Barak is a Talpiot military academy graduate, with executive experience in strategy, driving execution and building new products. Prior to Indegy, at Stratoscale, he designed a cloud computing operating system. Earlier, as a Captain in the Israel Defense Forces, he led several multi-million dollar projects, and received the Head of Intelligence Commendation. Barak holds a B.Sc in Computer Science and Mathematics, and Masters in Business Administration from Tel Aviv University.