Israel Gat is the head of BMC’s Distributed System Management – a business unit that is 100% “Scrummed”. His executive career has spanned some of the world’s top technology companies, including IBM, Digital, Microsoft, EMC and BMC. Digital’s NetView, EMC’s Cellera, Microsoft’s MOM 2000 and the BMC Performance Manager are some of the products he brought to market during his tenure with these companies. In addition to his experience with industry giants, Israel is also well versed in growing smaller companies and has held advisory and venture capital positions for companies in new, high-growth markets.
Israel holds a Ph.D. degree in Computer Sciences from the Israeli Institute of Technology and an MBA degree from Clark University. He lives in Austin, TX with his wife and fourteen year old son.