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MEROMIM (www.meromimisrael.com) - Residential Therapeutic Center (ASD Teens)Part of the management team that started Meromim. • Recruited and built team. • Initiated and managed all financial aspects of the center• Managed marketing and advertising initiatives; including building the website, print advertising, social media• Initiated and managed operational aspects of running the school.NITZANIM B'TEVA - Privatized Educational School Network• Determined why institution had incurred massive financial losses• Implemented break-even plan, which included closing, merging and repurchasing various businesses• Put in purchasing and operational processes to contain losses• Repaired relationship with over 60 staff members, many of whom were looking to leaveHAKSHIVA (www.hakshiva.org) - NPO: Teens at Risk• Devised a break-even plan and restructured organization which was incurring significant financial loss• Executed operational policies and procedures• Managed implementation of fundraising events• Negotiated large-scale donation from a foundation• Supervised annual budget and cashflow• Recruited new CEOGRANTWATCH (www.grantwatch.com) • Led multifaceted team of professionals to revamp technical, PR, Marketing and operational aspects of the business, such that sales increased by 30%.McAFEE (www.mcafee.com)• Restructured and devised a strategy to turn their operation from the worst-performing to the best performing call center within one year.

Ramat Gan/Jerusalem, Israel

Weel is a factoring company based in Brazil• Strategically and operationally set Weel up for growth and scalability• Built Human Resources department from scratch - including policies, revamped contracts, adjusted salaries to be in line with market norms• Established a Recruitment department that effectively doubled the company size in less than a year.• Led year-end strategy planning session and budget creation, which resulted in a working break-even plan for the next year. RESULTS: International company growing by 30% per month - ready for scale and continued growth.

Jerusalem Area, Israel

OurCrowd is a crowdfunding venture capital company• Built, restructured and co-managed 30 sales and support staff located around the globe. • Instituted KPI and quarterly bonus structure to maximize sales performance• Streamlined processes to increase productivityRESULTS: Elevated brand, increased sales, and dramatically improved customer satisfaction – reducing frequency from multiple complaints per week to less than once a month.

South Africa

Founded, scaled and monetized the Johannesburg Jewish Community Forum (JJCF)• Grew community representing deep penetration into the market with approximately 90% of SA Jewish population as subscribers• Monetized the forum by offering various advertising packages and revenue share options• Built and managed operations to support and sustain the business RESULTS: JJCF operates profitably for 10+ years, with minimal daily input. It boasts approx 12,000 subscribers of which around 3,000 advertise on the JJCF using the forum to drive business.

• Senior manager of a business with 200 employees• Turned around and managed a demotivated sales team, from complete non-performance to well-exceeding success metrics within a few months• Streamlined operational processes to increase the billable time per hour of employees• Moved billing function from USA to Israel, resulting in greater consistency between finance and operations • Managed an IT migration plan to streamline operations and minimize downtime, communications delays and hence turnaround time• Was part of a team that managed the set-up of internationally based businesses that wanted to have offices in Israel. Set-up included human resources, IT, operations, finance & legal functionsRESULTS: Today Citybook successfully employees over 450 workers in 4 centers around Israel

• Managed a small team of financial analysts• Evaluated financial viability of all business• Financially structured deals in a way that provided a win-win solution for all involved

• Took a marketing concept from “idea stage”, understood complex emerging technologies and “concretized” them into an operational reality with a financial win-win set-up for all involved. • Did costing and price determination for new products launched.• Tailored a complex VPN telephony package for one of South Africa’s largest banks with a win-win financial solution for all parties, worth millions of dollars.

Hdip Computer Science

Bsc, Chemistry, Applied Chemistry