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AVG opens new Tel Aviv Center of Excellence for mobile

It gives me great pleasure to tell you about AVG’s latest office in Israel, spanning three floors in the brand new Adgar Tower in Tel Aviv.

The view from the large windows on the 23rd floor is impressive, and light pours into every room.

Adgar Tower

The office is set to become AVG’s global center of excellence for mobile and the headquarters for our mobile development and product teams. As the world looks ahead to the Internet of Things and an increasingly mobile future, the AVG office in Tel Aviv is the perfect breeding ground for innovation and growth.

As you would expect from such an important locale, a huge amount of planning went into the office, built with AVG’s core values at its heart:

Transparency

AVG has long held the belief that everything we do should be transparent. In our products, this manifests itself through pioneering projects such as the Short Privacy Notice but in the new Tel Aviv office, it is exists in a wonderful mixture of glass and light.

transparent office

I firmly believe that collaboration is key to the success in a company of any size, and with my background in startups, it was a principle we wanted to ingrain in our new office space. Glass walls and doors of glass ensure that everyone is visible, reachable and approachable. To me, it feels more like an incubator than a corporate office.

Execution

Like any AVG office around the globe, the engineers and workers in the Tel Aviv office pride themselves on attention to detail and high quality execution. Continuing this ethos was something we was certain needed to be done when planning for the future.

Every room houses a team of product and engineering experts all working together with a common purpose, to provide value to over 100 million users of AVG’s mobile products.

We never stop trying to help and protect our users, and the vibrant and collaborative atmosphere in Tel Aviv is the perfect environment to make it happen!

Shaul

Respect

Naturally, any office gets its character from its staff and we wanted to make sure that the new Tel Aviv office felt like home from the word ‘go’.

Work Life Balance

Each team customized the layout and finish of their office, down to choosing their own posters. Like in any business, motivated and impassioned people perform better, feel more rewarded and the office benefits from this.

Never stop hacking

Work-life balance has always been important to me, so we felt it was important that staff in Tel Aviv were able to express themselves for their talents and abilities outside of work. The AVG Talents initiative is the perfect reflection of that.

AVG Talents

Throughout the office, the walls display the artwork, photography and pets of AVG Tel Aviv staff. It doesn’t just make the office look great, but creates a sense of trust and familiarity. It encourages us to value each other not just as colleagues, but as talented and diverse people from all walks of life.

AVG Talents was in full swing this week as the staff band, The Showstoppers, helped us celebrate the new office with a concert, attended by the whole team.

Show Stoppers

Crowd

 

AVG Technologies Establishes Worldwide Center of Excellence for Mobile in Israel

AMSTERDAM – June 16, 2015 – AVG® Technologies N.V. (NYSE: AVG), the online security company™ for more than 200 million monthly active users, announced today the establishment of its global Center of Excellence for mobile in Tel Aviv, Israel. The new office comprises a 3,200 square meter facility, supporting more than 120 employees working across state-of-the-art mobile innovation, emerging mobile threats research, and Internet of Things technology development.

“Israel has emerged as a hotbed for mobile innovation, resulting in unparalleled opportunities to partner with innovative start-ups and develop cutting-edge mobile technologies. AVG’s rapidly growing mobile customer base makes this a critical time to build robust, future-proof offerings, supporting the multiple mobile platforms and services that are so popular today,” said Harel Tayeb, AVG Israel Country Manager. “The historical success of our investments in this market have laid a strong foundation for the development of our signature AVG Zen platform, growing our global mobile user base, and delivering on our mobile monetization strategy.”

The development of AVG’s most popular mobile product, AVG AntiVirus for Android™, was driven by the acquisition of Israeli start-up, DroidSecurity, and quickly became the first mobile security product to enter the 100-500 million downloads category on the Google® Play™ store. With over 100 million mobile users worldwide today, and growing, AVG is focused on enhancing and innovating on its mobile portfolio through a dedicated program of industry partnerships, top talent recruitment and discerning investment.

On the back of the new office opening, AVG commenced a roadshow on Monday, June 15, in which fifteen innovative Israeli start-ups were invited to meet with AVG’s global senior management team, including Todd Simpson, AVG’s Chief Strategy Officer, and Judith Bitterli, AVG’s Chief Marketing Officer, to discuss and debate Israel’s hottest innovations in the mobile market.

AVG’s Country Manager, Harel Tayeb, will lead the program of mobile momentum for Israel. An entrepreneur himself, who has founded and run several mobile-oriented start-ups in this market, Tayeb also previously served as Vice-President of Conduit’s Mobile Business Unit, and headed up its spin-off, Como, prior to becoming a start-ups advisor.