Yair Amsterdam is the CEO of Verbit. He previously served as President and was responsible the operations and technology teams of Verbit and VITAC. He is a seasoned senior executive with a proven track record of successfully leading SaaS and software companies, spearheading transformative growth strategies, and driving operational excellence.

In his previous role, Amsterdam led a global team as the COO of ProQuest, in charge of its content operations and the ProQuest Customer Experience group. Under his leadership, ProQuest was acquired for $5.3B, serving more than 25,000 customers that generated close to $1B in annual revenue. He also previously served as Chief Operating Officer of Ex Libris, overseeing its Cloud Operations, Global Support, Content Operations and IT Groups. Before joining Ex Libris, Yair was Vice President of Operations for the Enterprise Intelligence business unit at Verint Systems (Nasdaq: VRNT). During his 13 years at Verint, Yair was engaged in software development, support operations and the supply chain.

Yair holds a Bachelor’s in Science in Chemical Engineering (Summa Cum Laude) from the Technion University and an MBA (Summa Cum Laude) from Ben Gurion University. Yair is a long-distance runner and triathlete.