Dorit Dor
Dorit Dor | |
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דורית דור | |
 Dor in 2024 | |
| Born | February 5, 1967 |
| Citizenship | Israeli |
| Alma mater | Tel Aviv University (BSc) Tel Aviv University (M. Sc.) Tel Aviv University (Ph.D in computer science) |
| Occupation(s) | Chief Technology Officer, Check Point Software Technologies Managing Partner, Qbeat Ventures |
| Spouse | Tomer 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
[edit]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 GovWare 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 was 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] In 2025 she was selected as number 3 in the list of top 10 women in cybersecurity, by the Cyber Magazine.[20]
In 2025, Dor, along with her partners Joab Rosenberg and Maya Racine Netser, founded a venture capital fund focused on early-stage startups in the quantum technology sector, named Qbeat Ventures.[21]
Dorit Dor is married to Tomer Dor and has two sons. [1]
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ Hana Levin keeps in touch with her students. Physics teachers’ site.
- ^ 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.
- ^ short profile. Globes.
- ^ Dorit Dor’s dissertation in Mathematics Genealogy Project.
- ^ Dorit Dor in Google Scholar.
- ^ Gitit Pinkas (September 21, 2005). An interview with Dorit Dor. Globes.
- ^ (August 30, 2018). Dr. Dorit Dor: Israeli cyber pioneer. TheMarker.
- ^ Yaniv Halperin (February 28, 2023). Dorit Dor, one of Check Point's veterans appointed as CTO. People and Computers.
- ^ a b Short bio. World Economic Forum.
- ^ Short bio. RSA Conference.
- ^ Short bio Archived 2023-04-01 at the Wayback Machine. Goware conference.
- ^ Board of Directors. Cyber Threat Alliance.
- ^ Forbes Power Women 2019. Forbes Israel.
- ^ The steering committee. TOP 15.
- ^ Meir Orbach (January 12, 2022). Redis prepares to IPO and appoints Check Point's CTO as director. Calcalist.
- ^ (April 29, 2019). Top 25 Women Leaders in Cybersecurity of 2019. The Software Reports.
- ^ (May 12, 2020). The Top 25 Women Leaders in Cybersecurity of 2020. The Software Reports.
- ^ Ben Canner (March 10, 2020). 10 Key Female Cybersecurity Leaders to Know in 2020. Solutions Review.
- ^ Law, Marcus (2025-03-04). "Top 10: Women in Cybersecurity". cybermagazine.com. Retrieved 2025-03-11.
- ^ "Tech veterans launch VC fund Qbeat, targeting $100M to fuel Israel's quantum computing ecosystem". ctech. 2025-03-11. Retrieved 2025-03-12.
