground here.

Purim Party

Yes, We're Avant-Garde!
In March 2022, we threw a Purim party with an avant-garde concept for our employees and their guests as a tribute to the recovering local music, culture and fashion industries in the post-Corona era. The event featured musical performances by top Israeli artists and a dazzling fashion show showcasing both Israel's elite and innovative and promising fashion designers.

Pride week

By tapping into our differences and embracing them, our ideas are better, our products are better, and our employees thrive. As part of our activities to support diversity, we’re proud to champion the LGBTQ community in Israel and collaborate throughout the year on several projects.

Hackathon- Where The Future Is Born

Microsoft is known for pulling off the best hacking events in the industry and organizing the largest private Hackathon on the planet. Once again, Microsoft employees fired up ideas by the thousands in this year’s record-breaking Hackathon, with 50,000 passionate problem-solving employees simultaneously participating globally, all taking the week to brainstorm, create, hack, pitch, and celebrate their ingenious inventions. Projects in Israel ranged from new solutions for Health professionals, to fresh approaches in tackling cyber threats, to innovative interactivity for gaming platforms and more accessible software. Changing the world? All in a day's work here at Microsoft!

ILDC’s 30th Birthday Party

Wish us congrats - we celebrated Microsoft Israel R&D Center’s 30th birthday! Just us with some cake, DJ Yinon Yahel, Dennis Lloyd, Noga Erez, Noa Kirel, Ran Danker, Shiri Maimon, Eden Alene, Miri Mesika, Narkis, Amir Dadon, Zehava Ben, Gabriel Butler, DJ Itay Galo, and a few other stars. No biggie.

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We
believe

We believe that anyone can reach their goals and achieve more, but we know that some may not receive a fair opportunity in life. Microsoft Israel R&D Center is on a mission to empower and impact people and organizations in the local community, to reduce the social gaps in the Israeli society.

Making an Impact

To pursue our mission, we are investing in STEM education for future generations, and support non- profit organizations by encouraging our employees to do good and give back to the community.

STEM Education

We are investing our expertise and our talented employees in future generations, by providing STEM education initiatives. These include, enabling young girls and the periphery population to be aware of their tech capabilities, explore various fields of interest to pursue their talent and impact the economic and social future of our country (QueenB & Magshimim).

Community

We believe that every person should receive an equal opportunity to achieve their goals and pursue their talent. Microsoft invests in various sectors – such as women, the Arab community, the Ethiopian Israeli community and the disabled – to provide them with a fair opportunity to explore, learn and become experts in the tech industry. These initiatives range from education to including them in the employment cycle (Appleseed & Special Olympics).

Employee Engagement

Our people wish to impact their community, society and economics, as well as share their expertise with others. We provide opportunities and encourage them to volunteer and donate in various fields, based on their personal interests and knowledge, through our Give platform and matching program.

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Herzliya

3 Alan Turing St.
4672415
077-939-0001
Sun-Thu 7am-9pm

Haifa

Matam, Building 25
3190501
077-939-6000
Sun-Thu 8am-5pm

Tel-Aviv

144 Derech Menachem Begin st.
077-939-4001
Sun-Thu 8am-9pm

Nazareth

Paulus 6th 104
1623787

Be'er-Sheva

11 Torat HaYahasut St.
8489328

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Michal Braverman-Blumenstyk

Microsoft Corporate Vice President Security Division CTO Israel R&D Center Managing Director

Michal Braverman-Blumenstyk is Corporate Vice President at Microsoft Corporation, Managing Director of Israel Research & Development Center and CTO of the Security, Compliance, Identity and Management Division (SCIM).
Michal founded the Microsoft Israel Cybersecurity Center when she joined the company in 2013, initiating and driving some of Microsoft’s most advanced security products including Azure Sentinel, Azure Security Center, and Azure IoT security. As SCIM CTO, Michal is focused on identifying disruptive growth opportunities for Microsoft’s security division and boosting the growth-hacking mentality and innovation across the division.
In recent years, the Israel R&D Center has become a major force in the fields of cybersecurity and AI within Microsoft. Since Michal assumed the GM role in February 2020 - the first woman to hold the position – the Israel R&D Center has grown by more than 50%.
Prior to joining Microsoft, Michal served as the Managing Director of RSA Israel and the global leader of the Cyber Fraud and Risk Analytics product line at RSA/EMC (now Dell). Michal came to RSA via the Cyota acquisition in 2006. Under her leadership, revenues of the Fraud and Risk Analytics product line grew twentyfold, and the number of protected users worldwide reached 300M.
At Cyota, a cyber and FinSec startup, Michal served as the COO, leading R&D, product management, and Anti-Fraud services. Prior to Cyota, Michal served in several senior management positions at startups and global companies.
Michal is a passionate advocate for promoting the integration of Israeli Arabs and women in hi-tech, volunteering as a mentor in these communities. She is also a prominent speaker at technological conferences around the world.
Michal holds an M.Sc. in Computer Science (majoring in Artificial Intelligence) from Columbia University in New York where she graduated Summa Cum Laude.

Merav Davidson

Industry AI

Merav is the VP of Industry AI, managing a global team responsible for delivering and enabling AI as part of Microsoft’s Industry Cloud.
She is an ILDC Leadership Member and the executive sponsor for ILDC's Diversity and Inclusion initiatives, including the Women Employee Resource Group that leads various activities aiming to empower female employees and women in the Israeli society at large.
Before this role, Merav filled various product and engineering leadership roles in Microsoft's Cloud and AI Division and was the CTO for ILDC. Merav has over 25 years of experience in the software industry, combining technical, operational, and business experience and held several VP roles at various leading companies, both in Israel and the Silicon Valley.
Merav is passionate about developing women personally and professionally, especially women in tech. She supports this cause as a board member of Inbar, the first girls only non-religious school in Israel, a founding mentor in the Woman2Woman program of the 8200 Alumni Association and various other women empowerment initiatives.

Erez Einav

Microsoft 365 Defender

Erez Einav is the site-leader of Modern Protection and SOC (MPS) in ILDC and the Vice President of the Microsoft 365 Defender and Sentinel engineering. He is leading the R&D of the M365 Defender suite (MTP), as well as the entire Defender family, including Endpoint (MDE), Identity (MDI), Office365 Post-Breach, MCAS, and Enterprise Security Posture. These global-scale, cloud-based and AI-powered solutions empower security defenders to detect, investigate and respond to cyber-attacks on their businesses. Before joining Microsoft, Erez held several engineering leadership positions and technical roles in Israel and the US – in a start-up named Precise, in Symantec, in Israel’s Ministry of Defense, and in the Israel Defense Forces' central computing unit. Erez lives in Tel Aviv and holds a BA from Bar-Ilan University (Cum Laude Honors) and an MA from Fairleigh Dickinson University. He is also a MAMRAM graduate. In his spare time, Erez enjoys driving both off-road and on curvy asphalt roads, is enthusiastic about sports and healthy lifestyle, and volunteers as a personal trainer.

Vlad Korsunsky

Cloud and Enterprise Security

Vlad Korsunsky is Vice President of Cloud and Enterprise Security, responsible for a global product, engineering and research organization building to deliver multi-cloud and enterprise security solutions empowering customers' security risk management and asset protection. Vlad is driven by a passion for curiosity, learning, and playing the infinite game of cybersecurity. He brings over 20 years of software engineering, cybersecurity, and product expertise. Before joining Microsoft in 2014, Vlad served for over a decade in Israel's national and military cyber intelligence organizations. Vlad holds a BSc in Applied Mathematics and Computer Science from Bar-Ilan University and an MSc in Computer Science from Reichman University. He lives in Israel with his wife and two sons, runs on coffee and when not working, he’s likely traveling or enjoying good wine.

Shay Gurman

Dynamics 365 AI & Copilot

Shay Gurman is a VP and General Manager of the Dynamics 365 AI Customer Experience group in the Business Applications Platform organization. Shay’s team at the Israel Development Center owns the strategic Copilot GPT-based experiences for the Microsoft D365 Sales and Customer Experience applications. Since joining Microsoft 16 years ago following Whale Communication's acquisition, Shay has worked in various management roles across the Security, Power BI and Business Applications Groups. As part of his role in the PowerBI team, Shay relocated to Redmond, Washington, for five years, where he worked on PowerBI V1 and focused on propelling it to market leader status in the BI landscape. In the five years since his return to the Israel Development Center, Shay has led Engineering for the D365 Sales, Viva Sales, and Conversation Intelligence teams across multiple geos (US, ILDC, IDC, China).  

Ariella Shina

Human Resources

Ariella Shina is the head of HR at Microsoft Israel ILDC and MCAPS. With vast experience in the high-tech industry, Ariella’s expertise is leading organizations to growth and business success by driving and implementing HR strategy. Her particular focus is on corporate culture and organizational transformation, building strong leadership teams, and promoting Diversity & Inclusion initiatives.

Efim Hudis

Microsoft Israel R&D CTO

Efim Hudis is the CTO of Microsoft's Israel R&D Center and Partner Architect in Microsoft Cloud and AI Cyber Security division. Israel R&D Center is one of Microsoft’s most innovative and successful development centers with almost 2000 employees specializing in Cybersecurity, Big Data Analytics, AI based technologies and more. As the CTO, Efim is responsible for technological leadership, innovation and strategic growth in the center. During more than 20 years career in Microsoft Efim Hudis contributed to numerous innovative products and initiatives. As Partner Architect in Cloud and AI Cyber division he initiated and provided technical leadership to products such as Azure Security Center, Sentinel, IoT Security and is currently leading several incubation initiatives. Efim Hudis holds B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering and Ph.D. in Physics from Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. Before joining Microsoft he was a scientist (Technion and John Hopkins University), engineer, educator, consultant and entrepreneur – each in a different technical field.

Eli Carmon

Finance - CFO

Eli serves as the CFO for all Israel R&D sites (4 in total), as well as the R&D centers in Kenya, Nigeria and Serbia. In addition to that, Eli serves as the CFO and a director at the Microsoft Israel Data Center. Eli has close to 30 years of experience in senior financial positions. He served as Director of the Business Controller Group of Microsoft Middle East and Africa. Prior to that, Eli held the position of Manager of the Finance Department at Microsoft Israel. Before joining Microsoft, he was Senior Manager at KPMG Israel, a leading provider of audit, tax and advisory services, and a manager of the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, Research Unit. Today, Eli serves also as Director at the bord of Exilion Smart Mobility & the America – Israel Chamber of Commerce. Eli holds a B.A. degree in Accounting and Economics from Bar Ilan University and an M.A. in Economics from Otago University in New Zealand.

Eran Yariv

MSAI Hive

Upon graduation from the Technion in Israel, Eran joined Microsoft Haifa in 1998 and spent the first six years of his career as an engineering manager of Enterprise Security products. Eran spent the next four years in Redmond WA in the Windows Network Security Team. Upon returning to Israel, Eran co-founded and was the engineering manager of the Microsoft Israel R&D Center Innovation Lab. In 2010, Eran joined the Bing organization and worked on personalization and signal processing projects. Eran was one of the early managers in Cortana, Microsoft’s digital assistant. Today Eran is the group engineering manager of the MSAI Hive global team, formally known as Cortana working on a variety of projects including Smart Replies for Teams & Outlook, Meeting Catchup and more. Eran is an avid gamer, a fan of Sci-Fi, and enjoys water sports on the many warm and sunny Israeli beaches.

Ronny Redman

Surface

Ronny has over 20 years of managing experience in the hi-tech industry in sophisticated HW-SW products, from product development to senior management. He led the SW-HW development in Radlan after which it was acquired by Marvell, where he held a VP position leading SW development for a complex Layer2-Layer3 Switch Router. He was then promoted to CEO in Practice for a company developing a SaaS-based solution for customer communication centers. Ronny led the R&D group at N-Trig for over five years and turned the company into a world leader for pen and touch, for touch screens. Since Microsoft’s acquisition of N-Trig, Ronny has served as a General Manager, leading the Surface IL team and turning the Surface pen into the leading pen in the industry.

Yair Helman

Excel Israel

Yair has led and influenced key product groups at Microsoft for over 25 years. He joined Microsoft as a student in 1995 while earning his B.Sc. in Computer Engineering from the Technion. He started by working on information retrieval (AKA Search) for the first two versions of SharePoint. He then shifted into the security space, where he served as a Dev Lead on ISA, the Microsoft Firewall. Yair later became a Dev Manager for the Forefront Endpoint Protection (FEP) product, before relocating to Redmond in 2010 as part of the SQL organization, working in data quality under the title of Group Manager of Microsoft Master Data Products. In 2013, Yair moved back to Israel, where he now leads the Excel Israel Team and the Excel India team, spearheading among other things the development of Excel Online for Office365 as Partner Director of Engineering.

Adi Diamant

Advanced Technology Labs

Adi leads the innovation labs that are responsible for the research and development of innovative technologies in the areas of AI cognitive services between humans and machines.
Prior to Microsoft, Adi was a serial entrepreneur and held a variety of executive positions in startups.
As part of his role, Adi lectures at professional events, Academia, and enterprises and helps many organizations including governmental and security agencies to develop a culture of innovation
Adi holds a BA in Economics and Computer Science and an Executive MBA

Ohad Jassin

Azure Edge + Platform

Ohad Jassin is a Partner General Manager and Site Lead for Azure Edge + Platform at Microsoft Israel R&D Center.
The organization he leads includes high-profile services and product areas that include Azure Video Indexer, Enterprise and Security in Operating Systems, Security Fundamentals, and Azure Monitor Log Analytics and Alerts.
He is an avid corporate entrepreneur who has incepted, established, and grown many product groups at ILDC, including Azure Host HW Acceleration and Autonomous Driving Platform. Over the past years, he has been continuously involved in ILDC’s organic growth efforts.
Ohad has over 25 years of experience in the Israeli high-tech industry, working at multinational corporates and startups. Before joining Microsoft some nine years ago, Ohad was the Director of Cloud Engineering and Operations and a leadership team member at SAP Labs Israel, where he worked for over a decade, following an additional five years of experience working at different startups.
He holds an M.Sc. from Tel Aviv University and a B.A. from Reichman University. Over the years, Ohad has published numerous scholarly papers, was a recipient of the Harold H. Maynard Award by the American Marketing Association, and was granted several patents.
In his spare time, Ohad is a passionate Tifosi that tries not to miss a single F1 Grand Prix race, loves skiing, and is an amateur woodworker.

Eyal Carmel

Power BI

Eyal Carmel is a Partner Group Manager, managing Power BI in Microsoft’s Israel R&D Center. In previous roles Eyal was GPM in SQL and the Director of Academia Programs in the Microsoft Israel R&D Center, working with the Academia and within Microsoft to bridge between the academic world and the industry/business world. Before joining Microsoft, Eyal was AVP of Product Management in cVidya. Prior to that he worked in Comverse in various positions from R&D Group Manager to VP of Portfolio Management, and in the IAF in various development and management positions. Eyal holds B.Sc. and M.Sc. in computer science and mathematics from Ben-Gurion University in Israel.

Raviv Tamir

Microsoft's Security Division

Raviv Tamir is the Vice President for Product Strategy in Microsoft's Security Division, overseeing product strategy for the Enterprise Protection Suite, which includes SIEM and XDR (Sentinel + Microsoft 365 Defender), and the broader Microsoft Defender portfolio. He has held various product roles within Microsoft Security and played a key role in co-founding Microsoft Defender for Endpoint and Microsoft 365 Defender. Raviv has been part of the Microsoft Israel Development Center since 2007.

Before joining Microsoft, Raviv served in various product positions in the Telecommunications and compliance industries. Raviv is passionate about making the digital world a safer place by shaping technology and creating innovative, life-altering products and services. He is continuously learning and hoping to make others great in the process.

Who we are

Nice to meet you

Why work with us?

Work in large scale

Build your own path

Join the brightest minds

Work with cutting edge technologies

Cultivate growth mindset

Give back to the community

Our mission

Famous last words

Michal Braverman-Blumenstyk

Merav Davidson

Erez Einav

Vlad Korsunsky

Shay Gurman

Ariella Shina

Efim Hudis

Eli Carmon

Eran Yariv

Ronny Redman

Yair Helman

Adi Diamant

Ohad Jassin

Eyal Carmel

Raviv Tamir

Famous last words

Our awesome events

TechBaby

A blast from the past

Microsoft Playground

Purim Party

Pride week

Hackathon- Where The Future Is Born

ILDC’s 30th Birthday Party

Work hard play hard

We believe

Making an Impact

STEM Education

Community

Employee Engagement

The future is bright

Show us some love

Got what it takes?

Nice to
meet you

Our
mission

Famous
last
words

Famous
last
words

Our
awesome
events

A blast
from the
past

Work hard
play hard

We
believe

The future
is bright

Show us
some love

Got what
it takes?