O7, CDR (ret.) Dr. Eyal Pinko
Eyal Pinko (Navy Commander, retired) served in the Israeli navy for 23 years, in operational, technological and intelligence duties.
He served for five more years as the head of the operational-intelligence division at the prime minister office (Civilian rank equal to Rear Admiral). He is a graduate of the national senior intelligence course and other intelligence training courses.
He holds Israel's security award, prime minister's decoration of excellence, DDR&D decoration of distinction, and IDF commander in chief decoration of excellence.
Eyal was a senior consultant for more than two years at the Israeli National Cyber Directorate.
Eyal had been a keynote speaker in cyber and strategy conferences, and he is a senior researcher in several worldwide think tanks, andpublished more than 200 articles in English and Hebrew.
Eyal holds a bachelor's degree with honor in electronics engineering and three master's degrees with honor in political science, public administration, and organizational development.
Eyal holds a PhD degree from the Bar-Ilan University (defense and security studies), and he is the head of the cyber and intelligence program for a master's degree.
In the last 20 years Eyal devoted him self to promote leadership and management skills, and led different community and business leadership programs. Eyal is a partner in the last three years at Wefund ltd, company focus in developing startups and inoovation in Israel.