I help people deal with the complex intersection of business, customers, technology, and people - and the various challenges arising from the interaction of these domains.I enjoy working with business owners at any point of the business life cycle - whether you are considering starting a business, growing it, or selling it. Or, dealing with challenges in the day-to-day running of the business.

Mentoring and guiding early stage technology startups

Mentoring early stage startup company founders and executives

Mentor and advisor to startup companies' senior leadership participating in the accelerator programs.

Continuing in the same role after the Workday acquisition of Adaptive Insights. Playing a key part in making ”The Power of 1”(tm) a reality within the Planning Business Unit.

I lead the integration and business intelligence professional services teams in the implementation of these elements as part of our cloud based CPM solutions used by over 4,000 customers.

I lead the cloud security solutions professional services and customer success teams for scores of major financial institutions and health care providers in the US, Canada, and APAC.I define the processes and systems and manage the global professional services operations for our worldwide regions and distributed teams.

I led the software consulting and implementation teams for all legal technology practice areas in the Americas, responsible for all customer engagements with hundreds of mid-size and large law firms in the region.I defined the business processes and implemented the professional services automation system for global operations.

I led the High Tech Professional Services practice and worldwide account management for all High Tech sector Revenue Management (Quote to Cash) customers - large semiconductor manufacturers in the US and Europe with complex multi-channel sales models.

Acquired and owned a multi-site digital imaging company serving consumers, businesses, and institutions nationwide.Built up the commercial component business and implemented sophisticated B2C E-Commerce website and SEM strategy to grow the business 2X.Sold company to a larger business in the same market.

Investor in several early stage start ups as part of Silicom Ventures, member of the advisory board to several early stage companies, performed many pre-investment analyses.Member of the board of directors for Nusym, Inc., representing Silicom Ventures.Company sold to Synopsys

Hired by C level executives to build and improve effectiveness of businesses, teams, and processes. Sample engagements:VP Professional Services at Vivecon Corp.Hired by the CEO to help achieve a business turn around. Built and led the professional servicesteam implementing sophisticated strategic capacity planning optimization solutions for major corporations in the automotive industry. Company sold to an automotive technology solutions consulting firm.VP Professional Services at Mercury InteractiveHired by the COO to turn around the services business. The company was growingquickly with certain products having severe customer success issues. I led the professional services team for the Americas of over 100 professionals with P&L responsibility for a $30 million business, and with direction setting responsibility of the global professional services business. Turned the business around. Company sold to HP.VP PMO at Cadence Design SystemsHired by the CEO to implement (tune the PLC process I had developed several years prior) a consistent product management and development process throughout 7 business units, including marketing and distributed sales and support organizations. Project completed successfully in under a year.COO at HyperrollHired by the CEO & founder (located in Israel) to set-up and build the business in NorthAmerica. Built sales & marketing teams. Drove channel development and public relations campaigns.Established corporate business and legal entity including infrastructure, authored business plan.

Co-founded the company and directed all aspects of the business. Technology (Java acceleration silicon IP) is implemented in working silicon. Sold the company in 2001.

Developed company’s business model (product pricing, packaging, sales and services engagement model and process) and business plan for its innovative system level design solution.Drove the service business. Managed field technical staff and directed customer engagements with all semiconductor customers globally.

Defined and oversaw business development activities for new strategic enterprise services.Led the Customer Service organization during major paradigm shifts of developing and deploying worldwide distributed model and for-fee services. Managed services business yielding $180 million.Developed the product life cycle management process and led the corporate PMO team.

Led Engineering development groups for the digital simulation solution, Was the technical product manager for the analog simulation solution, and was the director for corporate program management managing the company's transition from it's proprietary platform to Unix

Project lead positions in the development and deployment of systems in support of the unit's mission