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Shay Sandler
Shay Sandler is co-founder and CEO of Vega, an Israeli cybersecurity company building a federated Security Analytics Mesh that queries security data where it lives instead of dragging it into a centralized SIEM. A former Israeli Unit 8200 officer and early team member at Granulate (acquired by Intel in 2022), Sandler started Vega in early 2024 with Eli Rozen after Intel wound down Granulate. In under two years Vega has raised $185M across three rounds, most recently a $120M Series B led by Accel in December 2025 at a valuation reported between $700M and $800M.
Raju Chekuri
Raju Chekuri is the Chairman, President & CEO of Netenrich, a San Jose-based cybersecurity and digital operations company he co-founded. A serial Silicon Valley entrepreneur who previously founded Velio Communications (acquired by LSI Logic/Rambus) and chaired OpsRamp (acquired by HPE), Chekuri now leads Netenrich's Resolution Intelligence Cloud - an AI-powered platform transforming how enterprises manage security operations. An alumnus of Kakatiya University and St. Mary's College of California, he splits his passion between cybersecurity innovation and Indian sports, having invested in Goa Guardians, the 10th franchise of India's Prime Volleyball League.