Claroty Appoints Yuval Fessler as Chief Legal Officer
Tufin, OpenWeb Alum Brings Expertise in Scaling Rapid-Growth Companies Through International Expansion, Public Market Readiness
NEW YORK, April 7, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Claroty, the cyber-physical systems (CPS) protection company, today announced the appointment of Yuval Fessler as Chief Legal Officer (CLO). Fessler brings nearly two decades of legal and business experience to Claroty, with a strong track record in leading global legal and corporate affairs and driving high-impact strategic initiatives. A seasoned public company executive and expert in complex commercial transactions, corporate M&A, capital markets, and regulatory strategy, Fessler will help further scale Claroty's rapid growth as well as drive international expansion and public market readiness.
"Yuval joins Claroty at a stage in our journey where we're more confident than ever in our vision, technology, and leadership in protecting the world's most critical operations," said Yaniv Vardi, CEO of Claroty. "His deep knowledge of scaling hyper-growth companies to perform on the public market is an invaluable asset as Claroty charts our course for future success."
Prior to joining Claroty, Fessler served as Chief Legal & Business Officer at Tufin, where he led the company's NYSE IPO in 2019, navigated complex shareholder and securities matters, and negotiated high-impact deals with Fortune 500 and Global 2000 clients across finance, tech, retail, aerospace, and government sectors. Fessler also served as Chief Legal & Business Officer and Corp Dev Lead at OpenWeb, where he was instrumental in raising over $300 million in growth capital and led several strategic global acquisitions.
"Claroty is experiencing explosive growth amidst clear recognition as the leader in CPS protection," said Fessler. "The company is extremely well-positioned for long term success and I'm thrilled to be joining and to help guide the team to becoming a cybersecurity powerhouse."
Fessler's appointment comes on the heels of Claroty being named a Leader in the inaugural Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for CPS Protection Platforms, in which the company was positioned highest for Ability to Execute and furthest for Completeness of Vision.1 Claroty has achieved over 300% growth in annual recurring revenue (ARR) over the past three years, now serving 24 of the Fortune 100.
1 Gartner, Magic Quadrant for CPS Protection Platforms, Katell Thielemann, Wam Voster, Ruggero Contu, 12 February 2025
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About Claroty
Claroty has redefined cyber-physical systems (CPS) protection with an unrivaled industry-centric platform built to secure mission-critical infrastructure. The Claroty Platform provides the deepest asset visibility and the broadest, built-for-CPS solution set in the market comprising exposure management, network protection, secure access, and threat detection – whether in the cloud with Claroty xDome or on-premise with Claroty Continuous Threat Detection (CTD). Backed by award-winning threat research and a breadth of technology alliances, The Claroty Platform enables organizations to effectively reduce CPS risk, with the fastest time-to-value and lower total cost of ownership. Claroty is deployed by hundreds of organizations at thousands of sites globally. The company is headquartered in New York City and has a presence in Europe, Asia-Pacific, and Latin America. To learn more, visit claroty.com.
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