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Erez Berkner
CEO and Co-Founder at Lumigo | Gartner Cool Vendor | #Observability | #OpenTelemetry
Erez Berkner is the CEO and Co-Founder of Lumigo, a SaaS platform that helps companies monitor and troubleshoot serverless applications.13 He founded Lumigo in November 2017 with the goal of simplifying cloud monitoring and observability.35
Prior to founding Lumigo, Berkner held various positions at Check Point Software Technologies, including:
- Director of Cloud Security Products (2014-2017)
- Virtualization Security & I/S Group Manager (2010-2014)
- Team Leader (2005-2009)
- Software Developer (2004-2005)5
Berkner has a strong background in cloud technology, security, and software development. He earned a B.Sc. in Mathematics and Computer Science from The Open University of Israel, graduating cum laude while still in high school.5
As a thought leader in the serverless and cloud-native space, Berkner frequently speaks about topics such as observability, serverless architecture, and lessons learned from running serverless in production.24 He is passionate about cloud-native technology and aims to make microservices development easier and faster through Lumigo's solutions.3
Under Berkner's leadership, Lumigo has grown to serve over 200 paying customers and has raised $35 million in total funding.3 The company focuses on providing end-to-end observability for modern cloud applications, helping developers and engineers manage the complexity of distributed cloud-native environments.4