# Rom Hendler

> Rom Hendler is the CEO and co-founder of Trustifi, an AI-driven email security platform that wraps encryption, data loss prevention, and security awareness training into one product built for managed service providers and mid-sized businesses. He took an unlikely path to cybersecurity, spending more than a decade as a marketing and operations executive in the casino and hospitality world (CMO at Las Vegas Sands, leadership roles at The Venetian and The Palazzo) before building a travel-tech startup and then turning his attention to the most-attacked surface in the enterprise: the inbox. Under his leadership Trustifi raised a $25M Series A in June 2025 led by Camber Partners and Hendler has been named a CRN Channel Chief four years running.

- **Role:** CEO & Co-Founder at Trustifi
- **Organizations:** Trustifi, Innovel (TravelTech), Las Vegas Sands Corp., The Venetian / The Palazzo Resort
- **Nationality:** Israeli
- **Education:** MBA, International Hospitality Management, IMHI - Cornell University / ESSEC Business School, B.Sc., Food & Beverage Management and Nutrition, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- **Known for:** Co-founded and leads Trustifi, which has raised roughly $46M total including a $25M Series A in June 2025, Named to CRN's Channel Chiefs list for four consecutive years, Built an AI-powered email security platform spanning inbound protection, outbound encryption, DLP, and security awareness training from a single vendor

## Career timeline

- **2000-2009** — VP of Strategic Marketing at The Venetian / The Palazzo Resort
- **2009-2013** — Chief Marketing Officer at Las Vegas Sands Corp.
- **2016-2020** — CEO of Innovel, an open-innovation center focused on travel technology
- **2017** — Co-founded Trustifi, an email security and encryption company
- **2024** — Named a CRN Channel Chief (continuing a multi-year streak)
- **2025** — Closed $25M Series A led by Camber Partners; named to CRN Channel Chiefs list for the fourth consecutive year

## Achievements

- Co-founded and leads Trustifi, which has raised roughly $46M total including a $25M Series A in June 2025
- Named to CRN's Channel Chiefs list for four consecutive years
- Built an AI-powered email security platform spanning inbound protection, outbound encryption, DLP, and security awareness training from a single vendor
- Held C-level marketing and operations roles at Las Vegas Sands, one of the largest integrated-resort operators in the world
- Contributing author on cybersecurity for Dark Reading and Security Magazine

## Latest updates

- **2025-06** — Trustifi closed a $25M Series A round led by Camber Partners to scale its AI email security platform.
- **2025-02** — Hendler named to the 2025 CRN Channel Chiefs list for the fourth consecutive year.

## Links

- Website: https://trustifi.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/romhendler
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/TRUSTIFI
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/trustifi

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Last updated: 2026-06-06