Ori Lahav

Ori Lahav is Co-founder and General Manager, Israel at Outbrain (a Viola Ventures portfolio company). Ori oversees the company’s R&D center located in Israel. Ori’s duties include overseeing all technical aspects of the company including algorithmic design and product innovation.

Prior to co-founding Outbrain, Ori led the R&D groups in search and classification at Shopping.com, which was acquired by eBay for $634 million. Ori also previously led the video streaming Server Group at financial technology company Vsoft. A practical engineer from the Rupin Academic Institute Ori is also a Major (reserve) officer in the Israeli Navy.