Tal is a Tech Lead at Port, where he drives innovation, leads cross-team initiatives, sets software engineering standards across the R&D, and provides technical guidance and mentorship to develop fellow engineers and ensure the successful execution of projects. Tal began his career in the Israel Defense Forces’ 8200 unit as a software engineer, specializing in data engineering. He then joined the Cisco Cloud Security team, where he was involved in building their SASE solution and eventually rose to a Tech Lead position. During his time at Cisco, Tal also started and completed his B.Sc. in Computer Science.