Cellebrite (NASDAQ: CLBT), a global leader in premier Digital
Investigative solutions for the public and private sectors, today
announced a planned leadership transition following Yossi Carmil’s
decision to step down from his current role as CEO and as a member
of the Board of Directors by December 31, 2024. The Board has
initiated a formal search for a new CEO, retaining an executive
recruiting firm to advance this effort. Thomas E. Hogan,
Cellebrite’s executive chairman, will serve as interim CEO upon
Carmil’s departure and until the search is complete and a new CEO
joins Cellebrite.
“Cellebrite is indebted to Yossi Carmil. He is a rare CEO – one
who has led the Company from its days as a small entrepreneurial
start up through a successful market focus shift, major product and
business model transformations, a public listing on Nasdaq and
multiple phases of growth to establish Cellebrite’s position as the
leading platform for accelerating justice around the world,” said
Hogan. “As reflected by our strong financial performance and bright
outlook for the future, Cellebrite moves forward extremely well
positioned to sustain its business momentum.”
Carmil joined Cellebrite in 2004 as the Company’s fifth employee
and became CEO one year later. Under Carmil’s leadership,
Cellebrite has grown from 18 people working in a small office in
the outskirts of Tel Aviv to over 1,100 people, a dozen offices
worldwide and customers in more than 100 countries. Through
game-changing innovation, Cellebrite established itself as the
leading provider of digital investigative software for the public
and private sectors and is trusted by approximately 7,000 customers
worldwide. More recently, Carmil has played an instrumental role in
leading Cellebrite to achieve a wide range of milestones that
include taking Cellebrite public in 2021, completing the transition
to a subscription business model, launching Cellebrite’s AI-driven
Case-to-Closure platform and delivering consistently strong,
profitable growth. As a result, the Company’s market valuation has
doubled since going public to approximately $4 billion.
“Leading Cellebrite as CEO for the past 19 years has been an
amazing journey and the Company’s success would not have been
possible without the support of our customers, partners and
investors, and the innumerable contributions from our talented
workforce,” said Carmil. “Cellebrite has an incredibly bright
future and the timing is right for a new leader to advance our
mission and take the Company to the next level. We have assembled a
strong leadership team, an exciting technological roadmap and a
compelling strategic plan that is aimed at driving value creation
for all key stakeholders. I am confident in Cellebrite’s strategic
direction and its ability to capitalize on the opportunities
ahead.”
Hogan joined Cellebrite as executive chairman in August 2023 and
has worked closely with Carmil and the broader Cellebrite
leadership team to help advance the Company’s strategy and
operational execution. Hogan is a proven technology and software
executive with a remarkable 40+ year track record of exceptional
shareholder returns, client impact and employee growth. Hogan’s
experience includes over a decade as both a private and publicly
held software CEO as well as senior executive posts ranging from
late stage private to mega-cap public companies.
About Cellebrite Cellebrite’s (Nasdaq: CLBT)
mission is to enable its customers to protect and save lives,
accelerate justice and preserve privacy in communities around the
world. We are a global leader in Digital Investigative solutions
for the public and private sectors, empowering organizations in
mastering the complexities of legally sanctioned digital
investigations by streamlining intelligence processes. Trusted by
thousands of leading agencies and companies worldwide, Cellebrite’s
Digital Investigation platform and solutions transform how
customers collect, review, analyze and manage data in legally
sanctioned investigations. To learn more, visit us at
www.cellebrite.com, https://investors.cellebrite.com, or follow us
on Twitter at @Cellebrite.
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Caution Regarding Forward Looking
StatementsThis document includes “forward-looking
statements” within the meaning of the “safe harbor” provisions of
the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
Forward looking statements may be identified by the use of words
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“potential,” “believe,” “could,” “predict,” “should,” “could,”
“continue,” “expect,” “estimate,” “may,” “plan,” “outlook,”
“future” and “project” and other similar expressions that predict,
project or indicate future events or trends or that are not
statements of historical matters. Such forward-looking statements
include comments related to the timing associated with the CEO
succession plan as well as the following statements: We have
assembled a strong leadership team, an exciting technological
roadmap and a compelling strategic plan that is aimed at driving
value creation for all key stakeholders; and I am confident in
Cellebrite’s strategic direction and its ability to capitalize on
the opportunities ahead – I look forward to seeing all that
Cellebrite will accomplish over the coming years. Such
forward-looking statements including those with respect to
commentary associated with future performance, strategies,
prospects, and other aspects of Cellebrite’s business are based on
current expectations that are subject to risks and uncertainties. A
number of factors could cause actual results or outcomes to differ
materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements.
These factors include, but are not limited to: Cellebrite’s ability
to keep pace with technological advances and evolving industry
standards; Cellebrite’s material dependence on the purchase,
acceptance and use of its solutions by law enforcement and
government agencies; real or perceived errors, failures, defects or
bugs in Cellebrite’s DI solutions; Cellebrite’s failure to maintain
the productivity of sales and marketing personnel, including
relating to hiring, integrating and retaining personnel; intense
competition in all of Cellebrite’s markets; the inadvertent or
deliberate misuse of Cellebrite’s solutions; failure to manage its
growth effectively; Cellebrite’s ability to introduce new solutions
and add-ons; its dependency on its customers renewing their
subscriptions; the low volume of business Cellebrite conducts via
e-commerce; risks associated with the use of artificial
intelligence; the risk of requiring additional capital to support
the growth of its business; risks associated with higher costs or
unavailability of materials used to create its hardware product
components; fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates;
lengthy sales cycle for some of Cellebrite’s solutions; near term
declines in new or renewed agreements; risks associated with
inability to retain qualified personnel and senior management; the
security of Cellebrite’s operations and the integrity of its
software solutions; risks associated with the negative publicity
related to Cellebrite’s business and use of its products; risks
related to Cellebrite’s intellectual property; the regulatory
constraints to which Cellebrite is subject; risks associated with
Cellebrite’s operations in Israel, including the ongoing
Israel-Hamas war and the risk of a greater regional conflict; risks
associated with different corporate governance requirements
applicable to Israeli companies and risks associated with being a
foreign private issuer and an emerging growth company; market
volatility in the price of Cellebrite’s shares; changing tax laws
and regulations; risks associated with joint, ventures,
partnerships and strategic initiatives; risks associated with
Cellebrite’s significant international operations; risks associated
with Cellebrite’s failure to comply with anti-corruption, trade
compliance, anti-money-laundering and economic sanctions laws and
regulations; risks relating to the adequacy of Cellebrite’s
existing systems, processes, policies, procedures, internal
controls and personnel for Cellebrite’s current and future
operations and reporting needs; and other factors, risks and
uncertainties set forth in the section titled “Risk Factors” in
Cellebrite’s annual report on Form 20-F filed with the SEC on March
21, 2024 and as amended on April 12, 2024, and in other documents
filed by Cellebrite with the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission (“SEC”), which are available free of charge at
www.sec.gov. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance upon any
forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date made,
in this communication or elsewhere. Cellebrite undertakes no
obligation to update its forward-looking statements, whether as a
result of new information, future developments or otherwise, should
circumstances change, except as otherwise required by securities
and other applicable laws.
Contacts:
Investors RelationsAndrew KramerVice President,
Investor Relationsinvestors@cellebrite.com+1 973.206.7760
Media Victor CooperSr. Director of Corporate
Communications + Content OperationsVictor.cooper@cellebrite.com+1
404.804.5910
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