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Cognyte Appoints Distinguished Innovator Ronny Lempel as Chief Technology Officer to Guide AI-Focused Research
25+ years of technology expertise and leadership will continue to cultivate innovation for sustained company growth HERZLIYA, Israel--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n25+ years of technology expertise and leadership will continue to cultivate innovation for sustained company growth\n\n HERZLIYA, Israel--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nCognyte Software Ltd. (NASDAQ: CGNT) (“Cognyte”), a global leader in investigative analytics software, today announced the appointment of Dr. Ronny Lempel as Chief Technology Officer (CTO). In this role, Lempel will apply over 25 years of proven, cross-discipline technology expertise to extend Cognyte’s innovation leadership and bring unparalleled vision and value to Cognyte’s customers.\nThis press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250318301357/en/Cognyte appointed Dr. Ronny Lempel as Chief Technology Officer (CTO) to guide AI-focused research. In this role, Lempel will apply more than 25 years of proven, cross-discipline technology expertise to extend Cognyte’s innovation leadership and bring unparalleled vision and value to Cognyte’s customers.\nAmong his previous leadership roles, Lempel led research and technology initiatives at Google Ads, Microsoft Azure Machine Learning, Outbrain and Yahoo, developing vast and varied expertise in Artificial Intelligence (AI), search engines, recommendation systems and ad tech. Lempel’s distinguished expertise in these fields combined with his military experience in an intelligence unit come together to drive AI innovation and bring added value for customers.\n\nLempel’s appointment as CTO reflects Cognyte’s commitment to continued technology foresight, future-proofing its product portfolio to deliver long-term innovative solutions that customers in law enforcement, national security, national intelligence and military intelligence agencies rely on to successfully safeguard their societies, assets and interests. Lempel’s leadership experience developing and deploying machine learning (ML) models and advanced algorithms is a natural complement to Cognyte’s platform architecture, robust R&D, and strong focus on AI, Large Language Models (LLMs) and more.\n\n“As AI evolves, the CTO plays a pivotal role in anticipating technology trends that advance customers’ strategic missions. AI can deliver great value to our customers by expediting their investigations,” said Elad Sharon, Chief Executive Officer at Cognyte. “As CTO, Ronny will integrate cutting-edge research in line wit...