# About TandemTrace

The autonomous layer, built by humans.

TandemTrace is making enterprise-grade security accessible to every organization through autonomous AI agents that never sleep. We're building the layer that triages Tier 1 alerts, runs threat hunts in the background, and keeps coverage audited - in tandem with your analysts, never in place of them.

**Founded:** 2024 · **Stage:** Seed · **HQ:** EU / IL · **Team:** 10 people · one mission · **Locations:** Madrid · Tel Aviv · Remote

## The team

Builders, cybersecurity leaders, and practitioners working together to make autonomous security operations work in the real world.

### Core

- **Almog Ohayon** - CEO & Founder. Two decades of cybersecurity experience spanning defensive and offensive operations. In 2014, Almog co-founded Javelin Networks, acquired by Symantec in 2018; its technology continues to protect millions of users worldwide.
- **Francisco Rodeño** - Senior Full-Stack. Specializes in building and scaling B2B products from zero to production, bridging complex engineering with practical AI integration and turning GenAI prototypes into core, revenue-driving features.
- **Sergio Lopez** - Senior Full-Stack. Full-Stack Engineer and Tech Lead with nearly a decade of experience architecting scalable React and Java/Spring systems. He spent seven years at Devo, culminating as a Squad Lead managing a team of ten.
- **Yosef Haziza** - Regional Sales. Brings 25 years of senior executive experience in telecommunications, IT, and security sales across Latin America, Europe, and Africa. Fluent in four languages, he drives growth through customer value, strategic channels, and disciplined sales execution.

We're hiring. Explore [open roles](https://www.tandemtrace.ai/careers/).

Founding team alumni: Symantec (acquired), ESET, Microsoft, Devo, Cisco. 100+ years of combined SOC and detection-engineering experience.

### Strategy and research

- **Yossi Sassi** - Chief H@ck3r. Veteran technologist, former Microsoft Technology Group Manager, co-founder of 10Root, and former Javelin Networks board member. He specializes in Red Teaming, DF/IR, and Active Directory security for Fortune 100, defense, and finance organizations.
- **Ignacio Sbampato** - Strategy & Business Development. Brings 25+ years of cybersecurity expertise. During 12 years at ESET, he led the company’s largest division and oversaw a global ecosystem spanning sales, marketing, digital, customer care, and regional business offices.
- **Pedro Pablo Pérez** - CEO (Director General), TRC. Pedro leads a Spanish technology company founded in 1989 that has grown to more than 350 professionals across eight autonomous regions and over €200 million in revenue, specializing in cybersecurity, telecommunications, and defense.

### AI SecOps advisors

Practitioners who've run real SOCs, shaped real policies, and broken real systems. They keep us honest about what works at scale.

- **Petri Kuivala** - AI SecOps Advisor
- **George Papakyriakopoulos** - AI SecOps Advisor
- **Rômulo Rocha** - AI SecOps Advisor

*Profiles are listed on the [HTML version of this page](https://tandemtrace.ai/about). LinkedIn links are intentionally omitted from this markdown to reduce automated-recon convenience.*

## Backed by

Capital from funds with a long track record in European deep-tech and security. We picked partners who actually know the domain.

- **Acurio Ventures** - lead investor
- **Adara Ventures** - lead investor
- **Addendum Capital** - strategic investor

## Talk to us

Email [hello@TandemTrace.ai](mailto:hello@TandemTrace.ai). Or book a 30-minute live walkthrough at [/contact](https://tandemtrace.ai/contact).

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