# Michael Lewin

> Michael Lewin is a co-founder of Istra, the quantitative trading business established in 2008, and is listed as CEO in several company databases. He previously co-founded and led Kashya, a data-replication and protection company acquired by EMC in 2006. His technical record includes co-inventorship on data compression and recovery patents.

- **Role:** Co-founder at Istra; listed as CEO in company databases
- **Organizations:** Istra Research Ltd., Istra LLC, Kashya, EMC, Compugen
- **Education:** MSc in Computer Science, Tel Aviv University
- **Known for:** Co-founded and led Kashya before its approximately $153 million acquisition by EMC., Co-founded Istra in 2008., Named co-inventor on US patents relating to data recovery and compression.

## Career timeline

- **—** — Served as a head officer in an Israel Defense Forces intelligence research division.
- **—** — Worked as an algorithmic software engineer at Compugen.
- **2001** — Co-founded Kashya with Yair Heller and Ziv Kedem; served as CEO.
- **2005** — Kashya and Cisco announced a data-protection deployment at Nationwide Building Society.
- **2006** — EMC acquired Kashya for approximately $153 million in cash.
- **2008** — Co-founded Istra with Jonathan Lewin, Shlomo Ahal and Alon Wasserman.
- **2009** — US patent 7,577,867, listing Lewin as a co-inventor, was granted.
- **2010** — US patent 7,774,565, listing Lewin as a co-inventor, was granted.
- **2019** — Signed a joint market-participant letter supporting changes to Limit Up-Limit Down rules.
- **2021** — Signed Istra LLC’s SEC comment letter on Consolidated Audit Trail funding.

## Achievements

- Co-founded and led Kashya before its approximately $153 million acquisition by EMC.
- Co-founded Istra in 2008.
- Named co-inventor on US patents relating to data recovery and compression.

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-lewin-48201b1/

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