Avishay is Amdocs Group Data Protection Officer (DPO) and serves as the privacy focal point to Amdocs’ operations and its overall strategy to privacy compliance. Prior to this, Avishay worked for several years in the top law firm in Israel- Herzog Fox & Neeman- in the area of Technology and Regulation. In this role he advised startups and multi-national companies on regulatory and commercial matters concerning Cyber Security, Privacy and Data Protection, App Compliance, HIPAA and other worldwide regulated e-commerce sectors.
Avishay holds a PHD in law (from Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan) in the field of Cyber-security and data protection. He currently works as a lecturer in Law & Technology and Contract Law in the College of Law and Business in Ramat Gan. He also holds CIPP/E certification and is a member of the Israel Bar.
Avishay has extensive knowledge with regard to privacy and data protection regulations, including the GDPR, and has vast experience in building compliance plans and their implementation, commercial negotiations, working with data protection authorities and advising to all business and corporate domains.
He is married to Diana and has four kids.