Avner Vilan is the Co-Founder and CTO of Arti, drawing on more than 18 years of engineering and management experience in Israel's security establishment.

Avner served in a prestigious technological division of the Israeli Government, where he was awarded the Israel Defense Prize for his leadership role as the head of the product group in a groundbreaking technological endeavor. As the Director of Product and VP of Program Management, Avner personally led three other projects that were awarded the Israel Defense Prize as well.

Avner holds a B.Sc. in math and physics (Talpiot) from the Hebrew University, and a Masters of Public Administration from Harvard University.