# Alon Maor

> Alon Maor co-founded Qwilt in 2010 and led it as CEO until 2025, developing an open caching and edge delivery business with telecom and media partners. He now serves as President of Network Cloud at DriveNets, following earlier engineering leadership at P-Cube and Cisco.

- **Role:** President, Network Cloud at DriveNets
- **Organizations:** DriveNets, Qwilt, Cisco, P-Cube, Seabridge
- **Education:** BSc in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, Tel Aviv University, MBA, multidisciplinary, Leon Recanati School, Tel Aviv University
- **Known for:** Co-founded and led Qwilt through approximately 15 years of development and deployment., Led the Cisco Service Control Engine product organization, with responsibility for more than 50 employees across locations., Built Qwilt partnerships with Cisco, BT and Comcast.

## Career timeline

- **Early career** — Held engineering roles at Seabridge.
- **2000-2004** — Worked at P-Cube and led its software team.
- **2004-2009** — Joined Cisco after its $200 million acquisition of P-Cube; led Service Control Engine development and operations.
- **2010** — Co-founded Qwilt.
- **2013** — Reported 40 international customers and $40 million raised.
- **2020** — Qwilt partnered with Cisco and Digital Alpha, with BT as an initial deployment partner.
- **2021** — Qwilt announced Cisco Investments backing; reporting placed the Series E at $70 million and valuation at $800 million.
- **2024** — Announced Qwilt’s Open Edge partnership with Comcast.
- **2025** — Left Qwilt’s CEO role and transitioned to a board advisory role.
- **2026** — DriveNets publicly lists Maor as President of Network Cloud.

## Achievements

- Co-founded and led Qwilt through approximately 15 years of development and deployment.
- Led the Cisco Service Control Engine product organization, with responsibility for more than 50 employees across locations.
- Built Qwilt partnerships with Cisco, BT and Comcast.
- Qwilt reported 2,196 edge nodes in 38 countries across six continents in April 2025.

## Latest updates

- **2026-01** — DriveNets leadership biography identifies Maor as President of Network Cloud; this role is also confirmed on the company’s current leadership page.
- **2025-05** — Trade reporting identified Vito Palermo as Qwilt’s new CEO and Maor as transitioning to a board advisory role.
- **2025-04** — Qwilt reported 2,196 edge nodes across 38 countries and six continents.

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alon-maor-8173a4/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/alon_maor

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