Alona Stern Email & Phone Number

Israel

Jerusalem, Jerusalem, IL

The Internet & Society program is an interdisciplinary excellence program which aims to educate and create the leaders who will influence the future shape of the multitude of human activities that are now being transformed by the Internet. During the program, the students acquire a wide range of knowledge in a variety of subjects: technology, analytics.

Tel Aviv, IL

Entrepreneurship and innovation course leveraging design thinking tools

Tel Aviv, IL

Guest speaker on digital marketplaces, design thinking and identifying compelling user insights. *The Delta Start Up Studio is the first pre-accelerator of its kind in Israel for second year MBA students.https://ien-recanati.tau.ac.il/imba/learning-journey/delta-pre-accelerator

https://www.alonastern.com/Work with a range of clients across multiple industries, including cybersecurity, agtech, government and more advising on product strategy, user research, fundraising, and storytelling.

Boston, Massachusetts, US

Mentor start-up founders on product-market fit, product strategy, fundraising and storytelling. Lead workshops on user research. Serve as a judge for finalists in the program.

London, England, GB

Zero to launch of an ESG platform for SMEsLed a team of product specialists, designers and contentLed cross-industry user and market research Set benchmarks and spearheaded sales development processExternal product champion, speaking on webinars, events and podcasts as part of go to market strategy

New York, NY, US

Part comedy, part drama, this series shines a (bright) light on the complex problems cybersecurity professionals face in the InfoSec trenches. Interested in being interviewed on the podcast? Drop me a line.

Tel-Aviv, Israel, IL

Jerusalem: Where Tech meets Design is a series of events highlighting the strategic role design plays in the tech sector. Led by Start-Up Nation Central, Tech Meets Design events bring together entrepreneurs from Jerusalem’s flourishing tech sector and its dynamic design community, to explore the nexus point between those two worlds. This series serves as.

Barcelona, Catalonia, ES

IL

Bet Shemesh, IL

• Directed research and evaluation to identify potential market opportunities across multiple industries and inform future product strategy; presented findings to CEO, VP Products and CTO
• Developed and implemented near and long-term marketing plans to meet company goals; this effort involved articulating unique marketing messages, defining product positioning and messaging based on customer insights.
• Worked closely with team members from UX Studio, Product and R&D departments to close feedback loop between customer product requirements and new product features
• Assessed and analyzed competitor behavior, including marketing, pricing, and product capabilities to ensure Omek maintains a differentiated market position and to garner insights on overall adoption of gesture technology

Bet Shemesh, IL

Omek is transforming the way people interact with their devices and applications, by providing tools and technology that enable manufacturers and software developers to add gesture recognition and body tracking to their products.

New York, New York, US

• Brought the BFF to Memphis for the first time, tailoring the festival to a Memphis audience and attracting featured media write-ups in the city paper (Commercial Appeal) and free weekly paper (Memphis Flyer)
• Recruited and managed a diverse team of 30 volunteers
• Developed partnership and sponsorship agreement with Brooks Museum of Art to host film festival
• Created a marketing campaign to attract over 100 out-of-town tourists from multiple cities / states

• Oversaw the implementation of a million dollar Work-In-Process barcode tracking system intended to provide visibility to Supervisors and the senior management team; potential yearly cost savings totaling hundreds of.
• Managed a team of ten individuals, including two outside software development consulting groups, through the design, testing and deployment phases.
• Developed a training plan and training materials for users; subsequently provided training / testing to 400+ employees.
• Implemented aPriori, a state-of-the-art product cost management software, in our cost estimating department reducing the time it takes to estimate parts from weeks to hours and providing more accurate cost estimates.

• Created strategic plans and provided implementation support to senior leadership of a consumer goods company as they introduced a new organizational structure for brand management.
• Designed a new organizational structure for the marketing division of a consumer goods company; wrote role descriptions for key positions and ensured alignment with their overall global structure.
• Led team of four to assess future market size of auto insurance industry; oversaw research to identify future trends in automotive industry and generated implications for future strategy decisions.
• Developed proposals for new clients, completed background research and identified market opportunities.

New York, NY, US

• Conducted research and developed recommendations as part of a team to deliver consumer-centric brand strategy recommendations to clients.
• Assessed sales information, product offerings, and distribution channel of new client to evaluate existing operations, assess potential new product line, and determine future brand strategy. Presented findings to.
• Led breakout groups at brainstorming session with President, CEO, and senior leaders of new client.

• Program Manager 2002-2004
• Led four-person team to develop a job training program for disadvantaged youth. Successfully applied for and received 100% of the funding for the youth services program.
• Managed associated federal government contract; negotiated agreements with subcontractors.
• Set program benchmarks, then oversaw and monitored subcontractors, ensuring they met agreed upon goals.
• Redefined strategic direction of the organization with top management and board members during visioning process.

• Consulted on an evaluation of U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development youth employment program.
• Conducted interviews and site visits to centers in different states to determine program success.
• Delivered literature review and wrote chapters of the final report to HUD.

Mba, Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services

A.B., Economics, Public Policy

Ab; Honors, Economics And Public Policy; Public Policy