Eran has a B.Sc. degree in computer science from the Technion Israel Institute of Technology and a MBA degree from the Recanati School of Business Administration in Tel-Aviv University. Eran has 15 years of experience in software development and management. He served for six years as an officer in the software division of the Israeli Air Force. Later, Eran joined Commtouch (CTCH), a leading provider of web based Email solutions. Before co-founding Gigya, he served as VP of R&D at Hotbar.com, where he built the entire technological infrastructure of the company from the ground up.