# Dror Davidoff

> Dror Davidoff is the co-founder and former CEO of Aqua Security, which he led from 2015 to 2025, and remains a strategic advisor to the company. In October 2026 he publicly announced that he was joining Team8 as a managing partner. His earlier career included sales and business development leadership at Sentrigo and database-security sales at McAfee. His public writing focuses on responsible hiring, product development and protection of cloud native applications.

- **Role:** Managing Partner at Team8; Co-Founder and Strategic Advisor at Aqua Security
- **Organizations:** Team8, Aqua Security, McAfee / Intel Security, Sentrigo, CA Technologies, Netegrity
- **Nationality:** Israeli
- **Education:** MBA in Finance, City University of New York, BA in Economics
- **Known for:** Co-founded Aqua Security in 2015 and served as CEO through 2025., Led Aqua during its 2021 $135 million Series E at a $1 billion valuation., During his CEO tenure, Aqua reported more than 500 enterprise customers across 40 countries in April 2024.

## Career timeline

- **Before 2015** — Worked in investment banking after an economics degree in Israel and an MBA in New York; moved into enterprise software and security.
- **Before 2015** — Held roles at Netegrity and CA; later EVP of Sales and Business Development at Sentrigo and head of global database-security product sales at McAfee.
- **2015** — Co-founded Scalock, later Aqua Security, with Amir Jerbi.
- **2021** — Led Aqua through a $135 million Series E at a $1 billion valuation.
- **2024** — Aqua announced a $60 million Series E extension; Mike Dube joined as CRO in April.
- **2025** — Stepped back as CEO in November and became a strategic advisor; Mike Dube became CEO.
- **2026** — Announced in October that he was joining Team8 as a managing partner.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Aqua Security in 2015 and served as CEO through 2025.
- Led Aqua during its 2021 $135 million Series E at a $1 billion valuation.
- During his CEO tenure, Aqua reported more than 500 enterprise customers across 40 countries in April 2024.
- Named among the industry supporters of Orchid Security’s $36 million seed round in a Team8 announcement.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — Publicly announced that he was joining Team8 as a managing partner after time off.
- **2025-11** — Aqua announced a planned leadership transition, with Davidoff and Amir Jerbi continuing as strategic advisors.
- **2025-03** — Published an essay arguing that the announced Google-Wiz deal would shift the emphasis of cloud security toward application and runtime protection.

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drordavidoff/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/DD_Davidoff

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