Itai joined ION in 2026 as Head of AI, bringing a broad perspective shaped by a career that has spanned nearly every part of a technology business. Prior to joining ION, he held roles in software development, product management, marketing, sales operations, and technical sales leadership, across both Israel and the US, before spending recent years leading and scaling engineering organizations. Most notably, Itai served as Chief R&D Officer at Redis, where he helped grow and scale the company's engineering organization through a period of rapid expansion, while working closely with executive management and the Board of Directors. Itai holds a BSc in Information Systems from the Technion and an MBA from Carnegie Mellon University