Asaf Cohen
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Ramat Gan, Tel Aviv District, Israel
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About
Asaf Cohen is co-founder and board member of Permit.io, where he previously served as CTO. A tech entrepreneur with over 15 years in R&D, he has held roles at Microsoft and Facebook and is an alum of 81. His current focus is on how enterprise security, access, and data protection intersect with AI tools and autonomous agents.
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Experience
- Permit.ioCo-Founder and Board Membercurrent2024 — presentTel Aviv-Yafo, Tel Aviv District, Israel
- Permit.ioCo-Founder and CTO2020 — 2024Tel Aviv, Israel
- FacebookSenior Software Engineer2017 — 2020Israel
- ClarotyR&D Manager2016 — 2017
- ClarotyFounding Software Engineer2016
- MicrosoftSoftware Engineer2015 — 2016
- Unbound Security (acquired by Coinbase)Founding Engineer2013 — 2014
- Israeli Military IntelligenceChief Architect2010 — 2011
- Israeli Military IntelligenceR&D Manager2009 — 2010
- Israeli Military IntelligenceSoftware Engineer2006 — 2009
Skills & more
Software Architectural Design8Software Development19Software Product Management3Algorithm Analysis1Secure Computation ResearchOperating Systems InternalsNetworking Protocols and Analysis1AdvocacySoftware Design7Operating Systems13Object Oriented Design8System Architecture2
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AlgorithmsOOPMultithreadingCDesign PatternsDistributed SystemsC#C++Software EngineeringWin32 APILanguages English · Hebrew
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- Who is Asaf Cohen?
- Asaf Cohen is co-founder and board member of Permit.io, where he previously served as CTO. A tech entrepreneur with over 15 years in R&D, he has held roles at Microsoft and Facebook and is an alum of 81. His current focus is on how enterprise security, access, and data protection intersect with AI tools and autonomous agents.
- Where does Asaf Cohen work?
- Asaf Cohen is Founder of Permit.io list view.
- What companies did Asaf Cohen found?
- Asaf Cohen founded Permit.io list view.
- Where did Asaf Cohen go to school?
- Asaf Cohen studied at Bar-Ilan University (Master of Science (M.Sc.), Computer Science); Bar-Ilan University (Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Applied Mathematics).
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