Dorit Dor

Dorit Dor
Dor in 2019
Born (1967-02-05) February 5, 1967 (age 57)
Haifa
CitizenshipIsraeli
Alma materTel Aviv University (BSc)
Tel Aviv University (M. Sc.)
Tel Aviv University (Ph.D in computer science)
OccupationChief technology officer
EmployerCheck Point
SpouseTomer Dor

Dorit Dor (Hebrew: דורית דור), (born February 5, 1967, in Haifa) is an Israeli executive, computer scientist, Chief technology officer of Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. and Israel Defense Prize winner.

Biography

Dorit Dor was born to Shaya Dolinsky, a statistics manager department at the Israel Port Authority, and to Lea Dolinsky, an architect who became an artist.[1] She learned at the Ben-Zvi secondary school[2] in Kiryat Ono on the physical-technological track.[3] She earned her BSc in computer science and mathematics as a part of the Atuda[3] and in 1987, the Israel Defense Forces enlisted her to Unit 8200.[1] She reached the rank of a major as a section head.[3] In 1993, when she was 25, Dor won the Israel National Defense Award.[1]

She graduated Bachelor of Science with honors and M. Sc. in computer science from Tel Aviv University. [4] In 1996, she received her Ph.D. in computer science from Tel Aviv University. She wrote her dissertation about “Selection Algorithms” under the supervision of Uri Zwick. [5] She has been published in scientific journals for her research on median selection, d-dimensional space, geometric pattern matching, and graph decomposition. [6]

Shlomo Kramer, her acquaintance from the Atuda and 8200, and one of the three company's founders recruited Dor to Check Point in 1995, two years after they established it. [7] She entered Check Point as the head of the development team of 15 people, today she is leading a team of 1400 people. [8] She worked for 27 years as the Chief product officer. In 2023 they appointed her to the role of Chief Technological Officer and as the chairperson of Check Point Rockets. [9] Over the years her role involves heading the company's product management, research and development and quality assurance initiatives, besides the technology partnerships and strategy. [10] Dor was a speaker at the World Economic Forum, [10] the RSA Conference [11] and the Goware conference. [12] She serves as director of “Cyber Threat Alliance” [13] and she sat on the board of “She Codes”, an organization dedicated to elevating the number of female programmers in Israel. [14] She is a member of the TOP 15 steering committee, a program from the Israeli Ministry of Education that strives to expand the circle of high school students of excellence. [15] In 2022 Redis appointed her as an independent director. [16] Dor was included in The Software Reports’ list of the top 25 women leaders in cybersecurity of 2019 [17] and 2020. [18] She was included in the Solutions Review's list of the 10 key female cybersecurity leaders to know in 2020. [19]

Dorit Dor is married to Tomer Dor and has two sons. [1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Diana Bahur-Nir (February 26, 2023). Behind the Dor: “I think of myself as number 1 at Check Point, in my world". Calcalist.
  2. ^ Hana Levin keeps in touch with her students. Physics teachers’ site.
  3. ^ a b c Ruthi Levi (April 9, 2018). Check Point proves that you can learn anything and even become a cyber researcher - without 8200. TheMarker.
  4. ^ short profile. Globes.
  5. ^ Dorit Dor’s dissertation in Mathematics Genealogy Project.
  6. ^ Dorit Dor in Google Scholar.
  7. ^ Gitit Pinkas (September 21, 2005). An interview with Dorit Dor. Globes.
  8. ^ (August 30, 2018). Dr. Dorit Dor: Israeli cyber pioneer. TheMarker.
  9. ^ Yaniv Halperin (February 28, 2023). Dorit Dor, one of Check Point's veterans appointed as CTO. People and Computers.
  10. ^ a b Short bio. World Economic Forum.
  11. ^ Short bio. RSA Conference.
  12. ^ Short bio Archived 2023-04-01 at the Wayback Machine. Goware conference.
  13. ^ Board of Directors. Cyber Threat Alliance.
  14. ^ Forbes Power Women 2019. Forbes Israel.
  15. ^ The steering committee. TOP 15.
  16. ^ Meir Orbach (January 12, 2022). Redis prepares to IPO and appoints Check Point's CTO as director. Calcalist.
  17. ^ (April 29, 2019). Top 25 Women Leaders in Cybersecurity of 2019. The Software Reports.
  18. ^ (May 12, 2020). The Top 25 Women Leaders in Cybersecurity of 2020. The Software Reports.
  19. ^ Ben Canner (March 10, 2020). 10 Key Female Cybersecurity Leaders to Know in 2020. Solutions Review.