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{{short description|'''Israeli chief executive of Verint, 1994–2025'''}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Dan Bodner
| nationality = Israeli
| education = BSc Electrical Engineering, Technion; MSc Telecommunications and Computer Science, [[Tel Aviv University]]
| occupation = Technology executive
| known_for = President and CEO of [[Verint]]; CEO of Comverse Government Systems
}}
'''Dan Bodner''' is an Israeli technology executive who led [[Verint]], the analytics and intelligence software company that grew out of [[Comverse Technology]], as president and chief executive from February 1994. He moved to an advisory role in November 2025, after the private equity firm Thoma Bravo completed its acquisition of Verint.<ref name="SourceSec">SourceSecurity.com, [https://www.sourcesecurity.com/people/dan-bodner.html Dan Bodner, CEO and President, Verint Systems] ''SourceSecurity.com'', accessed 19 October 2026.</ref><ref name="Verint2025">Verint, [https://www.verint.com/press-room/2025-press-releases/thoma-bravo-completes-acquisition-of-verint-a-leader-in-ai-driven-customer-experience-automation/ Thoma Bravo Completes Acquisition of Verint] ''Verint'', 9 December 2025.</ref>

== Career ==

According to his SourceSecurity profile, Bodner served in the [[Israel Defense Forces]] "in an engineering capacity" from 1981 to 1985. He then worked for two years as director of software development at Contahal and joined [[Comverse Technology]] in 1987. From 1991 to 1998 he was president and CEO of Comverse Government Systems, which became part of Verint, and he headed Verint itself from February 1994. He graduated in electrical engineering from the Technion in 1981 and took a master's degree at [[Tel Aviv University]] in 1987.<ref name="SourceSec"/>

Verint was for many years a subsidiary of Comverse, the company founded by [[Kobi Alexander]].<ref name="SourceSec"/> In 2021 Verint's security and intelligence business was spun off as [[Cognyte]], led by [[Elad Sharon]].<ref name="Globes2025">Shiri Habib-Valdhorn, [https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-ex-shin-bet-chief-aims-to-make-cognyte-an-israeli-palantir-1001499351 Ex Shin Bet chief aims to make Cognyte an 'Israeli Palantir'] ''Globes'', 14 January 2025.</ref>

When Thoma Bravo completed its purchase, Verint was combined with Thoma Bravo's portfolio company Calabrio. Mike Lipps, an operating partner at Thoma Bravo, became chairman and interim CEO, and Bodner, then chairman and CEO, moved to an advisory role.<ref name="Verint2025"/>

== See also ==

* [[Verint]]
* [[Comverse Technology]]
* [[Cognyte]]
* [[Kobi Alexander]]
* [[Cyber and tech firms founded by ex Unit 8200 or occupation forces veterans]]

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 | education = BSc Electrical Engineering, Technion; MSc Telecommunications and Computer Science, [[Tel Aviv University]]

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