D-Fend Solutions appoints Mike Laor as CFO

D-Fend Solutions has announced the appointment of Mike Laor as its Chief Financial Officer (CFO). As the company continues to strengthen and broaden its executive team, Laor will provide strategic corporate financial oversight during its expansion and growth.

“Mike Laor will be a valuable asset for the team, as his global experience in managing financial operations and optimising business processes for fast-growing global technology companies at all stages will contribute to our success as we grow, expand, and ramp up the business to meet increased demand for our counter-drone systems,” said Zohar Halachmi, Chairman and CEO, D-Fend Solutions. “We are intensely focused on scaling our business to fulfill our mission, and employing Mike’s talent in global corporate finance is important to preparing the next steps in realising our vision. We look forward to Mike’s contribution to the leadership team.”

Laor brings with him 30 years of comprehensive global experience in corporate finance, accounting, IPOs and M&A, working for a variety of major private and public multi-national technology companies.

Most recently, he served at Medtronic where he managed financial operations across multiple companies and previously worked at NESS Technologies, Motorola Solutions, Exanet (DELL), F.I.S Software (Sapiens) and Wiztec (Converygys Corp/Netcracker).

Laor’s joining the team follows the recent expansion of D-Fend’s U.S. operations with multiple leadership hires to oversee US sales, partnerships, service delivery, and implementations from the company’s McLean, Virginia office.