About Snyk Labs

Manoj leads Snyk’s Emerging Technologies and Solutions Office (ETSO). This team is responsible for the company’s incubation and future acquisition strategy, ensuring Snyk’s long-term vision and strategy are fully aligned with the emerging needs of our customers. Manoj also holds more than a dozen information management and security patents.

Rudy runs Snyk's security for AI incubation strategy, where he works on finding new markets, launching new products, and taking them to market. He has worked 15+ years in AI, building businesses both as an intrapreneur and venture-backed startup founder. Rudy has previously worked on AI in financial markets, professional services, CRM, and business intelligence.

Eli Cohen is an experienced CEO, Product, and R&D leader on a mission to make developers' lives easier. He co-founded Helios, which was acquired by Snyk in 2024, and previously served in product and engineering leadership roles at a variety of successful startups. He is an alumnus of the elite Israeli intelligence unit 8200, and holds a B.Sc. in Computer Science and an MBA from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Marcelo is Director of Engineering at Snyk, where he leads the DevEx and ML engineering organization dedicated to empowering all developers to become autonomous secure developers. He is a Google PhD Fellow and holds a PhD from Oxford University on automated software verification. Marcelo brings 15+ years of experience in the intersection of SAST and AI from roles at IBM, Microsoft Research, Google, and Sonar. He also co-founded Reviewpad, which was acquired by Snyk in 2023. 

Randall runs Developer & Security Relations at Snyk, where he works on security research, development, and education. His expertise includes Python, JavaScript, and Go development, web security, cryptography, and infrastructure security. Randall has been writing software for over 25 years and has built some of the most popular API services and open source tools on the internet.

Liran is an award-winning software developer, security researcher, and open source champion in the JavaScript community. His contributions to developer security education include leading OWASP projects, building supply chain security tools, participation in CNCF and OpenSSF initiatives, and authoring books such as O'Reilly's Serverless Security. 

Developer Advocate at Snyk specializing in AI, computer vision, and large language models. Previously worked on financial forecasting tools at Microsoft Research, led computer vision research at Venvee, and contributed to bioinformatics and additive manufacturing research at the Colorado School of Mines.

Joe Bollen is a staff security engineer at Snyk who is currently focused on the security and integrity of AI language models. 

Staff Developer Advocate for Snyk, Java Champion, Oracle Ace Pro, and Software Engineer. He is passionate about Java, (pure) functional programming, and cybersecurity. He is a regular speaker at conferences like JavaOne, Devnexus, Devoxx, Jfokus, and JavaZone. Besides that, Brian is a military reserve for the Royal Netherlands Air Force and a Taekwondo master / teacher.

Brian is a developer advocate and security specialist focused on equipping developers with best practices for secure application development. His content offers expert guidance on topics such as securing npm packages, protecting applications from critical vulnerabilities like CVE-2023-4863 in WebP, and managing risks in API security. Through his videos, Brian delves into security implications of popular developer tools, AI-powered coding, and VS Code extension security. His practical, hands-on advice makes him a trusted resource for developers aiming to enhance their security expertise in modern software environments.

Long-time bug bounty hunter, ex-pentester, and AppSec engineer. Rory is passionate about race conditions and Linux exploitation.

A former gardener turned security wizard. When not fuzzing native libraries and breaking modern AppSec, Raul can be found looking for ways to optimize his sourdough bread while enjoying the classic Belgian beer Delerium.

Ex-pentester and AppSec engineer with a focus on anything web security. When not hacking, Elliot loves to skateboard and snowboard.