CEO at Reimage | (Zak@reimage.com)
Israel
- Current
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- CEO at Reimage
- Past
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- Co-Founder and CEO at SecureOL Ltd.
- Chief Knowledge Officer at Military Police, Israel Defense Forces
- VP R&D and CTO at undisclosed
- Head of the Anti-Cyber Crime and Anti-Cyber Terror Unit at Military Police, Israel Defense Forces
- Education
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- Ha'Universita Ha'Petuha
- self studied - Autodidact
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Zak Dechovich’s Summary
An entrepreneur, CEO at Reimage - The most exciting venture I was involved ever, Co-Founder and ex-CEO of SecureOL a software virtualization company, a recipient of the 2005 OCS Technology Excellence Award from Ehud Olmert (the current Prime Minister of Israel), established the IDF’s Cyber-Crime/Terror unit, Captain (res.), and managed the creation of nation wide surveillance systems, Radio-Controlled plane enthusiast and a scuba-diver.
Zak Dechovich’s Specialties:
Turn ideas into reality ... and there was light …
Zak Dechovich’s Experience
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CEO
Reimage
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)
January 2007 — Present (3 years )
Reimage is a web service that improves the speed and quality of Windows repairs, requires no setup and preserves user data.
Reimage allows IT professionals to fix more PCs in less time, increasing their productivity and profitability.
Yes, it works! Reimage averages 22 minutes per repair! We have repaired thousands of computers and finally, after 18 months of R&D, we are selling. :-) -
Co-Founder and CEO
SecureOL Ltd.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)
2003 — December 2006 (3 years )
SecureOL is an information security start-up applying and orthogonal approach to security and computer virtualization.
I've pioneered the company from concept to creation.
Major responsibilities, activities and achievements:
• Lead the company from concept to working product and technology development.
• Raised $1m from the Israeli Government as well as Institutional and Private sector investors.
• Applied for and received a 10 year tax break from the Israeli Investment Authority in the Ministry of Industry Trade and Labor.
• Released two state-of-the-art products under extremely time and budget constraints.
• Positioned products in global IT market.
• Built/Hired and managed a strong R&D team for future dynamic expansion.
• Intellectual Property registration.
• Received the Excellence Award for outstanding project of the “Technological Incubators” in Israel from the Minister of Industry, Trade and Labor. -
Chief Knowledge Officer
Military Police, Israel Defense Forces
(Government Agency; 1001-5000 employees; Law Enforcement industry)
August 2001 — August 2005 (4 years 1 month)
As a part of the military reserve service, I've been assigned by the brigadier general to assimilate knowledge management into the Military Police corps.
Major responsibilities, activities and achievements:
• Appointed by and reporting directly to the chief of the Military Police (rank Brigadier General).
• Designed a revolutionary approach of information transparency and information flow that was never used in the military till now.
• Managing the strategic process of a creating a new organizational behavior.
• Managing an active R&D team.
• Leading the Implementation in a 4,500 organization at more than 70 sites.
• Establishing a knowledge sharing infrastructure and business process modules in record time.
• Driving project on a Time-To-Market approach. -
VP R&D and CTO
undisclosed
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Law Enforcement industry)
2001 — 2003 (2 years )
An Israeli outsourcing company, specializing in real-time IP analysis, for law enforcement and intelligence agencies.
Designed and managed the creation of a nation-wide surveillance systems, the big-brother style.
Managed two teams in Europe and a team in Israel.
Major responsibilities, activities and achievements:
• Designed a nation-wide real-time surveillance system based on intelligence “hunting” profiles.
• Created a methodology for Cyber Space tracking and evidence collection.
• Developed and maintained two east European R&D Teams and one Israeli team.
• Workied under European Telecommunication Standards Institute (ETSI) and Communication Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA).
• Drove R&D from Concept to a full working system
• Worked closely and intimately with law enforcement and intelligence agencies.
* Due to secrecy, company’s name or its clients cannot be disclosed. -
Head of the Anti-Cyber Crime and Anti-Cyber Terror Unit
Military Police, Israel Defense Forces
(Government Agency; 501-1000 employees; Law Enforcement industry)
1997 — 2000 (3 years )
Major responsibilities, activities and achievements:
• Established the first Anti-Cyber Crime and Anti-Cyber Terror unit in the Military Police.
• Establishing the first training course under the authority of the Israeli Cyber-Crime law, this continues until today.
• Received a honorary citation for the achievements during my military service.
• Trained investigators from all branches of the Israeli Military and Government.
• Hold a rank of a Captain.
• Specialized in Criminal Investigation and Intelligence.
• Conducted high profile cyber-crime and cyber-terror investigations.
Zak Dechovich’s Education
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Ha'Universita Ha'Petuha
Computer Science 2000 — 2001
- Activities and Societies:
- I never had the time to finish the degree, the business opportunities were too exciting to pass.
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self studied - Autodidact
Computer Science 1983 — 1999
I'm an ex-hacker. among my activities I hacked telephone companies, created Trojan horses and cracked games.
- Activities and Societies:
- Began my romance with computers at the age of 5 when I got my first Commodore 64.
I started learning the assembler of the Commodore 64 with my father whom holds a PhD in Electronics.
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Zak Dechovich’s Interests:
Sports, Scuba-Diving, Piano, Karaoke and radio-controlled airplane enthusiast.
Zak Dechovich’s Groups:
ex-Likud and ex-Shinui political parties activist.
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Reimage
Zak Dechovich’s Honors:
2005 - Received an award from the Israeli Office of the Chief Scientist for introducing outstanding technology.
2005 - Nominated for the EU IST prize
2000 - Awarded with an excellence award from the Israeli Defense Forces
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