Press release

Ori Yitzhaki joins Sonar as Chief Product Officer

GENEVA & AUSTIN – December 17, 2025Sonar, the leader in code review and verification, today announced Ori Yitzhaki has joined the company as Chief Product Officer (CPO). A recognized product management leader with a proven track record scaling high-growth enterprise software companies, Ori will be instrumental in defining and accelerating Sonar's product roadmap and strategy as AI creates opportunities in the software development lifecycle.

“Ori is an exceptional product leader, and I am excited to welcome him to the Sonar team at such a pivotal moment,” said Tariq Shaukat, CEO of Sonar. “His impressive experience in defining and scaling software development platforms will be instrumental in helping Sonar continue its central role in the development process, improving developer productivity and software quality.”

Yitzhaki brings more than 15 years of product leadership experience. Most recently, he served as the VP of Products for the Privacy Cloud at AppsFlyer, where he led the product management group for the Data Collaboration Platform. Prior to this, Yitzhaki had successive product leadership roles at JFrog, culminating in the role of VP Product Management. In this capacity, he oversaw seven product lines, playing a pivotal role in scaling the company's revenue from ~$50M to ~$350M.

“The industry is at an inflection point, moving beyond simply generating code faster with AI to the absolute necessity of verifying that code to ensure it’s secure, reliable, and maintainable,” said Ori Yitzhaki, CPO of Sonar. “As the leader in code quality for over 17 years, Sonar is uniquely positioned to solve this code quality verification challenge for the AI era. I am energized to join a team shaping the future of software development, that’s already trusted by millions of developers and enterprise leaders.”

About Sonar

Sonar is the trust and verification layer for AI code, and the industry standard for automated code review for 17+ years. Integrating code quality and code security into a single platform, Sonar delivers deterministic, repeatable, and actionable code verification at scale, analyzing over 750 billion lines of code daily to ensure software is secure, reliable, and maintainable. Rooted in the open source community, Sonar is trusted by 7M+ developers globally, including teams at Snowflake, Booking.com, Deutsche Bank, AstraZeneca, and Ford Motor Company.

To learn more about Sonar, please visit: www.sonar.com